Job summary
Are you a senior clinical leader with a passion for delivering excellent and innovative occupational health services? Do you enjoy focussing your expertise and knowledge on developing high performing and value-adding specialist services, which support our staff to thrive at work whilst supporting their health needs? Do you enjoy being part of a highly valued and respected multidisciplinary team (MDT)? If so, then we have the perfect role for you!
MFT's Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) Service is recruiting an Occupational Health Clinical Lead to provide leadership and management for our Fitness for Work Service. The service includes the expertise of Occupational Health Nurses, Consultant Physicians (OH and Psychiatrist), Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Nurses and Rehabilitation Advisers. In addition, the Fitness for Work team, work as part of a wider MDT including Clinical Nurses, Psychotherapists, Public Health Specialists, Systems and Service Support and Senior Managers.
The aim of the EHW Service is to provide specialist advice and support regarding employee health issues to MFT employees and managers, as well as to a variety of external clients. The EHW Service provides over 28,000 employees with an efficient, highly professional and cost-effective service, focusing activities on meeting the common challenges faced by the largest Acute NHS Trust in the UK.
Main duties of the job
As our Head of Fitness for Work Services you will provide senior management support to EHW colleagues and ensure that services continue to operate to high clinical standards. You will have responsibility for ongoing audit and process reviews to ensure quality standards and effectiveness of services. By ensuring ongoing compliance you will lead the service in maintaining SEQOSH accreditation and provide effective day-to-day operational management and professional advice across the services, ensuring the highest standard of clinical care. As line manager, you will support your team members by assisting with coaching, mentoring, appraisal and clinical supervision, whilst maintaining your ongoing professional development.
As a qualified Registered Nurse (RGN) you will hold an NMC statement of entry for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and Specialist Practitioner status in Occupational Health. You will ideally have a higher management qualification or be able to demonstratable equivalent management experience. You will have gained significant experience in a senior role in a large diverse organisation and must be competent in translating complex information into reports to present to all levels of Trust staff, including Senior Managers and Directors as appropriate. NHS experience is not essential although is desirable.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration: First Level Registered Nurse. Specialist OH Practitioner registration (Part 3 or equivalent)
- Educated to Masters standard or equivalent
- Continuing professional development and clinical practice
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification and mentoring experience
- Management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of effective evaluation and improvements for EHW provision
- Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to OH, HR, Risk Management and Health and Safety
- Strategic delivery of Employee Health and Wellbeing programmes
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues within the NHS
Training and Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of senior management experience in OH
- Proven experience in dealing with complex, sensitive and challenging situations
- Broad range of OH expertise in NHS and/or Private Industry
- Proven team management experience
- Evidence of establishment and maintenance of relationships with external suppliers and contractors including managing performance and value for money
- Experience of developing, monitoring and reviewing new and existing OH policies to meet the changing needs of organisations
- Evidence of implementation of policies, procedures and developing good practice across organisations
- Experience of developing and managing EHW processes during periods of large scale change
- Experience of providing coaching and leadership to senior managers to improve EHW
- Experience of contract management and income generation
- Experience of leading on SEQOHS Accreditation
Desirable
- Experience of internal stakeholder engagement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Leadership
- Relationship building, influencing and negotiating
- Analysis and decision making Leading a strategic approach to EHW in a large organisation
- Results and quality orientation Organisational and strategic perspective
- Large scale Planning & Organisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and Communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Packages
- Ability to work within a broad multidisciplinary team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to undertake operational planning to ensure service delivery is in line with service delivery model
Desirable
- Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture.
Attributes
Essential
- Honest.
- Open minded, treats colleagues with dignity and respect.
- Capacity to work with clinicians and staff at all levels.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
- Inspires others and leads by example.
Other
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites.
- Can use constructive criticism and openly seeks to review and reflect on own style and presentation.
- Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision, a can do attitude and is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities against competing agendas.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration: First Level Registered Nurse. Specialist OH Practitioner registration (Part 3 or equivalent)
- Educated to Masters standard or equivalent
- Continuing professional development and clinical practice
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification and mentoring experience
- Management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of effective evaluation and improvements for EHW provision
- Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to OH, HR, Risk Management and Health and Safety
- Strategic delivery of Employee Health and Wellbeing programmes
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues within the NHS
Training and Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of senior management experience in OH
- Proven experience in dealing with complex, sensitive and challenging situations
- Broad range of OH expertise in NHS and/or Private Industry
- Proven team management experience
- Evidence of establishment and maintenance of relationships with external suppliers and contractors including managing performance and value for money
- Experience of developing, monitoring and reviewing new and existing OH policies to meet the changing needs of organisations
- Evidence of implementation of policies, procedures and developing good practice across organisations
- Experience of developing and managing EHW processes during periods of large scale change
- Experience of providing coaching and leadership to senior managers to improve EHW
- Experience of contract management and income generation
- Experience of leading on SEQOHS Accreditation
Desirable
- Experience of internal stakeholder engagement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Leadership
- Relationship building, influencing and negotiating
- Analysis and decision making Leading a strategic approach to EHW in a large organisation
- Results and quality orientation Organisational and strategic perspective
- Large scale Planning & Organisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and Communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Packages
- Ability to work within a broad multidisciplinary team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to undertake operational planning to ensure service delivery is in line with service delivery model
Desirable
- Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture.
Attributes
Essential
- Honest.
- Open minded, treats colleagues with dignity and respect.
- Capacity to work with clinicians and staff at all levels.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
- Inspires others and leads by example.
Other
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites.
- Can use constructive criticism and openly seeks to review and reflect on own style and presentation.
- Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision, a can do attitude and is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities against competing agendas.
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.
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.
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).
