Band 7 Senior Occupational Health Advisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing strong clinical leadership and delivering a high-quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service. The post holder will manage a varied caseload, including specialist assessments, health surveillance, and fitness for work advice. They will also provide senior nursing support, contribute to service development, and ensure compliance with standards. The role requires working closely with various teams and stakeholders, offering expert advice on complex occupational health matters.
Key responsibilities
- Provide strong clinical leadership for a defined group of staff.
- Contribute to improving the quality of working life by providing a comprehensive Occupational Health and wellbeing service.
- Deliver a high-quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to UHB staff and external clients.
- Manage a varied caseload, providing specialist occupational health assessments, management referral consultations, health surveillance, immunisation programmes and fitness for work advice.
- Provide senior nursing and professional support to Occupational Health colleagues, contribute to service development, audit and governance activities.
Essential criteria
- Adult NMC Registered Nurse
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Post registration specialist Diploma/Degree related to Occupational Health (OH)
- Significant post-registration nursing experience including Occupational Health experience.
- Recent Occupational Health experience within a healthcare or comparable occupational health environment.
- Evidence of managing a team
- Ability to analyse complex problems, develop and implement practical solutions to address them.
- Ability to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands.
- Demonstrate a strong sense of personal and team accountability with a clear understanding of boundaries around delegated authority.
- Knowledge of health risks to NHS staff and other service users
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 on NMC Register (Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse) or equivalent
- Membership to a national accredited OH body
- Working knowledge of Occupational Health software such as cority
- Have relevant up to date knowledge, training, and experience of undertaking the role of a senior occupational health advisor
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Senior Occupational Health Advisor
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will provide strong clinical leadership for a defined group of staff to maintain and improve standards of care and client outcomes. They will promote best practice which inspires and motivates others, empowering them to ensure all staff, within their areas of responsibility, have the authority and support to provide agreed standards of care and service delivery to clients and managers. The post holder will mostly be based at Good Hope Hospital but will be expected to work across all sites of the Trust.
The post holder will contribute to improving the quality of working life by the effective provision of a comprehensive Occupational Health and wellbeing service to the staff of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and other contracted clients; and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of employees in line with the organisations objectives. The post holder may be responsible for the management of a contract of Occupational Health Services to other NHS Trusts and/or local organisations external to the NHS.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Occupational Health Advisor, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to UHB staff and exte
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