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The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides an occupationally focused Health Care Service. Our Specialist Occupational Health (OH) services encompass the medical aspects of an individual’s fitness for work, including employment, deployment, rehabilitation, provision of advice to commanders, assessment of health on leaving the Armed Forces and (Army only) ill‑health retirement. It is a key contributor to force preparation, force multiplication and force sustainment.
About us
Defence Healthcare Group (DHRG) is an inclusive and dedicated organisation providing excellent care to our entitled personnel. Our success depends on our people – the whole force of regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors working together seamlessly.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will support the delivery of a peripatetic Occupational Health (OH) service which requires travel between the base location and the assigned units.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Manage own clinical caseload and proactively support the Service Person (SP) through their clinical pathway in accordance to best practice, current legislation, and Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) policy.
* Lead with change, monitor and improve clinical standards through supervision, evidence‑based practice, clinical audit, research, and education to maximise OH outputs and optimise SP employability / deployability.
* Develop and teach OH staff, encouraging teamwork, and create an environment in which clinical practice is fostered, evaluated, and disseminated.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of evidence‑based protocols, standards, policies, and clinical guidelines by interpreting and synthesising information from a variety of sources and promoting their use in practice.
* Monitor the effectiveness of all clinical practices through the quality assurance strategies, such as the use of audit and peer review.
* Actively support and, where required, lead with achieving quality targets within the Healthcare Assurance Framework (HAF) and all other assurance activities.
* Deliver complex, specialist OH interventions (for example, implement and monitor Return to Work (RTW) plans) collaboratively with the service personnel, wider clinical team and the Chain of Command (CoC).
* Monitor staffing levels proactively to ensure suitably skilled, experienced, and qualified members of the team are available during operating hours. Escalate shortfalls and enact business resilience planning as required.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
Selection Process
The selection at the sift stage will be based on your CV.
* Ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
* To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
At interview, you will be tested against the following framework:
* NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
* NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
* NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB7 – Interventions & Treatment
* NHS General – G6 – People Management
* You will also be required to provide a short presentation (5‑10 minutes) titled "The value of work on health and recovery".
When choosing your technical skill examples, use real‑life scenarios that relate to your own experiences.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience in Occupational Health or Vocational Rehabilitation.
Behaviour Statement
* Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision? Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.
* Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
* Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
* Please use double spacing where possible.
Qualifications
* An Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with current registration with an appropriate governing and regulatory body (HCPC or NMC).
* Current Driving Licence. (This role is peripatetic and cannot be delivered using public transport).
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post‑graduate study relating to practice area.
* Experience of Armed Forces healthcare, either in the single service or tri‑service environment.
Registration & Membership
* Please provide your registration number.
* You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
* Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employment type
* Full‑time
Seniority level
* Not applicable
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Defense and Space Manufacturing
The closing date is 10 November 2025
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