Closing date: 29 June 2026.
Deputy Occupational Health Manager
Responsibilities
- Support the Head of Service in the day‑to‑day management of the occupational health service.
- Provide clinical leadership and professional guidance to occupational health staff.
- Deliver occupational health assessments, including management referrals, fitness‑for‑work assessments, pre‑employment screening and vaccination and immunisation programmes.
- Assist with service planning, quality improvement and policy development.
- Monitor service performance and contribute to audits and reporting.
- Promote employee wellbeing initiatives and health promotion activities.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, professional standards and organisational policies.
- Act as deputy for the Head of Service when required.
- Lead on the clinical governance function of the department, providing leadership, guidance and expertise in quality, risk management and clinical governance.
- Plan and manage own workload and the workload of the service in a flexible manner to meet patient needs.
- Contribute to the Trust’s governance process, including adverse incident and complaints reporting and investigation.
- Provide clinical leadership for the continuous professional development of nursing staff, including revalidation and performance management.
- Oversee line management of all OH nurses, setting objectives, holding regular 1:1s, appraisals and talent/skills development plans.
- Promote the Trust as a centre of excellence for occupational health and wellbeing practice.
- Ensure robust rota, capacity and business continuity arrangements across sites, guaranteeing safe staffing and effective resource utilisation.
- Support the OH&W service to embed best practice and reflect it in performance against key indicators and patient experience.
- Analyze OH&W data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement and present findings in senior management meetings.
- Maintain highest standards of clinical record‑keeping, including electronic data entry, reporting and adherence to professional codes of conduct.
- Provide independent decisions on complex clinical and operational matters, escalating issues to the Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing as appropriate.
- Provide professional leadership for occupational health professionals within the specialty, ensuring best professional standards underpin patient outcomes.
- Perform other duties commensurate with the grade to meet service needs.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with a valid professional registration.
- Significant experience working within an occupational health setting.
- Experience supervising or managing staff.
- Strong knowledge of occupational health legislation and best practice.
- Excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage a varied workload and collaborate with stakeholders.
- RGN 1st level with specialist OH diploma (SCPHN).
- Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience at a senior level.
- Educated to Master’s level or equivalent experience that equates to a Master’s level qualification.
Experience
- Significant post‑registration occupational health nursing experience.
- Significant leadership experience.
- Excellent understanding of SEQOHS accreditation standards and requirements.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience managing occupational health IT systems.
- Experience working with colleagues across local, regional and national forums within occupational health.
- Experience achieving SEQOHS accreditation.
Personal Qualities
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
- Personal commitment, energy and drive to deliver on the job description requirements.
- Desire to develop self and others.
- Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others.
Other Job Requirements
- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites as required.
Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
As part of the Trust’s aim to improve diversity, positive action is being taken and all applications from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request consideration under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria specified in the person specification for this role. Declaring this in the application form will be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicant offered a post requiring a DBS check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will be subject to a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
