South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Senior Occupational Health Advisor

The closing date is 18 December 2025

Job summary

Are you a qualified Occupational Health Nurse Advisor with proven experience in an occupational health setting and ready to take on a role in a dynamic, nurse-led service? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our innovative occupational health team, where your clinical expertise and leadership skills will drive health and wellbeing initiatives for NHS staff across South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching Trust and our partner Trusts.

In this role, you will not only work independently carrying out complex management referral assessments, pre-employment assessments, and providing expert advice via our clinician helpline, but you will also take a proactive and collaborative role in service development, mentoring colleagues, and ensuring clinical governance standards are met. You will champion best practice, support decision-making, and contribute to strategic planning to enhance the quality and reach of our service.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

You will collaborate closely with an experienced multi-disciplinary teamincluding RMNs, physiotherapists, OTs, and counsellorswhile acting as a key point of clinical leadership within the nurse-led model.

We are committed to delivering high-quality care that meets both local and national standards, and were looking for someone who shares that commitment, demonstrates strong leadership, and is ready to support the growth and transformation of the service within a forward-thinking environment.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-QA01430

Job locations

Occupational Health, Block 11, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

WF1 3SP

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will provide a high quality occupational health service to LYPFT and SWYPFT and external contracts, in accordance with trust policies and procedures. Post holder would be expected to regularly travel to satellite clinics throughout a wide geographical area. Post holder will assist and support the head of occupational health in delivery of an affective and high quality evidence based occupational health service. The post holder will be required to provide professional mentorship and supervision to other MDT colleagues under the direction of the head of occupational health and undertake highly complex case management and line with the equality act 2010. The post holder will be required to undertake a comprehensive range of occupational Health's activities including

policy and procedure development and review

The post holder will be responsible for the department in the absence of the head of occupational health.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Professional Practice

To promote and maintain the health and safety and wellbeing of all trust employees by ensuring complex OH advice is based on best evidence based practice
Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional standards and guidelines including maintenance of confidentiality
Work in partnership with all key stakeholders e.g. health & Safety, Infection Prevention & Control, MDT OH Colleagues
To analyse complex facts and situations and make appropriate autonomous judgements
Assessment of sickness absence and ill health affecting work, including complex rehabilitation and return to work plans
Provide highly specialised advice to clients and managers as an autonomous practitioner lead
Develop specialised care packages for complex cases and liaise with appropriate external key stakeholders / agencies to ensure holistic approach to health, safety & welfare of client
Mentorship and clinical supervision of junior MDT colleagues
Undertake audit of OH systems & procedures and make recommendations to improve service delivery
Assist in the review of department policies and procedures
2nd line work health assessments and advice to recruitment at pre- employment
Attend relevant trust meetings and deputise at high level meetings for Head of OH
Administration of vaccinations / immunisations in line with PGDs and vaccinations procedures ( OHA only)
Provision of complex case management advice in an independent impartial manner in line with Trust policies and procedures
Undertake Health Surveillance programmes ( including spirometry) ( OHA only)
Conduct specialist workplace assessments in accordance with regulations, i.e. COSHH, DSE,PPE ( OHA only)
Provide reports and statistics to Head of OH to monitor & improve service delivery
Plan & deliver seasonal flu programme / training of peer to peer vaccinators

Communication and partnership working

Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the Trusts
Ability to use interpersonal skills in highly emotive situations, to ensure the best outcomes are achieved for all parties.
Able to support Head of OH in the provision of a nurse led OH Service
Liaise regularly with other disciplines within the Trust i.e. Infection control, Health & Safety.
Contribute & participate in Departmental meetings/ lead meetings
Able to provide clinical guidance to junior members of the team
Provide mentorship to junior staff members
Attend case conference meeting with HR/ managers to provide expert advice and guidance to assist in the management of attendance.
Regularly participate in working parties to improve collaborative services.

Decision making and advice

Able to manage / supervise junior OH staff & administration staff in the absence of Head of OH
Prioritise and plan the client caseload of all team members.
Be professionally responsible & accountable for own actions & outcomes
Able to manage external contracts on a day to day basis

INITIATING AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

Regular audit of systems & procedures to improve service delivery.

Assist Head of OH Services & Administration Manager in ongoing development of income generation to external businesses.
Manage / supervise external contracts to maximise income generation
Continually assess service provision and suggest improvements in service delivery
Regular audit of service elements to affect efficiencies & improvements in all areas of the department.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy;

Comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

Recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.

adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.