Senior Occupational Health Partner

VerseOne Group; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fringe Allowance (5%)

Recruitment & Retention Premia £5,000

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon is seeking a Senior Occupational Health Business Partner to provide strategic and operational leadership across sites. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive service performance, and support commercial growth through contract development and partnerships.

The role requires extensive occupational health leadership experience, strong governance, and the ability to translate priorities into high-quality, efficient health services for a

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Occupational Health with senior leadership.
• Proven ability to lead major projects in Occupational Health.
• Experience managing a professional HR team and service.
• Experience leading a Flu campaign in a large organisation.
• Evidence of managing HSE inspections.
• Experience with policy development.
• Experience with contract bidding income generation in Occupational Health.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Occupational Health services, ensuring high-quality, effective services.
• Lead on complex case management and sickness absence management.
• Oversee KPI monitoring and service performance.
• Lead clinical governance activities, audits and risk assessments.
• Drive policy development and health and wellbeing strategies.
• Manage and develop the Occupational Health team.
• Lead service improvement and drive efficiency and innovation.
• Contribute to commercial development through contract management and partnerships.

Skills

Occupational Health experience

Senior leadership

Project management

Policy development

HSE inspections

Contract bidding income generation

Education

Registered Nurse with Full NMC Registration

NEBOSH Qualification

Specialist Degree in Occupational Health

Master's Degree

Project Management Certificate

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Site Basildon Town Basildon Salary £66,582 P.A + Fringe HCAS (5%)/Recruitment & Retention Premia £5,000 p.a Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

Job overview

Senior Occupational Health Business Partner

Are you an experienced Occupational Health leader ready to make a strategic impact across one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country?

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Occupational Health Business Partner to support and develop Occupational Health services across all three Mid and South Essex sites. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will provide operational and clinical leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality Occupational Health services.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, overseeing service performance, staffing, skill mix and case management, while driving continuous improvement, efficiency and innovation. Working closely with senior leaders, you will support the commercial growth of Occupational Health services through market insight, customer engagement and contract development opportunities.

As a visible role model, you will champion the Trust's values and support the delivery of organisational priorities. You will also deputise for the Associate Director of Occupational Health when required.

This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking Occupational Health professional with strong leadership skills, commercial awareness and a passion for service development to help shape the future of Occupational Health across Mid and South Essex.

For further information please view the below Job Brochure:

Main duties of the job

Provide strategic and operational leadership for Occupational Health services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, effective and responsive clinical and case management services.

Lead on complex case management, sickness absence management and workforce health initiatives, providing expert occupational health advice to managers, senior leaders and key stakeholders.

Oversee service performance through the development, monitoring and reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs), ensuring continuous improvement and achievement of service objectives.

Lead clinical governance activities, including audits, risk assessments, incident investigations and compliance with professional, regulatory and organisational standards.

Drive the development, implementation and review of Occupational Health policies, procedures and health and well-being strategies to support workforce health and organisational priorities.

Manage, support and develop the Occupational Health team, promoting professional development, workforce planning, recruitment and high levels of staff performance and engagement.

Lead innovation and service improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance service delivery, efficiency and employee health outcomes.

Contribute to the commercial development of the service through contract management, external partnerships and stakeholder engagement, representing Occupational Health at a senior level both internally and externally.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.

This role will also in addition be remunerated with + Fringe Allowance (5%) + Recruitment & Retention Premia £5,000 per annum

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Interviews will be held the week commencing 9th November 2026

Person specification

Knowledge

• Extensive previous experience within Occupational Health; with extensive experience at a Senior Level
• Proven experience managing major projects within Occupational Health, using project management tools
• Experience in managing and leading a professional HR team and service
• Experience in managing a Flu campaign in a large organisation
• Evidence of managing HSE inspections
• Experience of policy development
• Experience with contract bidding income generation within an Occupational Health setting

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Full NMC Registration
• NEBOSH Qualification
• Specialist Degree in Occupational Health (Part 3 on the register)
• Master's Degree
• Project Management Certificate

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Joana Piesare Job title Associate Director of Occupational Health Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 443 3530