Regional Occupational Health Physician

NES GLOBAL PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

NES GLOBAL PTE. LTD. seeks a regional clinical leader to provide governance and assurance for occupational health across downstream markets.

The role translates workforce risks into evidence-based medical standards, governs health surveillance and Fitness for Duty, and escalates complex cases. You will oversee clinical services, contract and provider management, wellness initiatives and leadership reporting, collaborating with HSE, HR and operations to deliver safe, compliant and measurable

Qualifications

• Medical degree and current, unrestricted medical registration in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• Registration with the Singapore Medical Council, or eligibility to obtain it.
• Postgraduate qualification in occupational medicine or occupational health strongly preferred; a related qualification is advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant post-registration experience; a profile of 5–10 years is expected.
• Experience supporting multiple sites or countries and managing safety-critical Fitness for Duty, exposure-based surveillance and complex return-to-work cases.
• Experience in oil and gas, downstream, chemicals, manufacturing, logistics or another high-hazard industry is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated capability in provider governance, contract specifications, clinical audit, performance metrics and stakeholder influence.
• Current Basic Life Support certification; advanced emergency or trauma training is advantageous where relevant.
• Fluent professional English. Additional language capability relevant to the region is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain regional medical standards, protocols, decision pathways and quality controls, allowing for country-specific legal and regulatory requirements.
• Advise leaders, HSE, Human Resources and Industrial Hygiene on occupational health risks arising from work, exposures, organisational change, infectious disease, travel and emerging health threats.
• Ensure clinical activity is undertaken by appropriately licensed practitioners and within local scope-of-practice, consent, confidentiality and data-protection requirements.
• Lead clinical audit, incident review, corrective-action follow-up and continuous improvement across internal and contracted services.
• Own the regional, risk-based health surveillance framework, linking exposure profiles and legal requirements to appropriate medical protocols and periodicity.
• Approve country surveillance matrices and provider instructions; interpret significant individual findings and aggregated trends; and recommend exposure controls with HSE and Industrial Hygiene.
• Set referral, repeat-test, work-restriction, record-retention and program-exit criteria, with documented escalation for abnormal or overdue outcomes.
• Conduct or oversee pre-placement, periodic, return-to-work, job-transfer, post-incident, travel and safety-critical Fitness for Duty assessments as required.
• Serve as regional medical escalation for complex cases, balancing employee health, job demands, operational risk, reasonable adjustments and applicable law.
• Provide managers and Human Resources with clear functional capability, restriction and review guidance without unnecessary disclosure of diagnosis or confidential medical information.
• Support complex absence, disability, rehabilitation and return-to-work cases in partnership with employees, treating clinicians and relevant stakeholders.
• Set the clinical scope, protocols, referral pathways, formulary principles and quality requirements for onsite and contracted occupational health services.
• Assure clinic readiness, medical equipment, first-aid arrangements, emergency response plans, local hospital pathways and medical components of drills.
• Provide or coordinate time-sensitive medical advice during occupational incidents, outbreaks, business disruption and other health emergencies within agreed escalation arrangements.
• Define clinical scopes of work and service specifications; contribute to sourcing, technical evaluation, mobilisation and renewal of occupational health, surveillance, EAP and wellbeing contracts.
• Lead clinical governance reviews of providers, including credentialing, service quality, case escalation, audit findings, adverse events and remediation.
• Monitor service levels, risk, cost and value with Procurement and the regional nurse; address persistent underperformance and recommend corrective or contractual action.
• Provide medical oversight for regional wellness, RSIP, EAP, mental health, fatigue, ergonomics and other corporate wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensure programs are evidence-informed, inclusive, culturally appropriate and connected to clear care, crisis and referral pathways.
• Use participation, outcomes and workforce health data to focus resources on material risks and evaluate program value, while protecting individual confidentiality.
• Provide functional direction, coaching and case support to the regional nurse, country focal points and contracted clinicians.
• Build trusted relationships with country and regional leaders and represent Health & Medical in relevant operational, HSE and crisis-management forums.
• Translate medical evidence into practical guidance, leader briefings and employee communications in partnership with Communications and local stakeholders.
• Maintain dashboards and report material risks, trends, regulatory gaps, vendor performance, program outcomes and improvement priorities to leadership.

Job description

Provide regional clinical leadership and assurance for occupational health services across downstream markets. The role translates business and workforce risks into evidence-based medical standards; governs health surveillance, Fitness for Duty and clinical services; provides escalation for complex cases; and ensures vendors and wellbeing programs deliver safe, compliant and measurable outcomes.

