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Occupational Health Advisor

Industry: Permanent/Executive/Head Hunting

Job Description

Overview

The post holder will provide wider expertise in Occupational health service provision, including sickness/absence case management, health surveillance, fitness for task medicals and employee health advice and health risk management.

Whilst the ability to spend some time working with the team based in Lincolnshire would be beneficial, it is not essential, and applicants may adopt a fully remote approach to case management.

Salary and Hours

• £25.96 per hour
• Wednesday and Thursday, 7.5 hours per day
• Contract position for a minimum of 3 months

Core Work Areas

• Within the confines of consent clinically assess referred employees and provide independent, objective specialist sickness / absence / case management advice to line managers and HR, using relevant evidence-based clinical diagnostic tools.
• Refer employees into other Lincs Police occupational health services, liaise with appropriate treating clinical services, line management and HR in the effective management of workplace presenting ill health.
• Maintain clinically relevant health records and reports, ensuring the information is adequate, relevant, up to date, and remains confidential within the appropriate hard or software systems employed.
• Participate / undertake health surveillance, fitness for task, new starter and wider employee health advice and risk management in the workplace both remotely and if directed face to face.
• The role may involve other employee driven health services such as body fluid exposure assessment, travel health advice, pre and post deployment screening and participation in support for major incident events.
• Participate in clinical supervision and clinical governance system activities relating to management of professional practice, employee risk, risk to self and other police colleagues.
• Maintain own professional portfolio, professional society registrations for practice and participate in appropriate evidence-based research and continuous professional development.
• Deliver some training input, increasing the overall awareness of health and the impact line managers may have, encouraging positive engagement.

The post holder will provide wider expertise in Occupational health service provision, including sickness/absence case management, health surveillance, fitness for task medicals and employee health advice and health risk management.

Whilst the ability to spend some time working with the team based in Lincolnshire would be beneficial, it is not essential, and applicants may adopt a fully remote approach to case management.

Core Work Areas

• Within the confines of consent clinically assess referred employees and provide independent, objective specialist sickness / absence / case management advice to line managers and HR, using relevant evidence-based clinical diagnostic tools.
• Refer employees into other Lincs Police occupational health services, liaise with appropriate treating clinical services, line management and HR in the effective management of workplace presenting ill health.
• Maintain clinically relevant health records and reports, ensuring the information is adequate, relevant, up to date, and remains confidential within the appropriate hard or software systems employed.
• Participate / undertake health surveillance, fitness for task, new starter and wider employee health advice and risk management in the workplace both remotely and if directed face to face.
• The role may involve other employee driven health services such as body fluid exposure assessment, travel health advice, pre and post deployment screening and participation in support for major incident events.
• Participate in clinical supervision and clinical governance system activities relating to management of professional practice, employee risk, risk to self and other police colleagues.
• Maintain own professional portfolio, professional society registrations for practice and participate in appropriate evidence-based research and continuous professional development.
• Deliver some training input, increasing the overall awareness of health and the impact line managers may have, encouraging positive engagement.