The Occupational Health Department at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Clinical Lead, based at Whinacre House. The role reports to the Head of Occupational Health and is accountable to the Chief Medical Officer.
Qualifications
Candidates must have:
* Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, or a CCST/CCT/EEA equivalent in Occupational Medicine.
* Or be eligible for GMC Specialist Register admission within six months of interview.
Working arrangements
We will consider full‑time (typically 10 sessions), part‑time, and job‑share options.
Responsibilities
* Maintain an understanding of current professional and national developments applicable to Occupational Health.
* In conjunction with the Head of Workforce Health & Wellbeing represent the Occupational Health Service at relevant committee meetings to ensure that the development and improvement of service delivery programmes and protocols includes specialist occupational health advice.
* Make a specialist assessment of a patient’s health status and occupational health needs (by history, physical examination, clinical procedures and relevant tests).
* Obtain or arrange for additional medical or paramedical information from specialists or relevant therapists.
* Make a functional assessment of the patient’s physical and psychological capability for their job (or the job they might be asked to do) and make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
* Assess the impact of a patient’s work on their health.
* Assess the risk a patient’s health or fitness poses to the safety of themselves and others.
* Provide patients with information on their health, its occupational impact and the steps needed to control and reduce their personal risks.
* Communicate respectfully with patients and ensure they are fully informed.
* Provide advice on the relevant options for treatment, rehabilitation and redeployment to both clients and managers as appropriate.
* Advise on the short‑ and long‑term modifications to a patient’s work dictated by their state of health.
* Keep a clear, concise and contemporaneous patient record that details the clinical findings, the results of tests, reports given and received, decisions made, and advice given to patients and others, and relevant details of treatments and referrals.
* Involve other health and occupational health professionals where appropriate, including the patient’s general practitioner.
* Provide advice to other specialists/professionals and to non‑specialists within the clinical field and give advice to Occupational Health Advisers.
* Communicate with human resources and line managers about the patient in an ethical and meaningful way, while maintaining the important requirement of medical confidentiality.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Apr 2026.
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