Occupational Health Adviser

Job Description

Job Title : Occupational Health Adviser
Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : County Hall, North Yorkshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £30.00
Occupational Health Adviser – case management Occupational Health & Wellbeing

North Yorkshire County Council’s Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service is a small, specialist practitioner team of qualified OH Advisers and OH Technicians, led by the Senior OH Adviser – Clinical Manager who reports to the Health and Wellbeing Manager. This team delivers occupational health services, health promotion activity and health surveillance programmes to managers and staff across the Council, plus Schools & Academies and external contracts.

The OH Adviser role has significant autonomy to self-manage their own workload with the ability to working flexibly from home although the service is based on campus in the Lodge at the County Hall offices in Northallerton.

We are looking for a strong candidate with a proven track record of working to the highest of standards, clinically and operationally, and who is passionate about the benefits proactive occupational health can bring to organisations. You will be customer, performance and solution focused with extensive experience of managing your own case load.

The ideal candidate will be looking for 15 – 20 hours working alongside a team of dedicated professionals and experts. They will possess the right qualifications, excellent communication skills and in particular, a strong knowledge and experience of how the practicality and effectiveness of advice impacts in realising positive outcomes i.e.. effective case management conclusion.
Knowledge
⦁ Detailed knowledge and understanding of Occupational Health Nursing and all core Occupational Health services
⦁ Sound understanding of Health and Safety legislation and the Equality Act 2010
⦁ Research/Evidence based practice
⦁ Health Promotion
Clinical Governance
Experience
⦁ Significant post registration experience or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge.
⦁ Proven track record of Occupational Health Nursing experience or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge.
⦁ Clinic based work experience in a nurse led environment
⦁ Experience of providing Health screening and health surveillance activity
⦁ Proven track record in the planning and delivery of successful Health promotion initiatives
⦁ Recent experience of auditing against Occupational Health standards
⦁ Recent experience and proven track record of influencing and implementing changes to clinical protocols
⦁ Recent experience of Policy formulation
Proven track record of working in partnership with external agencies
Occupational Skills
⦁ Able to organise and manage own caseload and work as an autonomous practitioner in a nurse led environment
⦁ Ability to critically analyse information from different sources to make good decisions and provide effective advice, recommendations and guidance based on a sound clinical rationale
⦁ Able to plan the provision of services provided by multi-disciplinary teams and external providers of services
⦁ Good level of Computer skills
⦁ Presentation and training skills
⦁ Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to relate to clients and managers
Problem solving
Professional Qualifications/Training/Registrations required by law, and/or essential for the performance of the role
⦁ Registered General Nurse
Registered Occupational Health Nurse (Degree or Diploma)