1. Clinical governance and occupational health risk

• Establish and maintain regional medical standards, protocols, decision pathways and quality controls, allowing for country specific legal and regulatory requirements.
• Advise leaders, HSE, Human Resources and Industrial Hygiene on occupational health risks arising from work, exposures, organisational change, infectious disease, travel and emerging health threats.
• Ensure clinical activity is undertaken by appropriately licensed practitioners and within local scope-of-practice, consent, confidentiality and data-protection requirements.
• Lead clinical audit, incident review, corrective-action follow-up and continuous improvement across internal and contracted services.

2. Health surveillance

• Own the regional, risk-based health surveillance framework, linking exposure profiles and legal requirements to appropriate medical protocols and periodicity.
• Approve country surveillance matrices and provider instructions; interpret significant individual findings and aggregated trends; and recommend exposure controls with HSE and Industrial Hygiene.
• Set referral, repeat-test, work-restriction, record-retention and program-exit criteria, with documented escalation for abnormal or overdue outcomes.

3. Fitness for Duty and case management

• Conduct or oversee pre-placement, periodic, return-to-work, job-transfer, post-incident, travel and safety-critical Fitness for Duty assessments as required.
• Serve as regional medical escalation for complex cases, balancing employee health, job demands, operational risk, reasonable adjustments and applicable law.
• Provide managers and Human Resources with clear functional capability, restriction and review guidance without unnecessary disclosure of diagnosis or confidential medical information.
• Support complex absence, disability, rehabilitation and return-to-work cases in partnership with employees, treating clinicians and relevant stakeholders.

4. Clinical services and emergency medical preparedness

• Set the clinical scope, protocols, referral pathways, formulary principles and quality requirements for onsite and contracted occupational health services.
• Assure clinic readiness, medical equipment, first-aid arrangements, emergency response plans, local hospital pathways and medical components of drills.
• Provide or coordinate time-sensitive medical advice during occupational incidents, outbreaks, business disruption and other health emergencies within agreed escalation arrangements.

5. Contract and provider management

• Define clinical scopes of work and service specifications; contribute to sourcing, technical evaluation, mobilisation and renewal of occupational health, surveillance, EAP and wellbeing contracts.
• Lead clinical governance reviews of providers, including credentialing, service quality, case escalation, audit findings, adverse events and remediation.
• Monitor service levels, risk, cost and value with Procurement and the regional nurse; address persistent underperformance and recommend corrective or contractual action.

6. Wellness, RSIP, EAP and corporate wellbeing

• Provide medical oversight for regional wellness, RSIP, EAP, mental health, fatigue, ergonomics and other corporate wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensure programs are evidence-informed, inclusive, culturally appropriate and connected to clear care, crisis and referral pathways.
• Use participation, outcomes and workforce health data to focus resources on material risks and evaluate program value, while protecting individual confidentiality.

7. Leadership, communication and reporting

• Provide functional direction, coaching and case support to the regional nurse, country focal points and contracted clinicians.
• Build trusted relationships with country and regional leaders and represent Health & Medical in relevant operational, HSE and crisis-management forums.
• Translate medical evidence into practical guidance, leader briefings and employee communications in partnership with Communications and local stakeholders.
• Maintain dashboards and report material risks, trends, regulatory gaps, vendor performance, program outcomes and improvement priorities to leadership.

Qualifications and experience

• Medical degree from a recognised institution and current, unrestricted medical registration in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• Registration with the Singapore Medical Council, or eligibility to obtain it, where direct clinical practice in Singapore forms part of the role. All cross-border practice must remain within applicable local licensing rules.
• Postgraduate qualification in occupational medicine or occupational health strongly preferred; a relevant qualification in public health, family medicine, emergency medicine or a related discipline is advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant post-registration experience; a profile of approximately 5–10 years is expected to suit the role. This should include meaningful experience in occupational, corporate or industrial health.
• Experience supporting multiple sites or countries and managing safety-critical Fitness for Duty, exposure-based surveillance and complex return-to-work cases.
• Experience in oil and gas, downstream, chemicals, manufacturing, logistics or another high-hazard industry is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated capability in provider governance, contract specifications, clinical audit, performance metrics and stakeholder influence.
• Current Basic Life Support certification; advanced emergency or trauma training is advantageous where relevant to the operating environment.
• Fluent professional English. Additional language capability relevant to the region is advantageous.