Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) Adviser/ Fitness For Work Advisor

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Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) Adviser/ Fitness For Work Advisor

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Occupational Health Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 349-COR-7084134*

Site: MRI Town Manchester

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 14/04/2025 23:59

Job overview

Staff are the most important asset within the NHS. Join our amazing team as we support their health and wellbeing.

We are seeking an experienced, dedicated and compassionate Occupational Health Nurse to join our team within one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team within our Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) Service, you will play a key role in supporting the wellbeing of our staff by providing specialist advice to help maximise employee health, wellbeing and productivity as well as an immunisation & vaccination service.

In this ‘blended’ role, you will assess and advise on employees’ fitness to work, helping to identify any adjustments or support required to ensure a healthy, productive workforce. Your expertise in providing detailed assessments will be critical in advising on cases, including stress, anxiety, and other psychological issues, enabling staff to commence, return to or remain in work safely. You will ensure that MFT employees are vaccinated against infectious diseases to protect themselves and our vulnerable patients. Undertaking required health surveillance and supporting the management of infectious disease outbreaks is also a requirement.

You will work closely with an EHW/OH multidisciplinary team, as well as HR and line managers, to deliver comprehensive occupational health services. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, be compassionate, and have a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Main duties of the job

You will conduct both pre-employment and in-employment assessments, helping employees access both in-house and external support services. In this blended role after training, you will rotate to provide expert case management on fitness for work and attendance as well as being able to manage and advise on complex clinical service cases.

In development, you’ll complete clinical audits, evaluate service effectiveness, and support in policy development, ensuring we provide the highest standards of care and support. The complexity of cases allocated will gradually increase in line with your confidence and competence. You will have the opportunity to undertake further training, including the SCPHN qualification.

As part of the EHW Work team, you’ll help shape specialist pathways and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), working closely with stakeholders to deliver tailored support. You will also support education initiatives, delivering courses, and training sessions to promote well-being across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and 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 30,000 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll 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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current Registration with NMC as Registered General Nurse (Adult)
• Specialist Occupational qualification and/or equivalent experience of working in the specialty of Occupational Health
• Report writing training
• Current Immunisation and vaccination course

Knowledge

• Professional and legal knowledge in relation to fitness for work assessments and the writing of management feedback reports
• Immunisation and Vaccination requirements for Healthcare Workers in line with Department of Health Guidelines
• Management of Inoculation Injuries
• Health and lifestyle initiatives
• Policy, process and protocol development
• Health and lifestyle screening programmes

Training and Experience

• 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
• Management of inoculation injuries
• Management of an immunisation and vaccination programme for Healthcare Workers
• Health and wellbeing lifestyle screening
• Case conferences/Multidisciplinary team discussions
• Working with IT database systems or specific OH systems e.g. Empactis
• Delivering training and education programmes
• Networking

Skills and Abilities

• Proficient in 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 multidisciplinary team
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to engage with key stakeholders
• Proficient in venepuncture
• Clinical Assessment of immunisation and vaccinations
• Management of information, collating and reporting

Attributes

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.