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The closing date is 28 July 2025

An exciting opportunity hasarisen to work in our busy Occupational Health (OH) & Wellbeing service.This is a shared service between South West Yorkshire Partnership FoundationTrust and Leeds & York Partnership Foundation Trust and also provides OHservices to external contracts. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic andmotivated full-time deputy head.

The role will involvesupporting the occupational health manager with the operational management ofthe department and will include line management responsibilities. The successful applicant will also provideclinical supervision to clinicians within the team and as such prioroccupational health experience and qualification is essential. The applicant should have excellentorganisation and time management skills, be able to prioritise competingdemands and work effectively under pressure.The successful candidate will need to possess excellent communicationskills, decision making skills and will work collaboratively with all keystakeholders.

Please contact Helen Whitelam helen.whitelam@swyt.nhs.uk or01924 316031 for more information or to discuss further.

Atthe time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UKVisas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forwardto receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Supporting the Head of occupational health inthe day to day operational management of the service.

Line management responsibilities.

Clinical leadership and supervision forclinicians in the team.

Attendance at relevant key meetings and leadingteam meetings in the absence of the Head of occupational health.

Maintaining a small occupational healthclinical caseload.

Undertaking departmental audits, updatingpolicies, protocols and procedures.

Work effectively and collaboratively with otherkey departments in the Trust to include infection control, recruitment, healthand safety and human resources.

Assist in management of change processes withinthe team in line with evidence based practice.

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Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

JOB SUMMARY

The OH Clinical Lead will support the Head ofService in the day to day operational delivery of clinical services to both theinternal and external customer base. Towork collaboratively with all members of the OH Team to ensure the effectivedelivery of services in accordance with agreed objectives, key performanceindicators, local and national targets and internal and external qualitystandards.

The post holder will support the Head ofservice in the development and delivery of the Trusts strategic vision forstaff health and wellbeing, to meet the demands of a modern NHS workforce andthe requirements and expectations set out within the NHS Peoples Promise.

KEY RESULTAREAS:

Thepostholder will:

Provideclinical and professional leadership to the wider OH team, responsible for embeddingand developing the departments clinical core and professional competencies.

To deputisethe Head of Occupational Health at key meetings as required.

To act as linemanager for the service.

Providestrategic advice regarding occupational health & staff wellbeing tomanagement internally & externally

Undertake clinical audits to develop anevidence base of compliance against internal and external standards.

Ensure maintenance of clinical excellence inline with Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) guidance and ethics, SafeEffective Quality Occupational Health Services (SEQOHS) standards andlegislative requirements.

DevelopOD service clinical and operational protocols and procedures.

Horizon scanthe changing priorities and opportunities within the Occupational Health at alocal, regional and national level and escalate emerging risks and act quicklyand decisively.

1.1Care/service/functionprovision:

Manage a caseload in Occupational Health including complex case management (approx. 50% oftime)

Produce andupdate Written Instructions working collaboratively with the medicinesmanagement team and ensure adherence to the Green Book.

Ensure robustmonitoring and ordering of medicines under written instructions and by theclinical team.

Support theHead of Service in achieving SEQOHS compliance.

Use bestpractice to analyse evidence-based practice and bench marking to informclinical practice.

1.2 Working as part of a Team:

As part of ateam, deliver person centred care whilst meeting the service standards andobjectives.

Workclinically to identify actual and protentional learning opportunities andsupport the development of colleagues, particularly if there are specificlearning needs identified.

Lead the teamto deliver on the shared purpose, as much as on their individual objectives,looking out for opportunities to celebrate and acknowledge high standards.

Provideinformal teaching, support and clinical supervision to the wider MDT.

Support thewider MDT team promoting the comprehensive holistic assessment of employees toachieve optimum outcomes for the employee, their manager and the organisation.

To deal withall clinical queries .

Workcollaboratively with other functions ie Infection Control, Health & Safety,and operational management and provide an expert OH opinion.

Responsiblefor establishing and developing internal development programme in collaborationwith other senior clinicians which helps develop skills, encourage reflectivepractise and support peer review of practice.

1.3Managing Self:

Participate inclinical supervision to develop skills and knowledge of clinical care andpractice and apply continuous reflection on own practice).

To beresponsible for management clinical risk within your case load and across staffunder your supervision.

To beresponsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activitiesand maintain a portfolio that reflects personal development.

