Division: Corporate
Care Group: HR&OD
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: 24th September 2025
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Occupational Health Advisor to join our Acute NHS Trust. This pivotal role will provide a comprehensive Occupational Health service to all Trust staff, supporting the health, safety, and wellbeing of our workforce while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care.
As Senior Occupational Health Advisor, You
Provide a comprehensive Occupational Health service to all Trust staff, ensuring issues are managed professionally and competently.
Offer expert clinical leadership, management, and guidance to less senior staff, acting as a clinical expert and positive role model.
Deputise for the Head of OH in their absence, ensuring continuity of service.
Assist the Trust in promoting and maintaining staff health, leading on service improvement and health promotion initiatives.
Advise staff on matters relating to health, safety, and welfare at work, promoting and maintaining health and wellbeing within your area of expertise.
Ensure compliance with the Trust’s Risk Management Policies and Procedures, safeguarding patients, staff, and visitors by minimising risk.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Occupational Health professional to contribute to shaping and delivering a proactive, forward-looking service. You will play a vital role in supporting the Trust’s workforce while driving service improvements and ensuring that the Occupational Health team continues to deliver at the highest standard.
Clinical Leadership -Support service improvement and delivery against KPIs, governance standards, and Trust objectives.
Service Delivery
Deliver specialist advice and support to staff, managers, and multidisciplinary teams.
Conduct health assessments, surveillance, vaccinations, and blood tests in line with legislation and Department of Health guidance.
Provide advice and follow-up after inoculation/contamination incidents and staff accidents.
Lead on health promotion initiatives and wellbeing programmes across the Trust.
Support delivery of OH services to NHS and commercial clients under contract agreements.
Quality, Risk & Governance
Lead on the development and monitoring of clinical standards and quality improvement measures.
Participate in audits, research, outbreak investigations, and service evaluations.
Ensure compliance with Trust Risk Management policies, infection prevention and control, and regulatory frameworks (CQC, HSE, NICE, NHS Plus).
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared
vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy –
Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our
Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST Values Underpin Patient First And Are At The Core Of The Care We Give To Our Patients, The Support We Offer To Our Staff And Our Overall Leadership Approach
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stemby Pindeni Job title: Head of Occupational Health Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01634833883
