Occupational Health Clinical Lead

Job summary

As an advanced OH Specialist nurse you will be an outstanding leader and able to provide senior clinical input, support, guidance, and advice to the OHA multidisciplinary team within the Occupational Health department. Ability to work collaboratively with the Head of Occupational Health and other stakeholders.

You will be responsible for the learning and development of the OHA team within the department with a strong focus of undertaking comprehensive OH assessments and delivering an evidence based, impartial high-quality report to the employer/manager.

This position will also require the candidate to deputise for the Head of Occupational Health to cover any periods of leave.

Main duties of the job

You will be working with the Head of OH to support the team. You will be required to undertake more complex case management with access to HOD and OHP as required. There will be case conferences or general absence meetings to support our HR colleagues.

Auditing and training will be an integral part of this role ensuring that a high quality of service is delivered through compassionate, impartial, and effective case management.

You will liaise with senior management teams to represent the Occupational Health department and any appropriately delegated meetings eg IPCC, outbreaks, flu and wellbeing for example.

The post holder will work closely with the Head of Health and Wellbeing and will need to be aligned with the management and leadership of the department as well as embrace the current and future vision of the Occupational Health service delivery for the health and wellbeing of all our staff in the Trust.

Compliance with all national legislation and guidance in relation to documentation including NMC, IG etc.

You will work with key stakeholders and build effective working relationships.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk