Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services

Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) are looking for a highly experienced clinician, manager and leader to Head our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, based at the purpose-designed Occupational Health & Wellbeing Hub at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with outreach to all other sites across Buckinghamshire. The role reports to the Director of Workforce and Wellbeing.

There is a strong culture of employee health and wellbeing at BHT, with support at all levels of the organisation and aligned to our Healthy Communities Strategy. Over recent years we are proud to be consistently amongst the top Trusts in the NHS Staff Survey for "My organisation takes positive action on health and wellbeing".

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and continue to develop our dedicated and professional teams who take pride in supporting our Trust colleagues. The services provide a range of Occupational Health and Wellbeing related services, that provide both pro-active and reactive initiatives, that ensure compliance with legislative requirements and contribute to BHT being a Great Place to Work, including in-house nursing, physio and counselling interventions, an extensive range of psychoeducational webinars and self-help resources.

Main duties of the job

This is a varied role, and we are looking for a passionate and empathic individual who will value the opportunity to support our exceptional colleagues. The role also includes leading several workforce transformation programmes that are health and wellbeing related, which require the post holder to partner closely with key stakeholders across the People Directorate and wider Trust to develop and implement programmes plans. The role also leads on our external Occupational Health contract provision (including a local university) and implementation of other future income generation opportunities.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered General Nurse or Allied Health professional
• Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health
• NEBOSH Certificate/Diploma (Health and Safety) or equivalent portfolio of experience
• Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent portfolio of experience.
• Master's Level Qualification or an equivalent portfolio of experience
• HR programme/project management qualification and/or related experience
• CIPD level 7 or above
• Qualified and accredited mediator

EXPERIENCE

• Good range of substantial experience within Occupational Heath setting at a management level
• Significant experience of financial management, budget setting & monitoring
• Significant experience managing teams, including setting objectives, appraisal, recruitment, and disciplinary
• Knowledge and experience of dealing with a wide range of Human Resources issues including sickness absence and employee relations
• Excellent planning and organisational skills including strategic service and business planning
• Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change
• Experience of analysing complex data to produce reports and presentations to a multidisciplinary audience
• Experience of contract management
• Knowledge of the NHS and current clinical standards within Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services , including NHS / DoH / HSE legislation and best practice guidance
• Knowledge of immunisation & vaccine schedules

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Excellent judgmental and analytical skills
• Extensive knowledge of all statutory Health & Safety related issues gained through experience and continuous theoretical study to maintain competence
• Knowledge and experience Occupational Health Service, Health and Wellbeing policies, procedures, and targets, in relation to delivery of a quality service
• Possess highly developed communication and presentation skills to be able to talk to and influence a range of stakeholders
• Ability to receive, interpret and communicate highly complex information
• Exceptionally well organised and be able to lead trust wide projects and keep projects on plan
• An effective decision maker, who is able to prioritise own workload and deal with unpredictable issues arising
• Use formal evaluation techniques and audit tools
• Strong IT skills to manage systems and report on complex service and performance management information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working