Occupational Health Advisor/Nurse

Job summary

The role requires the post holder to be involved in the delivery of a variety of Occupational Health tasks which aims to promote health, safety and well being among all our staff.

This role is a case management role doing up to 5 cases per day - management referrals or PPQ clearances.

We would consider hybrid working for this role.

Main duties of the job

The role will be predominantly case management but it will also consist of pre-employment assessments. you will be participating in the reduction and management of presenteeism and absenteeism, delivering and promoting the health and well being strategy and working collaboratively with key personnel such as managers, HR, psychological services, OH physician, physiotherapists and other available services that our staff can access via Occupational Health.

As a qualified OH Advisor you will be required to work autonomously but you will be working within a friendly, enthusiastic, helpful in house multi disciplinary team and you will be fully supported at all times.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

**If you do not have the relevant qualification, please consider applying for the Band 5 practice nurse post, as there maybe to opportunity to access the training required, subject to funding approval.**

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