Band 8b Lead Nurse for Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services: Sponsorship Available

North London Partners Shared Service

Job summary

To provide strong, visible professional and clinical leadership to the occupational health nursing workforce of the shared service, with ownership of clinical governance, quality, safety and professional standards across all partner and client organisations.

Main duties of the job

To be accountable for the management of clinical and non-clinical staff and, working with the Operational Lead and the senior management team, for the effective management of pay and non-pay resources, delivery of service level agreements and achievement of income targets, ensuring a timely, high quality, effective and efficient service within available resources.

To lead the clinical development of the shared occupational health service, bringing together teams from diverse organisations and shaping them into one service that delivers a consistent, equitable, confidential and accessible bio-psycho-social occupational health and wellbeing service. All clinical interventions and advice must be evidence based and in line with current national guidance and legislation.

To take a lead role in raising the profile of the service with line managers and senior leaders in partner and client organisations, to contribute to clients’ wider workforce strategy, and to play a key leadership role in the development of the wider shared services portfolio.

Person Specification

Education, experience and professional qualification

Essential

  • NMC registration part 1
  • specialist OH nursing qualification with NMC part 3
  • Master level education or equivalent
  • completion of an appropriate management or leadership qualification or demonstrate equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional development over the last 3 years
  • Highly developed knowledge of employment law with a focus on health and safety and the management of occupational health records
  • Knowledge of SEQOHS accreditation and related regulatory standards

Desirable

  • Willingness to undergo training in relation to post
  • Ability to deliver training
  • Experience of managing and leading staff of different disciplines
  • Experience of creating pathways with stakeholders as partners
  • Experience of business planning and project management
  • Experience of developing external contracts or generating income for a service

Clinical

Essential

  • In-depth knowledge of occupational health nursing quality, clinical audit and clinical governance within the NHS
  • Strong understanding of multi-disciplinary issues and commitment to multi-disciplinary working
  • In-depth understanding of occupational health nursing practice and NMC revalidation requirements
  • Ability to provide a senior clinical supervisory and consultative role in meetings and case review discussions
  • Ability to balance service and team management with clinical demands and responsibilities

Communication and Analytical

Essential

  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Able to manage others to achieve their own and organisational goals
  • Able to communicate complex information clearly and concisely to a diverse range of stakeholders
  • Highly developed oral and written communication skills, from informal one-to-one discussions to formal presentations and written reports, including data analysis
  • Able to assess performance data, interpret it and use it to drive continuous quality improvement

Desirable

  • Ability to deal positively and effectively with occasional conflict and confrontation
  • Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues

Planning, Autonomy, Financial and Physical Resources

Essential

  • Able to balance competing priorities and meet personal, service and customer targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
  • Ability to manage a team in line with all relevant policies and ensure personal development is supported
  • Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering services to a budget

Desirable

  • Strategic thinker with an understanding of the wider health and social care context
  • Ability to foster an empowered culture of shared ownership of problems, with decisions taken at the most appropriate level
  • Experience of managing establishment, skill mix and bank or agency usage within financial limits

Other

Essential

  • Able to travel between sites across North Central London as required
  • Fully competent in the use of email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Calendar and electronic records databases
  • Able to fulfil the occupational health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in line with Trust policy

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: 20 November 2026

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