About this role
Job summary
Develop Your Career | Protect Our Workforce | Make a Lasting Impact
This post is for 30 hours per week.
Are you a registered nurse or allied health professional looking for a new professional challenge beyond traditional clinical settings?
Are you passionate about wellbeing, prevention and supporting people to stay healthy at work?
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our well-established, nurse-led Occupational Health Service in the role of Band 6 Occupational Health Adviser.
Previous experience in Occupational Health is desirable but not essential, as comprehensive training and development will be provided to support the successful candidate. We are keen to hear from nurses and allied health professionals with strong transferable clinical skills who are motivated to develop a career in Occupational Health.
This is a varied, impactful role where you will use your clinical judgement and communication skills expertise to make a real difference to staff health and wellbeing every day.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Occupational Health Adviser, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, person-centred Occupational Health service that supports the health, safety and wellbeing of our workforce.
With structured support, supervision and development you will:
Undertake management and self-referral assessments, providing clear, practical advice Assess fitness for work and recommend reasonable adjustments Support staff experiencing long-term and short-term sickness absence Contribute to vaccination, immunisation and health surveillance programmes Support the management of work-related health risks, including body fluid exposures Work collaboratively with managers, human resource and staff representatives Contribute to service development, audit and clinical governance Support and mentor colleagues and learners as your experience develops This is a varied and largely autonomous role, offering a diverse caseload and the opportunity to further develop confidence and expertise in Occupational Health practice, with no two days being the same.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within a skill mixed team as an autonomous practitioner to support the prevention of ill health; protect health and promote the wellbeing of people in their workplaces ensuring a healthy balance between work and wellbeing.
Work collaboratively with the team to plan and deliver a safe, effective, and high quality Occupational Health service.
Identify health needs through comprehensive assessment in partnership with clients, developing and delivering individual programmes of care and delegating appropriately.
Use and analyse data effectively, combining specialist Occupational Health expertise with a broader understanding of the Occupational Health sector to support and embed health improvement.
Champion workplace health and wellbeing strategies that recognise the impact of health on work and the value of good work to health.
Recognise and value workforce diversity by applying person centred approaches that meet the needs of a varied population.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC Registered Nurse/Midwife/HCPC Qualification
Desirable
NMC Registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner (SCHPN) Occupational Health OR Registered AHP with specialist occupational health knowledge and qualifications
Experience Essential
Experience of working within a team environment Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to role
Desirable
Management of team/staff members
Skills and Knowlewdge Essential
Ability to use IT as required (Microsoft packages plus electronic record keeping) Excellent written skills Ability to apply and promote the public health role of the Occupational Health Adviser Current knowledge of local and national policies Demonstrates leadership in practice, including management of people, resources and caseload Ability to apply research to practice Competency in a range of clinical skills Demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity to differing needs of client groups Able to work on own initiative, make decisions and prioritise Demonstrate excellence in communication skills with an ability to negotiate and manage conflict
Desirable
Able to assess, develop, implement and develop programmes of care Able to demonstrate partnership working with other agencies and service providers
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).
Employer details Employer name Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address Jevington Building, Brighton General Hospital
Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)