Consultant Occupational Health Physician

Job summary

NCIC Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service has a core Occupational Health team of Advisors, Nurses, HCAs and a vacancy for an Consultant OH Physician. The team are responsible for supporting the health and wellbeing of staff from commencement in post through to their retirement, advising staff and managers on fitness to work, reasonable adjustments, risk assessments, vaccination uptake and promoting wellbeing in the workplace.

The successful applicant will be required to work 10 sessions of Programmed Activity per week, 1.5 of which will be Supported Professional Activity (SPA).

The sessions can be timetabled flexibly with the successful applicant and the post-holder will be required to work flexibly across the Trust premises to meet the changing demands of the service.

The post holder will be managed by the Lead for Occupational Health, with professional responsibility to the Responsible Officer

The post holder will work closely with other members of the Occupational Health Department as well as working autonomously. Responsibilities will include working in a variety of settings including working from differing work place sites. The department is open Monday- Friday 08:30 16:30 although you will need to have some flexibility around hours from time to time.

Main duties of the job

The main duties and responsibilities of this post are to;

• Make an effective contribution to reaching the Trust's vision, strategic objectives and key work programmes
• Provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Health team
• Provide clear and timely advice to managers, employees and HR
• Provide advice to the organisation on medical assessment of new employees in line with the provisions of the Equality Act, immunisations, statutory medical examinations and clinical assessments for fitness to work
• Enhance and develop the Trusts Occupational Health and Wellbeing services
• Promote the highest clinical standards in the delivery of Occupational Health medicine and care
• Work in conjunction with the Service Lead to provide effective delivery and management of the service
• Participate in the teaching and clinical supervision of the Occupational Health team
• Ensure active participation in continuing medical education (CME) for self and others
• Participate in regular audit activities of clinical activity and effectiveness that aid improvement of the service

About us

NCIC Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service works to promote, maintain and improve the health of the employee, to safeguard employees' health from risk arising from their work and working environment and to promote the health of the organisation.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.