Senior Force Nursing Advisor

TipTopJob; Exeter; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Dorset Police as a Senior Force Nursing Advisor, contributing to an in-house Occupational Health team. The role involves providing high-quality clinical advisory services and leadership, ensuring the health and wellbeing of police staff. A competitive salary, career development opportunities, and additional benefits await you.

Benefits

Subsidised gym memberships

Company sick pay

Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme

Participation in pension scheme

Job-related equipment provided

Free onsite parking

Support networks and wellbeing services

Development and training opportunities

Flexitime arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven relationship-building skills.
• Experience in clinical advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Advise on physical and psychological fitness for work.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to the Occupational Health team.
• Support strategic and operational wellbeing initiatives.

Skills

Relationship-building

Clinical advisory services

Leadership

Wellbeing guidance

Education

Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health (SCPHN)

Job description

Location: Police Headquarters, Exeter, Police Headquarters, Winfrith, Dorset

Salary: Other Band 7 : Agenda for Change Scale. The commencing salary will be within Scale commencing entry point A GBP 47,172, with increments at 2 years and 5 years to the top of scale A GBP 53,980, plus a market supplement.

We are welcoming applications for the role of Senior Force Nursing Advisor with Dorset Police, based at the following locations: Police Headquarters, Exeter, and Winfrith, Dorset.

Devon and Cornwall and Dorset Policing Alliance are seeking a Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health (SCPHN) to work within an in-house Occupational Health team, delivering the full remit of Occupational Health services.

The successful candidate will be a senior member of the Occupational Health team, providing high-quality, evidence-based clinical advisory services to Managers, Staff, and Officers of Devon and Cornwall Police. Responsibilities include advising on physical and psychological fitness for work, offering general health and wellbeing guidance, and supporting internal and external customers and contractors. The role involves familiarization with various police roles and contributing to strategic and operational wellbeing initiatives.

A key aspect of the role is deputizing for the Occupational Health Nurse Consultant and potentially the Lead Occupational Health Nurse Consultant, demonstrating high standards of clinical care, providing leadership, mentorship, and clinical supervision to the Occupational Health team regarding service delivery and staff wellbeing.

We seek a committed, enthusiastic, and driven individual with proven relationship-building skills. Support from senior management will be provided.

This is an exciting time to join the police force, as the Police Uplift programme fosters collaboration between the government and police to enhance public safety. Occupational Health plays a vital role in supporting Officers and Staff, especially as policing evolves, and offers opportunities for regional and inter-force collaboration to support health and wellbeing.

Benefits of joining us include:

• A competitive salary with yearly increments.
• Subsidised gym memberships at police site gyms across the counties.
• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (one-off payment of GBP 5).
• Company sick pay.
• Participation in the local government pension scheme.
• Provision of job-related equipment as needed.
• Free onsite parking at many police sites.
• Access to Group insurance schemes via salary sacrifice.
• Support networks, Employee Assistance Programme, and occupational health and wellbeing services.
• Development and training opportunities, including regular check-ins during onboarding.
• Flexitime arrangements.