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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Health
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (per annum pro rata if part time)
Job ref
269-SFT9395
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum dependent on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/12/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Occupational Health Clinical Lead

Band 7

 


Job overview

As an advanced OH Specialist nurse you will be an outstanding leader and able to provide senior clinical input, support, guidance, and advice to the OHA multidisciplinary team within the Occupational Health department.  Ability to work collaboratively with the Head of Occupational Health and other stakeholders.

You will be responsible for the learning and development of the OHA team within the department with a strong focus of undertaking comprehensive OH assessments and delivering an evidence based, impartial high-quality report to the employer/manager.

This position will also require the candidate to deputise for the Head of Occupational Health to cover any periods of leave.

Main duties of the job

You will be working with the Head of OH to support the team. You will be required to undertake more complex case management with access to HOD and OHP as required. There will be case conferences or general absence meetings to support our HR colleagues.

Auditing and training will be an integral part of this role ensuring that a high quality of service is delivered through compassionate, impartial, and effective case management.

You will liaise with senior management teams to represent the Occupational Health department and any appropriately delegated meetings eg IPCC, outbreaks, flu and wellbeing for example.

The post holder will work closely with the Head of Health and Wellbeing and will need to be aligned with the management and leadership of the department as well as embrace the current and future vision of the Occupational Health service delivery for the health and wellbeing of all our staff in the Trust.

Compliance with all national legislation and guidance in relation to documentation including NMC, IG etc. 

You will work with key stakeholders and build effective working relationships.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • Occupational Health qualification
  • evidence of continuous CPD
  • previous experience of managing staff
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience
  • Minimum of 2 yrs experience post OH qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
J Rowntree
Job title
Head of Occupational Health
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722336262
Additional information

J Rowntree

Head of Occupational Health

Occupational Health & Safety Services

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Telephone: ext 5665

Mobile : 07342 057555

Email:         [email protected]

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