North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Health Group Nurse Manager

The closing date is 14 November 2025

Job summary

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Occupational Health Specialist to join our dedicated team. This is a pivotal role supporting the health and wellbeing of our workforce through expert clinical input, policy guidance, and performance monitoring.

Main duties of the job

    • Represent the Occupational Health Service at relevant meetings and committees, providing specialist clinical advice.
    • Actively contribute to a positive team culture within Occupational Health and the wider organisation.
    • Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
    • Provide expert guidance to staff and managers on employment policies, including sickness absence, equality and diversity, reasonable adjustments, and workplace wellbeing.
    • Lead on the analysis and reporting of customer satisfaction data to inform service improvements.
    • Develop and monitor Occupational Health activity data to support performance reporting and service efficiency.
    • Ensure service delivery meets Key Performance Indicators and contractual obligations.
    • Deliver health surveillance programmes in line with statutory and organisational requirements.
    • Support and participate in healthy workplace initiatives and wellbeing campaigns.
    • Manage to mass vaccination programmes and outbreak management efforts

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

345-COR7556904

Job locations

North and South Tees Sites

Stockton on Tees

TS19 8PE


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details please see attached job description. Contact details are listed below for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details please see attached job description. Contact details are listed below for further details.

Person Specification

reg

Essential

  • OH DIP

Desirable

  • RGN

OH experiance

Essential

  • Proven history of OH work

Desirable

  • Vaccination training

Learship

Essential

  • Senoir Leadership

Desirable

  • Minial leardership
Person Specification

reg

Essential

  • OH DIP

Desirable

  • RGN

OH experiance

Essential

  • Proven history of OH work

Desirable

  • Vaccination training

Learship

Essential

  • Senoir Leadership

Desirable

  • Minial leardership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North and South Tees Sites

Stockton on Tees

TS19 8PE


Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North and South Tees Sites

Stockton on Tees

TS19 8PE


Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Group Head of Occupational Health

Stephen Graham

stephen.graham1@nhs.net

07909800496

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

345-COR7556904

Job locations

North and South Tees Sites

Stockton on Tees

TS19 8PE


Supporting documents

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