Occupational Health Advisor

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job description

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Location: Home based (with one day per month in central office). Some travel to Aurora Services will also be required.

Hours: Flexible hours per week (flexible on hours per day/number of days per week).

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1, children, young people and adults, and employing over 1, staff spread across services around England.

We’re currently looking for a part-time Occupational Health Advisor to work within the HR team, to support the promotion of workplace health and wellbeing and positive attendance at work throughout the employee lifecycle, including pre-employment, which balances the needs and challenges of the business with appropriate and reasonable support of individuals.

The Role:

• Review and advise on all pre-employment health questionnaires, liaising with the Onboarding Team, Service Leadership, and HR Business Partners supporting the process of health risk assessments and decision making on fitness/suitability of candidates for roles. Where necessary, support risk assessment meetings including the candidate.
• Develop and manage a Preferred Supplier List for occupational health expert providers ensuring all supplier requirements have been adhered to, ensuring effective and timely support for the management of a range of health issues covering positive attendance and management of short and long-term absence.
• Undertake non-specialist Occupational Health Assessments where appropriate and complete relevant referral paperwork for occupational health expert supplier referrals.
• Support follow-up actions based on occupational health reports.
• Work closely with the Employee Relations Team and HR Business Partners in the management of absence and positive attendance.
• Support the process of reasonable adjustments, including management of Access to Work and other suppliers of equipment.
• Support the process where required adjustments cannot be met by the business, which may include capability management.
• Research and provide costed proposals for positive health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.

Please note that duties will vary, and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the team when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Skills and Qualifications

Experience:

Successful candidates need to demonstrate:

• Relevant qualification and experience in nursing with Occupational Health specialism.
• Ability to provide a balanced role that supports the business with the needs of individual employees.
• Previous experience or the ability to develop a deep understanding of working within a SEN environment.
• Strong and persuasive verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyse situations, information, and data.
• Open-mindedness and flexibility to change.
• Proactiveness and the ability to work independently whilst effectively working within a team.
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision.

Whilst the role is home based, candidates will need the ability to travel regularly to our Central office in Twigworth, Gloucester (once a month), as well as being able to attend our services as and when needed to support Occupational Health processes. While driving is not essential and travel can be expensed for public transport, please bear in mind our services are countrywide and some are semi-rural locations.

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance.
• Enhanced Pension scheme.
• Enhanced annual leave.
• Perkbox - offering retail and other discounts, access to car lease scheme, and bike to work scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Fully funded training and qualifications.
• Free membership to our Health cashback plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio, and many more.