Senior Occupational Health Advisor / Team Leader FTC

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in Bristol is seeking a Senior Occupational Health Advisor for a fixed-term contract to manage a multidisciplinary OH team. The role includes supporting the delivery of evidence-based practice across sites and ensuring smooth operation of the OH Department while promoting employee health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contribution up to 14%

Opportunity for paid overtime

Flexi Leave up to 15 additional days

Enhanced parental leave

Fantastic site facilities

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based clinical practice in occupational health.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to provide clinical guidance across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical governance and oversight of OH Department.
• Provide line management to the OH Team.
• Conduct clinical quality audits and support professional development.

Skills

Clinical governance

Evidence-based practice

Occupational health guidance

Data analysis

Job description

Bristol

Salary: Circa £52,000 to £55,000 depending on experience. Pro-rated for FTC

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity:

Fixed Term Contract position for 6 months to cover sickness absence

Hybrid, predominantly based from home with some travel to site and occasional travel to other locations throughout the UK.

The opportunity:

This is a great opportunity to work as an Senior OHA to lead a fantastic established multidisciplinary OH team who work across UK sites (Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton).

As a key member of the Occupational Health team and reporting to the clinical OH Manager , you will be supporting delivery of evidence-based practice and guidance on issues pertaining to OH clinical governance and HSE compliance across the UK business. On a day to day basis, you will be responsible for supporting the clinical team providing operational oversight to ensure the smooth running of the OH Department.

Provide line management and support to the OH Team including supporting the continuing professional development of the OH team.

You will undertake clinical quality audits, clinical support as required and undertake clinical complaints analysis and deputise for the Head of Occupational Health if required.

You will contribute to the success and growth of our OH Department and enable us to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of our MBDA employees.

You will be passionate about promoting the organisation's values to enable OH to meet its agreed aims and objectives within a safe, efficient and effective working environment.

The overarching priority is to ensure clinical governance is at the forefront of everything we do.

• Ensure the ongoing smooth running of our current service, including day to day operational issues that arise and working closely with the OH Office Administrator.
• Provide line management and support to the OH Team.
• Co-ordinate provision of health information systems along with Head of OH&W and OH Office Administrator
• Review projects for improvements
• Understand and analyse data from the OH system
• Carry out regular appraisal and performance reviews with your team setting business and personal objectives; in order to develop, motivate, coach and build the best team.
• Build successful relationships and ensure regular effective communication with stakeholders.
• Undertake quality audits in accordance with current processes
• Ensure training is coordinated in a timely and efficient fashion including planning and organisation mandatory training and staff development
• Ensure all new members of staff receive a full induction and training appropriate for their role.
• Oversight of team meetings.

What we need from you:

• Demonstrable experience of delivering evidence based clinical practice within a fast paced occupational health environment
• Experience and skills for working within a manufacturing company
• Ability to support the existing, established OH team with day to day clinical guidance and support across multiple sites
• Manage and support day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the business on a daily basis.
• Be dependable, and a reassuring influence for both OH Service users and the OH team
• Serve as a role model to demonstrate appropriate MBDA behaviours and Values.
• Participate in department meetings and continually communicate in a clear and consistent way
• Maintain a clinical workload as directed by the Head of Occupational Health

Why join us?

The Occupational Health & Wellbeing Team are passionate about delivering an excellent OH&W service which supports the health and wellbeing of employees through the delivery of health assessments, health surveillance, management referral assessments and clear and appropriate reports for managers.

As part of the OH&W Team you will enjoy a varied workload, undertaking the full remit of Occupational Health as a Specialist Practitioner from case management & pre placement assessments , Health Surveillance & assessment to health promotion and manager workshops , all within an exciting and innovative manufacturing environment.

MBDA has created a culture and environment in which our leaders/managers are empowered to support their teams health and wellbeing as an integral part of day to day activities in the workplace, OH&W service delivers specific services within the support function that allows this to flourish.

The OH team works closely with colleagues across the business such as HR , Safety, Facilities and IT teams to support our employees where needed.

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