Occupational Health Advisor (Liverpool)

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We have an exciting opportunity for an OHA to join our Clinical team, working with customer businesses to promote the health, safety, and well-being of their employees through the provision of clinical services within the private and public sectors. This is a hybrid role which will include home working and travelling between our Liverpool based customer sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision of specialist nursing skills helping maintain the high standard of service we aim to provide.
• To be responsible for carrying out a full range of specialist nurse activities and including the management of:

• Provision of clinical management and organisation skills contributing to efficiency and effectiveness of the service
• Excellent communication skills always promoting a good relationship with both customer management, their HR function, and their employees
• Maintain productive communication with BHSF colleagues to include reporting issues, seeking advice from and consulting with clinical colleagues on complex cases
• To keep abreast of changing legislation, clinical practice and clinical managerial styles that may affect the role of the Occupational Health Advisor
• Under the guidance of your line manager to be responsible for own continuing professional development, to remain compliant with BHSF guidelines and NMC/ NMBI requirements
• Ensure that clinical equipment is maintained and calibrated as planned
• Able to work to tight clinical schedules
• Aim to return reports within 24hrs of the clinic (except when prior viewing is required), or adhering to any other SLAs as agreed with the customer business
• Undertake clinic preparations, ensuring the relevant paperwork and information has been uploaded/ provided, review prior records and seek resolution to any issues
• Preparation of reports following a clinic, to be issued appropriately and securely, uploaded to the BHSF system when required. Ensuring all data consent requirements are adhered to
• Recognise how underlying medical conditions may impact the workplace, and the impact of work on an individual’s underlying condition, making recommendations from an OH perspective
• Prepare for and attend any meetings where OHA input has been requested
• Participate in clinical audits and / or research projects as appropriate
• Always maintain confidentiality
• To organise and control own workload as/ if required
• To feedback general and specific information regarding the client contract to the Senior Management team as appropriate and within bounds of confidentiality
• Able to work autonomously within the role, making independent clinical decisions
• Ensure adherence to legislation and external regulatory frameworks such as SEQOSH/ NMC/ NMBI / RCN
• To produce reports regarding the client contract generally and/or Occupational Health issues

Qualifications and experience

• Ongoing CDP and PDP requirements to remain upskilled
• Registered general nurse (RGN)
• Part of the NMC/ NMBI register (SCPHN)
• Minimum or 2 years post-registration experience
• Experience within a similar role/ setting or evidence of significant transferable skills

Skills and personal qualities

• Clinical Skills e.g. spirometry, new starter screening, immunisations, phlebotomy (blood taking), skin assessments, ECGs, drug and alcohol testing, telephone consultations and face-to-face consultations.
• Good organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• IT Skills and previous experience of Cohort
• Customer focused
• Flexible
• Able to work independently and part of a team
• A good decision maker
• Adaptable, Confident, Diplomatic, Honest, Integrity, Discipline, Objective, Trustworthy, Empathetic