We areseeking an individual keen to support colleagues and the organisation in theprovision of our Occupational Health and Wellbeing offer.
Therole will see you taking an active part in the advice to staff and managersaround supporting ongoing health, wellbeing and attendance of our staff.
Main duties of the job
TheOccupational Health Adviser is crucial to the organisation in supporting theprovision of Health and Wellbeing services to all employees. The post holderwill be required to provide a full range of professional Occupational HealthAdvice and support to the organisation. They will be expected to be proactivein the management of sickness and absence and the general health and wellbeingof all employees.
About us
Hello!
We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire'smental health and well-being. We are an award-winning social enterprise thatprovides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.
The whole basis of our work isto deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.
We offer a range of mentalhealth services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialistsupport such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitationand recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eatingdisorder facility.
Ranked as one of the top UKcompanies to work for, we featured in the Best Companies top 100 large companylist and were named sixth best health and social care company 2023.
As a social enterprise, we dothings a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commerciallyviable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunitiesincluding Grimsby Garden Centre and two cafes.
Working at Navigo is not likeworking anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.
We like to work withforward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Job responsibilities
- To overseecolleagues carrying out the required pre-employment health screening ofprospective employees including telephone and face to face reviews to providerecommendations for managers in supporting staff with long term healthconditions or disabilities. The post holder will also be responsible forundertaking assessments of more complex cases.
- To beproactive in the implementation of the organisations positive attendance andHealth and Wellbeing policies, including monthly case review meetings withHR/Workforce representatives to work proactively to support staff and managersin preventing recurring sickness episodes.
- To providesupport to individual employees to facilitate return to work, advising theorganisation on rehabilitation/reasonable adjustments in the workplace tosustain a successful return to work.
- To beresponsible for providing advice and reports to managers and employees inrelation to the role and function of Occupational Health and Wellbeing in theworkplace.
- To provideadvice on work place risk assessments in relation to Health and safety with theorganisations Health and Safety Officer, specifically DSE, Stress, Pregnantworker risk assessments.
- To supportand liaise with the OH Admin role to manage a case load effectively andproactively based on referrals to the service.
- Identifystaff who require specialist assessment with an Occupational Health Physicianand liaise with external OH Services for these referrals.
- Deliver anongoing campaign of workplace vaccination for staff as relevant to their role,e.g. Hepatitis B vaccination, surveillance and boosters.
- To workclosely with external Counselling and Physiotherapy referral services andinternal services for Complementary Therapies for staff and collect data fromstaff satisfaction surveys to assess the quality and benefits for staffwellbeing from these services.
- To workclosely with internal and external specialist advisors ensuring appropriatereferrals to access services are completed.
- Toparticipate in development and review of all documentation used within OH tomeet the needs of the service.
- Support andempower members of staff to use available services, information and skills tothe full and to participate in decisions concerning their care.
- To respondand advise managers to provide urgent support for staff who may needintervention to access or receive immediate care or advice.
- Whererequired advise on reasonable adjustments as required by the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
* Ability to influence Managers and staff re outcomes.
Experience
* Previous recent experience in Occupational Health Practice.
* Experience of effectively working in a team.
* Case Management
Qualifications
* RGN/RMN
* Occupational Health Qualification or recent equivalent relevant experience
* BSC/BA DEGREE in Occupational Health
* Dip Occupational Health
Knowledge
* Sickness absence management.
* DSE/Workplace assessments
* Pre-employment screening
* Immunisation programmes experience of delivery and planning.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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