Senior Occupational Health Advisor
4 weeks ago
The Role
A unique and exciting opportunity to join and lead the commercial Occupational Health team within Salus, NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing the operational day to day running of the team, supported by a wider multi-disciplinary team. They will be responsible for the delivery of high quality occupational health services to a wide range of Salus commercial customers across Scotland.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Registered Nurse with Post graduate specialist qualification in occupational health - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Occupational Health) Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level. Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently. Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality. Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality. Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement. Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership. Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification. The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative. Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills. Working knowledge of basic information technology.
It would be great if you also have
Health and Safety qualification (IOSH/NEBOSH) or Management qualification Experience in Case Management Experience in Occupational Health with evidence of taking a Lead role in providing specialist advice/support to HR/Senior Management/organisation and working in partnership with others including Public Health, staff side colleagues, Allied Health Professionals and Specialist colleagues Evidence of taking a lead role in a project or policy development impacting on a defined customer base or client group High level of specialist knowledge across a wide range of areas including management of sickness absence, policies, procedures, acts of parliament and legislation Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation, an understanding and experience of Audit. Evidence of knowledge or recognised training of specialist diagnostic equipment, and interpretation and analysis of results Experience of organisation and participation in case conferences Evidence of Influencing and negotiating skills Evidence and experience of ability to manage own workload and that of others with the capacity to plan, implement and evaluate work schedule. Ability to deal with competing priorities in a challenging environment Experience of producing high level reports and statistics utilising appropriate databases Training and Presentation skills Requirement to work out with usual office hours on occasion Requirement to be away from home overnight occasionally to deliver agreed customer contracts
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Salus within Beckford St
The working pattern for this role Monday - Friday 08.30 - 16.30pm
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .
