Occupational Health Adviser

The Role

Provide a specialised Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) service to the staff of NHS Lanarkshire and/or Non NHS clients, which fulfils service level agreements or contractual obligation. Be a source of knowledge of OHS issues and provide expert advice and support to managers, clients staff representatives and others as required. This is predominately a home based role. That can be carried out anywhere in the UK and therefore the post holder will be expected to carry out telephone based consultations, which are mainly management referrals and achieve a set productivity level of work each week. There may be the occasional requirement to carry out face to face work at a customer site, where the post holder is the nearest clinician.

What we'll need you to bring

• Must have high level of specialist knowledge across a wide range of areas including policies, procedures, acts of parliament and legislation.
• Must be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council as RGN/RMN accompanied by specialist qualification (OH nursing diploma/degree).
• Must have good theoretical knowledge with significant amount of relevant occupational health experience.
• Evidence of ongoing training and continuing professional development relating to professional discipline.
• Evidence of Managerial/leadership training and/or experience.
• Influencing, negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
• An understanding of Audit Systems.
• Evidence of knowledge or recognised training in Spirometry, Audiometry and the use of Vision Screening Equipment.
• Evidence of experience or recognised training in Venepuncture.

Additional Information Specific To The Role

The post holder requires to be:

• self-motivated.
• have access to a car and be prepared to travel.
• have suitable internet connectivity at home to carry out home based work.
• have an area at home where they can comfortably carry out remote work whilst maintaining confidentiality.
• be willing to undertake any additional training that is required to carry out the role.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be home based.

The working pattern for this role: Monday to Friday.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Angela Dunlop, Service Manager on Angela.Dunlop@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Carla Vargas, Recruitment Administrator on carla.vargas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some Of NHS Lanarkshire’s Benefits Include

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service.
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays.
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits.
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• Occupational health services.
• Employee counselling services.
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures.

Additional Information For Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.