Gloucestershire Occupational Health - Gloucester

There is now an opportunity for a nurse with occupational health experience to work alongside with one of the UK's leading occupational health providers. The role is a multi-site position based in and around Gloucestershire The responsibilities of this role are to provide occupational health services for company employees and managers across a variety of sites. The post holder will take overall responsibility for the effective day to day management of the OH service, raising the profile promoting health through delivery of a pro‑active OH service whilst working closely with external organisations. The post holder's own practice should be developed to an advanced level, providing specialist advice and management plans to fulfil clients OH requirements. The post holder will work with the Medical and Nursing Director to deliver a programme of practice development for staff within their team to ensure delivery of consistently high quality evidence based OH services to DHC and clients. Dependent on experience of the successful candidates, candidates will be entitled to a salary of up to £42,500 a year.

Recognise the development needs of junior, or less experienced staff, take appropriate action and maintain and monitor any training plans
Explore and develop further OH business opportunities
Recruit, select and orientate new staff
Ensure compliance with Department of Health, H&S and other guidelines/legislation
Advise, monitor, and assess clinical practice of the OH team
Assess, plan, implement, deliver and evaluate programmes of care
Work with divisional directors/managers to implement company objectives
Ensure compliance with Department of Health, H&S and other guidelines/legislation

The successful Occupational Health Advisor would be required to maintain excellent client relationships, for this reason successful candidates must be able to organise, prioritise and co‑ordinate their workload. Confidence and first rate communication skills are essential. This job description is a guide to the duties and responsibilities of the person and is not exhaustive - it should be used as a guideline only. Subject to the needs of the service, the content of the job description for this post is subject to continuous review.