Senior Occupational Health Advisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Specialist Occupational Health Practitioner to join the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Harrogate & District Foundation Trust. The role involves delivering evidence-based occupational health services, providing clinical leadership, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation. You will manage a varied and complex clinical caseload, including specialist assessments, management referrals, health surveillance, and immunisation programmes. The position requires an experienced practitioner with excellent communication, leadership, and clinical decision-making skills, able to work autonomously and contribute to high-quality service development.
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- OHN degree (SCPOHN)
Desirable criteria
- Masters level qualification
- 3-5 years' experience in occupational health nursing
- Experience of handling complex relationships
- NHS Experience of occupational health
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit or nursing research
- Knowledge and Skills
- Managerial and leadership skills
- venepuncture, spirometry and audiometry
- Knowledge of recent NHS/DoH/HSE legislation & recommendations
- Experience of the SEQOHS accreditation process
- A sound understanding of the NHS and its culture
- Awareness of changing needs within Occupational Health & Wellbeing
- Registered General Nurse
- OHN degree (SCPOHN)
- Masters level qualification
- 3-5 years' experience in occupational health nursing
- Experience of handling complex relationships
- NHS Experience of occupational health
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit or nursing research
- Knowledge and Skills
- Managerial and leadership skills
- venepuncture, spirometry and audiometry
- Knowledge of recent NHS/DoH/HSE legislation & recommendations
- Experience of the SEQOHS accreditation process
- A sound understanding of the NHS and its culture
- Awareness of changing needs within Occupational Health & Wellbeing
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Occupational Health Advisor
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Interviews will be held w/c 21st September
Due to the retirement of the current postholder an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Specialist Occupational Health Practitioner to join the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Harrogate & District Foundation Trust.
The Trust provides services to all staff based on the Harrogate hospital site, as well as to a wide range of community services across an expanding Trust footprint.
We are looking for an experienced Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health; with excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills, who is flexible and can work 4 days a week, both on site, and remotely as service need requires.
Main duties of the job
You will be able to deliver evidence-based occupational health services to all Trust employees and contracted services, whilst providing clinical leadership, professional support and education across the Occupational Health Service, whilst ensuring compliance with responsibilities associated with Health & Safety legislation and maximising and promoting the health of all employees. The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and build effective working relationships, whilst demonstrating a commitment
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