Occupational Health Advisor

Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc; West Bromwich; Sur place; GBP 35 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Allied Bakeries is seeking an Occupational Health Advisor to deliver an exceptional health service across the site, maintaining health surveillance compliance and carrying out fitness assessments.

Working closely with HR and line managers, you will promote health and wellbeing, manage absence, and provide timely and expert occupational health advice. The role emphasises rapid, pragmatic solutions and strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• RGN status (Part 3) plus recognised Occupational Health qualification.
• Competent and up-to-date with surveillance requirements.
• Ability to provide appropriate expert, timely, effective and practicable Occupational Health advice.
• The ability to build effective relationships, and the credibility to offer pragmatic solutions whilst influencing.

Responsabilités

• Deliver an exceptional Occupational Health service across the site, including health surveillance compliance and fitness assessments.
• Promote health and wellbeing and manage absence and ill-health cases in collaboration with HR and line managers.
• Coordinate health promotion campaigns and provide health education through written information and training sessions.
• Maintain surveillance KPIs for submission to the central Health & Safety team.
• Maintain strong relationships with the wider Occupational Health and Health & Safety network teams.

Connaissances

Occupational Health

Surveillance

Pre-employment screening

Case management

Formation

RGN status

Occupational Health qualification

Description du poste

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Working closely with the HR team and line managers, the Occupational Health Advisor is responsible for delivering an

exceptional Occupational Health service across the site. Core activities

include maintaining health surveillance compliance and fitness assessments, as well as health and wellbeing promotion and case management

Key Accountabilities

• Be part of the “Safety First” culture, ensuring safe working practices are role modelled.Ensure full compliance with statutory responsibilities for health surveillance.
• Carry out pre-employment health screening to ensure fitness for work within the scope of relevant legislation and framework for best practice.
• Work closely with HR and line managers in relation to absence and ill-health case management,and capability matters.
• Arrange, promote and coordinate a programme of health promotion campaigns.
• Provide health education through written information and participation in training sessions
• Complete periodic surveillance KPIs for submission to the central Health & Safety team
• Maintain effective relationships with the wider Occupational Health and Health & Safety network teams

The Right Person

RGN status (Part 3) plus recognised Occupational Health qualification.

• Competent and up-to-date with surveillance requirements.
• The ability to provide appropriate expert, timely, effective and practicable Occupational Health advice.
• The ability to build effective relationships, and the credibility to offer pragmatic solutions whilst influencing

• Self-motivated with passion, enthusiasm and tenacity.
• An organised and methodical approach to records management, in line with data protection protocol.