Occupational Health Clinical Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role provides clinical guidance and support to the Head of Occupational Health, ensuring the service meets key performance indicators and delivers high-quality care. The postholder will support the team in promoting, maintaining, and improving employee health and wellbeing. They will also safeguard against work-related risks and contribute to the overall health of the organisation. The role involves clinical leadership and adherence to the Trust's core values.
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of all occupational health requirements within a health care setting
- Expert knowledge of the national and local policy relating to Occupational Health and Wellbeing service and interventions
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Significant senior level experience within large healthcare organisations
- Knowledge and experience of OH IT systems, to support effective working and service improvements
- Experience of undertaking audits and quality assurance initiatives
- Knowledge of budget management and cost improvement initiatives
- Communication and Relationships (including management responsibilities)
- Strong analytical skills to interpret and present data and use this to drive forward and implement change
- Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote collaborative approaches to service development/improvement.
- Well-developed engagement, delegation, people and workload management skills
- Demonstrate willingness and ability to challenge and change existing practice
- IT literate including Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and email systems
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral) skills together with strong leadership and influencing with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve key stakeholders
- Qualifications / Training
- Registered Nurse - Part 1 of NMC register OR equivalent HCPC registration
- Post-registration Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Educated to Degree level in relevant OH qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised Teaching / Assessing Qualification
- Knowledge, Experience and Expertise
- Expert knowledge of all occupational health requirements within a health care setting
- Expert knowledge of the national and local policy relating to Occupational Health and Wellbeing service and interventions
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Significant senior level experience within large healthcare organisations
- Knowledge and experience of OH IT systems, to support effective working and service improvements
- Experience of undertaking audits and quality assurance initiatives
- Knowledge of budget management and cost improvement initiatives
- Communication and Relationships (including management responsibilities)
- Strong analytical skills to interpret and present data and use this to drive forward and implement change
- Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote collaborative approaches to service development/improvement.
- Well-developed engagement, delegation, people and workload management skills
- Demonstrate willingness and ability to challenge and change existing practice
- IT literate including Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and email systems
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral) skills together with strong leadership and influencing with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve key stakeholders
- Qualifications / Training
- Registered Nurse - Part 1 of NMC register OR equivalent HCPC registration
- Post-registration Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Educated to Degree level in relevant OH qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised Teaching / Assessing Qualification
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 25d
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Job summary
The Clinical Manager role is to provide clinical guidance and support to the Head of OH and supporting in clinical leadership to all staff in the team. The postholder supports the Head of OH in ensuring the service meets all key performance indicators, providing an exceptional, high-quality service that promotes, maintains and improves the health of employees, safeguards against risks arising from their work and working environment and promotes the health of the organisation. The postholder will embrace and demonstrate an attitude which respects the core values of our Trust.
Main duties of the job
- To deputise in the absence of the Head of OH to ensure continuity of the provision of an efficient, high quality operational OH service that is responsive to the needs of the Trust and external organisations under contract.
- To ensure compliance with responsibilities imposed by health and safety legislation, whilst maximising and promoting the health of all employees.
- Provide clinical advice on all areas of OH as needed and lead on or contribute to strategies for the Trust as required.
- Assess complex health & wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review programmes of care to meet those needs
- To support the strategic planning of the OH service, identifying resourcing requirements and service standards.
- Ensure that the OH service continues to meet the re
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