Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Occupational Health Advisor/Health & Wellbeing Co-ordinator

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Occupational Health Team. The post holder will provide needs based occupational health services to employees in line with good practice and current health and safety legislation. The postholder will also co-ordinate and oversee the delivery of our health and wellbeing agenda for our staff ensuring initiatives are appropriate for our workforce.

Main duties of the job

To support the delivery of safe, appropriate, effective and quality occupational health services to the Trust including pre employment checks and management referrals.
To co-ordinate and oversee the health and wellbeing agenda for our staff.
To ensure that practice takes full consideration of researched findings and complies with Policies, Protocols and Standards applicable to the scope of occupational health and that audit results lead to improvements within service provision.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

01 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

Depending on experience pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-5970788-OPS

Job locations

Occupational Health Services, Pensfold

Gains Park

Shrewsbury

SY3 5HF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the NHS Health & Wellbeing framework
Good communication skills
Effective time management skills
Knowledge and understanding of occupational health practice
Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in occupational health records and writing advisory reports.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the NHS Health & Wellbeing framework
Good communication skills
Effective time management skills
Knowledge and understanding of occupational health practice
Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in occupational health records and writing advisory reports.

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Occupational Health Services, Pensfold

Gains Park

Shrewsbury

SY3 5HF

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Occupational Health Services, Pensfold

Gains Park

Shrewsbury

SY3 5HF

Employer's website

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