Occupational Health Adviser

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location: County Hall, North Yorkshire Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £35.00
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.

Operational management

• To provide occupational health service to clients of North Yorkshire County Council to give advice, guidance and support on work related health matters including suitability for employment, fitness to work and rehabilitation to the required professional standards in compliance with legislation and local NYCC or relevant employer policies.
• Contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of effective and efficient health promotion activity for staff within the Council, Schools and other external clients ensuring that the department delivers a value for money service.
• Use clinical skills and knowledge to give specialist advice and support to peer groups, staff, clients and managers.
• Highlight areas of opportunity for process and service development that secures increased efficiency of service delivery and promotes proactive health promotion and ill health prevention.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership, advice and guidance to clinical and non-clinical staff in Health and Wellbeing Services and foster collaborative partnerships with other Services and disciplines.
• To participate in the clinical supervision process to ensure safe effective evidence based advice and guidance is given to managers.
• Ensure the clinical standards are embedded in practice and monitored in accordance with the needs of the service in conjunction with the line manager.
• To engage in clinical audit according to departmental processes and requirements.

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

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)

Other Requirements
• Ability to travel across the County
• Ability to attend meetings outside of normal business hours of normal business hours