Job summary
At HSE, we work with one goal in mind � to help keep Britain�s workforce safe and healthy.
Our occupational health specialists work as Regulators across Great Britain in a whole range of essential industries with thousands of workers, to ensure that work is managed safely. In this role, you can utilise your considerable professional knowledge to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.
A career with HSE gives you a unique opportunity to visit and interact with different and diverse employers and work activities, often small to medium sized businesses that lack occupational health understanding. You�ll work alongside other inspectors to ensure that all employers take action to control health risks in the workplace, and that means you will see a wide variety of work-related health concerns and reported occupational diseases.
Job description
Your work as a regulator will make the most of your experience in occupational health � identifying risks, providing the right advice and crucially - taking steps to ensure the employer takes the necessary action. You could be inspecting the management of health risks in an engineering firm, investigating a report of occupational disease in a bakery, taking enforcement action when required. Your work will take you across the range of industries from construction, manufacturing and engineering, to agriculture, waste and recycling or the public sector.
This role will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can and you will be fully supported by your colleagues including the widest range of health and safety experts in Britain. It is expected that you will have successfully completed the SCPHN Masters within 2 years of starting it, as you will be expected to appear as specialist / expert witness at tribunals, inquests and legal proceedings
Together, you�ll be helping to protect thousands of people, whether that be from our offices or out on site.
Further information about the role can be found in the attached candidate pack.
You will be office-based but as part of your role, you will be required to inspect and visit sites across Great Britain. This will require regular travel and overnight stays.
Training:
As a requirement of your contract, we will build on your existing experience working in occupational health by supporting your completion of the 2 year Specialist Community Public Health Nursing PgDip and Masters, should you not already hold this qualification
Also, whilst working for the HSE and in order to fully understand the legal and enforcement requirements of this front-line role, you will develop your regulatory expertise by completing formal accredited training and complete a legal assessment.�This includes a mixture of e-learning and face to face tutorials. After this training, you�ll then have wider learning opportunities through your Civil Service access.
Essential Requirement:
As well as learning on-the-job, you will continue your development, consistent with the professional revalidation process, to maintain your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Please provide your NMC registration number on your application form.
Key Responsibilities developed during your first two years and once you have successfully completed the SCPHN Masters:
1. Leading and/or supporting investigation of work related ill-health concerns and reportable diseases to identify the cause and where necessary, take appropriate enforcement action to control the risks
2. Inspecting a variety of workplaces, either on your own or supporting another inspector to make sure health risks are managed safely, driving improvements and taking enforcement action where required to secure compliance with the law
3. Advising other HSE colleagues about OH and how conditions compare with minimum legal requirements and good practice
4. Providing specialist support to guide enforcement decisions and specialist opinion in reports
5. Contributing to policy work and guidance in relevant priority areas by sharing information and advice with policy colleagues
6. Contributing as a member of the occupational health team to promote occupational health at relevant UK forums as well internally, for example, coaching trainee H&S inspectors, and
7. You will be expected to appear as specialist / expert witness at tribunals, inquests and legal proceedings.�
Person specification
To be considered for this role, you will need to:
8. Be a registered nurse
9. Have a full degree in Nursing - or above
10. Have 3 years experience across the occupational health setting
11. Be able to demonstrate sound practical experience and technical expertise in occupational health
12. Be able to influence at all levels in an organisation to make significant improvements in occupational health
Essential experience requirements:�
13. The assessment and management of health risks from workplace exposure to a range of hazards such as substances hazardous to health, work-related infections etc.
14. Developing policies and written arrangements for protecting worker health
15. Managing health surveillance arrangements regarding risks to workers hearing, skin and respiratory system as well as the risks from exposure to vibration
16. Monitoring the quality and effectiveness of occupational health delivery
17. Experience in the management of musculo-skeletal disorders and work related stress and broader occupational diseases.
Desirable experience
18. 5 years experience across the occupational health setting
In addition to the above, you�ll have made impact in your career by making intelligent, measured decisions in your area, with good analytical skills to spot underlying issues. Communication skills are key in this role as you will be expected to persuade and influence people at all levels.
We value people who respect others, work well in a team and can build robust relationships with employers and other stakeholders.
At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities, collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.
Licences
A full driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK unless a case for reasonable adjustments can be made under the Equality Act 2010. Should a reasonable adjustment be required, please answer yes to this criteria.
Memberships
Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
19. Leadership
20. Making Effective Decisions
21. Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
22. Assessment and management of a range of health risks at work
23. Development, management and implementation of health surveillance programmes
24. Monitoring the effectiveness and quality of occupational health arrangements and the technical work of others
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �41,647, Health and Safety Executive contributes �11,286 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
25. Learning and development tailored to your role
26. An environment with flexible working options
27. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
We invest in our people with;
28. Competitive rates of pay
29. Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute, far more than in the private sector.
30. Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
31. Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
32. 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
33. Parental leave benefits
34. As a member of HSE you will gain access to a wide range of fantastic benefits that you can take advantage of such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed