Senior Occupational Health Practitioner

2 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

MFT Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) service provides 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 continues to provide an efficient, highly professional and cost-effective servicewhilst focusing activity on meeting the common challenges faced by a large Acute NHS Trust; we now look after over 28,000 employees making us the biggest Trust in the UK.

The EHW Service is a multidisciplinary team (MDT) comprising of Senior Managers, Occupational Physicians, Fitness for Work Advisers (including Occupational Health qualified nurses/specialist practitioners, Mental Health Nurse, Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist), Clinic Nurses, Psychological Support Therapists and EHW Physiotherapists delivering the Musculoskeletal service. Working with our Service Support team, the main priority is to create a dynamic approach to maximise employee health, wellbeing and productivity.

We are currently recruiting experienced practitioners to deliver our multidisciplinary fitness for work service to undertake management referral consultations and pre-employment work health assessments, working alongside our expert colleagues in providing an EHW service to our highly skilled organisation.

Are you the person we are looking for to help with this vision?

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership and line management of the junior EHW Fitness For Work Team members across all MFT sites.

Receive, interpret and manage highly complex health information from employees, managers and/or HR which may lead to restrictions being placed on an employee's job role, such as addictions, blood borne viruses or RIDDOR reportable incidents; providing highly specialised advice regarding work health assessments and fitness for work assessments in line with professional standards, legal obligations and MFT policy. Communicate this information to non-clinical employees in a clear and understandable way.

Providing structured education and training to promote the benefits that the EHW service delivers to its users/clients.

Support the development and management of key Trust initiatives relating to fitness for work, specifically in relation to Occupational Health, supporting delivery of MFT's Wellbeing Strategy.

Work as an autonomous practitioner offering specialist advice to both managers and staff. Works in line with broad occupational polices.

Taking a business partnership approach, you will work alongside EHW colleagues to provide proactive EHW services to the Trust as well as supporting external contracts.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £ & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.

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 .Were looking forward to hearing from you

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current Registration with NMC as Registered General Nurse (Adult) or Registered Mental Health Nurse, or current registration with the HCPC as a Chartered Physiotherapist, or an Occupational Therapist. Specialist Occupational Health qualification or relevant equivalent experience of working in the specialty of Occupational Health at a senior level up to masters equivalent level, supplemented by relevant short courses.

Desirable

Report writing training Teaching / mentor qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Professional and legal knowledge in relation to fitness for work assessments and the writing of management feedback reports Policy, process and protocol development

Desirable

Health and lifestyle initiatives Health surveillance programmes

Training and Experience

Essential

Case Management/Fitness for work assessments Working within an Occupational Health or case management setting Proven report writing skills Audit and evaluation of professional practice Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team Case Conferences / Multi-Disciplinary Team discussions

Desirable

Health surveillance screening Health and wellbeing lifestyle screening Mentoring Working with IT database systems or specific OH systems Empactis Delivering training and education programmes Networking

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Proficient in complex fitness for work assessments (face to face, video or telephonic) Proficient in report writing Ability to prioritise workload Effective time management Ability to work on own initiative, unsupervised and independently whilst working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team Good written and verbal communication skills Experience of managing junior team members whilst supporting their professional development. Ability to work under pressure Ability to engage with key stakeholders Good IT skills Microsoft packages, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Desirable

Management information collating and reporting Presentation skills

Attributes

Essential

Commitment to achieving personal, departmental and organisational objectives Innovative and creative when looking for solutions Persistent and resourceful Team player Able to adapt approach and style to meet needs of audience

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