To adhere tothe relevant professional standards and code of conduct and be conversantwithin the scope of professional practice.

1.4 Management Supervision and Support:

To beresponsible for the line management of the OH service, including responsibilityfor recruitment, workload management and annual, first line disciplinary,performance and grievance issues, staff development reviews and appraisals andsupervision,

Represent theHead of OH at internal and external meetings as required and take decisions forthe service within the scheme of delegation.

Lead andsupport the team in delivering the requirements sent out in the OH OperationalPolicy to ensure the delivery of an evidence-based service.

Lead onaspects of change in working and clinical practices of the team to induct andprovide support for new team members, assessing and evaluating competence.

To work with Head of Occupational Health tomanage resources and ensure the service is delivered in budget.

Deputise for the Head of OH at Budget meetingsas required.

Be an authorised signatory in the absence ofthe Head of Service, including authorising expenditure for vaccines.

Responsible for seeking income generationopportunities

1.6Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care andtreatment and expects that all stafftreat people e.g., service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues,visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The postholder must all time act inaccordance with the Trusts Values:

Respectful

Person firstand in the centre

Improve and beoutstanding

Relevanttoday, ready for tomorrow

Families andcarers matter

1.7.Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety orwellbeing of children, adults service users,members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse andunderstand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

1.8Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant TrustPolicy:

All staff employed by the Trust mustcomply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate trainingrequired for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raiseconcerns;

maintainconfidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code ofConduct;

understandtheir personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for anyinformation which they create, use or process in accordance with the DataProtection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy;

complywith the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol.Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors.Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake firetraining annually;

receivesupervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisalin line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, rolespecific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understandtheir responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in EmploymentPolicy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise,respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users,carers and the public. Contribute to aworking environment which promotes and responds positively to difference anddiversity;

ensurethey carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children andyoung people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of TheChildren Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguardingpolicies and participatingin relevanttraining;

complywith their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and delivercare through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate,through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continualdevelopment of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abideby relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking actionwhen codes of conduct are breached;

workflexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within aculture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors inPeople (IiP) Standards.

adhereto the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trustgrounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measuresthat support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidentsand near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts ownresponsibilities under the Health andSocial Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control ofinfections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (andcontractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code inthe delivery of safe patient care.

Thisjob description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertakeother duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with thepostholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

• Developed working knowledge and understanding Information Governance and confidentiality.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of relevant national guidance eg Faculty of Occupational Medicine, the Green Book, NICE etc.
• Highly developed clinical assessment and problem-solving skills, and able to demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning to analyse their own and others practice.
• Understanding the Trusts objectives and priorities and the ability to work across operational boundaries.
• A good working knowledge of aspects of legal and role boundaries in relation to Occupational Health activities.
• A good working knowledge and understanding of SEQOHS standards and the impact on standards of delivery of quality services.
• Highly development oral and written communication skills with employees and managers, confidence to discuss complex case management.
• Ability to manage time and workload effectively and work in a high-pressure environment.
• Self-aware reflective practitioner and able to demonstrate ability to critique own practice.
• Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills.
• Ability to resolve conflict and overcome resistance.
• Report writing / presentation skills.
• Recruitment and selection experience.
• Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills.
• Ability to manage, motivate and empower others.
• Ability to analyse information / data and provide written reports.

• Evidence of CPD at a specialist/senior level within field of OH.
• Evidence of further specialist training/qualifications relevant to the role.

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Post Graduate Diploma or Degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Occupational Health Nursing or equivalent relevant qualification or experience.
• Masters/Advanced Clinical practitioner in OH or relevant subject.
• Teaching qualification.

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

• Extensive post registration experience in an Occupational Heath setting at a senior level.
• Experience of working autonomously as a clinical practitioner in a nurse led service.
• Evidence of audit and evidence-based care.
• Evidence of demonstrating effective leadership within collaborative MDT team working.
• Demonstrates a high level of numerical data and analytical skills including spreadsheets and databases.
• Experience of effective staff engagement and management.
• Experience of management within a health & welling being setting in the NHS.

• Ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Able to demonstrate tact, empathy and reassurance.
• Practice with assertiveness and confidence.
• Understand own limitations.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Occupational Health, Block 11, Fieldhead Hospital

Occupational Health, Block 11, Fieldhead Hospital