The Clinical Manager roleistoprovideclinical guidance and support to the Head of OH and supporting in clinical leadershipto all staff in theteam. The postholder supports the Head of OH in ensuring the service meets all key performance indicators, providing an exceptional, high-quality service that promotes, maintains and improves the health of employees, safeguards against risks arising from their work and working environment and promotes the health of the organisation. The postholder will embrace and demonstrate an attitude which respects the core values of ourTrust.
To deputise in the absence of the Head of OH to ensure continuity of the provision of an efficient, high quality operational OH service that is responsive to the needs of the Trust and external organisations under contract.
To ensure compliance with responsibilities imposed by health and safety legislation, whilst maximising and promoting the health of all employees.
Provide clinical advice on all areas of OH as needed and lead on or contribute to strategies for the Trust asrequired.
Assess complex health & wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review programmes of care to meet those needs
To support the strategic planning of the OH service, identifying resourcing requirements and service standards.
Ensure that the OH service continues to meet the requirements for SEQOHS accredited status.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Service Delivery and Strategy Development
· Provide clinical advice on all areas of OH as needed and lead on or contribute to strategies for the Trust asrequired.
· Assess complex health & wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review programmes of care to meet those needs
· To support the strategic planning of the OH service, identifying resourcing requirements and service standards.
· Ensure that the OH service continues to meet the requirements for SEQOHS accredited status.
· Work in close collaboration with HR colleagues to ensure a robust and timely service approach to case management, supporting employees and managers with effective advice to enable resolution of complexcases.
· Develop and improve OH processes to ensure that access is maximised and so that staff and manager experience is of the highestquality.
· Provide clinical input to ensure OH policies and procedures or associated Trust policies are created and reviewed which capture the adoption of best practice methodology and thresholds.
· To provide clinical input for the service for the regional user group and electronic system support provider to ensure that OH electronic records management systems are utilised, developed and meet the needs of theTrust
· Advise on appropriate Occupational Health and Health and Safety standards for the Trust which are in line with current guidance and bestpractice.
· Support OH contribution to policy formulation at a strategic level within the organisation including input into the Health & Safety Committee and Infection Prevention and Control Committee.
· Support clinical audit within the service and analysis ofOHdatatoidentifyprioritiesandplanfutureactionsthroughregularreviewofmetrics.
· Provide clinical leadership and/or support to programmes within the Trust that require planning and liaising with other departments e.g. flu vaccination and healthsurveillance, and reduction of workplace health risks such as contamination risk exposures or biological or chemical exposure incidents
· Formulate,implement,andevaluatepoliciesandstrategiesforhealthprotectionandsurveillance of workers, to meet legislative requirements and promote employee's health and wellbeing in line with national healthstrategies.
· Communicate trends and advise on action plans to meet statutoryandvoluntary requirements for health protection, surveillance and statutory reporting.
· To ensure compliance with responsibilities imposed by health and safety legislation, whilst maximising and promoting the health of all employees.
· Ensure OH clinical records are kept according to professional guidelines and GDPR legislation
· Promote healthy team, encourage engagement, reduce sickness absence and support improvementsinattractingandretainingstaff.
Leadership
To provide clinical leadership to the OH team
· Provide clinical leadership to all members of the OH team and play a key leadership role intheCorporate WODDirectorate,providingprofessionaladviceand workingcollaborativelytoadvancetheTrust’speoplepriorities in line with One Culture of Care.
· To deputise in the absence of the Head of OH to ensure continuity of the provision of an efficient, high quality operational OH service that is responsive to the needs of the Trust and external organisations under contract.
· To play a key role in the Corporate WODDirectorate and Trust by providing clinical input on OH issues and working in collaborationwith HR and all people leaders to advance the people priorities of theTrust.
· Attend Trust wide leadership and management meetings asrequired.
· To support ongoing professional development across the OH team.
· Support the development and implement standards of Occupational Health operational practice/ standard operatingprocedures.
· Raise any recognised risks to the Trust Risk Register
Clinical Additional Duties
· Support and facilitate the assessment of complex management referralsandinvolvement of appropriate professionals including giving advice to staff which may be distressing and/or emotionally demanding
· Act as an expert resource on Occupational Health issues for all staff within the OH department, clients, and external customers.
· Ensure the confidentiality of OH records, paper-based and computer-based, as required by relevant legislation, including the safe storage and supply of medicalinformation.
· Provide clinical input to OH Policy, Patient Group Direction (PGDs) and written instructions are updated, easily accessible and used by OH at alltimes.
· ThepostholderwillworkaccordingtotheNMCCodeofProfessionalConductor other professional bodyguidelines.
Quality Standards and Improvement
· To maintain audit and quality monitoring systems to ensure effective standards of practice withinthedepartment,includingmaintainingSEQOHSaccreditation
· To liaise with other providers/colleagues to ensure high quality OH standards of practice throughthedevelopmentofprotocolsandpathwayworking.
· ToensurethedevelopmentofOHpracticeisinlinewithbestpracticeandevidence,working closelywithclinicalcolleaguesintheteam.
· Appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives to improve service.
· To maintain and develop the use of OH IT system to maximise its potential.
General
· Ensure compliance with the Equality Act and treat staff, patients, colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at alltimes.
· To take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and following the Incident,Serious Incidents and Near Misses reporting policy andprocedure.
· To comply with Trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare- associatedinfection
· To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policiesandprocedures, the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR).
· Keep personally and professionally updated and abreast of new and emerging guidance and legislation that govern legal and ethical aspects of OH practice and use evidence-based practice to guide interpretation of statutory requirements and advisory guidance to ensure the health protection oftheworkingpopulation.
This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Apr 2025
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