Senior Occupational Health Advisor: Sponsorship Available

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

**Interviews will be held w/c 21st September**

Due to the retirement of the current postholder an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Specialist Occupational Health Practitioner to join the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Harrogate & District Foundation Trust.

The Trust provides services to all staff based on the Harrogate hospital site, as well as to a wide range of community services across an expanding Trust footprint.

We are looking for an experienced Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health; with excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills, who is flexible and can work 4 days a week, both on site, and remotely as service need requires.

Main duties of the job

You will be able to deliver evidence-based occupational health services to all Trust employees and contracted services, whilst providing clinical leadership, professional support and education across the Occupational Health Service, whilst ensuring compliance with responsibilities associated with Health & Safety legislation and maximising and promoting the health of all employees. The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and build effective working relationships, whilst demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and high standards of care is essential.

Working autonomously within your scope of professional practice, as a senior nurse within the team you will manage a varied and complex clinical caseload, providing specialist occupational health assessments, management referral consultations, health surveillance, immunisation programmes; which meet the vaccination and immunisation framework and fitness for work advice, whilst supporting staff health, safety & wellbeing. Ultimately, contributing to the development of high-quality, safe and effective services that supports clinical governance, workforce development and quality improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse
  • OHN degree (SCPOHN)

Desirable

  • Masters level qualification

Experience

Essential

  • 3-5 years’ experience in occupational health nursing
  • Experience of handling complex relationships

Desirable

  • NHS Experience of occupational health
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience of undertaking clinical audit or nursing research

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Managerial and leadership skills
  • venepuncture, spirometry and audiometry
  • Knowledge of recent NHS/DoH/HSE legislation & recommendations
  • Experience of the SEQOHS accreditation process

Desirable

  • A sound understanding of the NHS and its culture
  • Awareness of changing needs within Occupational Health & Wellbeing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.