UHN Head of Occupational Health
Northampton, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 hour ago
The UHN Head of Occupational Health Service (OH) is a key position within the University Hospitals Northamptonshire NHS Group (which is comprised of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (NGH), providing managerial, clinical and professional leadership in the Occupational Health Service. They are accountable for the delivery of services to staff as its service users, to the UHN Group and to its external clients, in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints as agreed with the UHN Group Head of Health and Wellbeing and the UHN Senior People Team.
The UHN Head of OH Service will be a member of the UHN Senior People Team and UHN Group Health and Wellbeing Service Senior Leads Team (SLT).
The Occupational Health function provides a full range of occupational health services to employees of NHS and non-NHS organisations in order to promote their health and protect them from risks arising from their work and working environment.
This includes services to UHN and commercial clients including the University of Northampton, private individuals, and private businesses. This role is also responsible for third party suppliers to the service and the staff Physiotherapy service within OH.
The post holder will be prepared to work at both Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals or other locations owned by, or served by the Trusts according to the demands of the service.
Supporting Clinical Excellence
The postholder will act as the overall Clinical Lead for Occupational Health for UHN, working with the Consultant OH Physicians and Senior Nursing and leadership team to provide high quality OH Services.
The postholder will ensure an equitable clinical service is provided to both UHN hospital sites, setting out service standards, resource allocation, benchmarking, and audit processes. Please see Job Description for further details
The post holder will be called upon to participate in national initiatives and contribute to national policy via links within Occupational Health Professional forums, Society of Occupational Medicine, NHS Health at Work Network to provide a continuous cycle of service improvement.
Ensure that all services are delivered in line with agreed internal and external clinical governance standards and speciality recommendations (such as SEQOHS, Growing OH), Trust-wide policies and processes and best practice requirements.
Ensure that processes and systems comply fully with agreed departmental and Trust policies, monitoring compliance with these processes with good audit systems and ensuring that incidents of non-compliance are reported as needed and rectified.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.
UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Claire Hallas Job title: Group Head of Health and Wellbeing Email address: c.halls@nhs.net Telephone number: 01604 544971
The UHN Head of OH Service will be a member of the UHN Senior People Team and UHN Group Health and Wellbeing Service Senior Leads Team (SLT).
The Occupational Health function provides a full range of occupational health services to employees of NHS and non-NHS organisations in order to promote their health and protect them from risks arising from their work and working environment.
This includes services to UHN and commercial clients including the University of Northampton, private individuals, and private businesses. This role is also responsible for third party suppliers to the service and the staff Physiotherapy service within OH.
The post holder will be prepared to work at both Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals or other locations owned by, or served by the Trusts according to the demands of the service.
Supporting Clinical Excellence
The postholder will act as the overall Clinical Lead for Occupational Health for UHN, working with the Consultant OH Physicians and Senior Nursing and leadership team to provide high quality OH Services.
The postholder will ensure an equitable clinical service is provided to both UHN hospital sites, setting out service standards, resource allocation, benchmarking, and audit processes. Please see Job Description for further details
The post holder will be called upon to participate in national initiatives and contribute to national policy via links within Occupational Health Professional forums, Society of Occupational Medicine, NHS Health at Work Network to provide a continuous cycle of service improvement.
Ensure that all services are delivered in line with agreed internal and external clinical governance standards and speciality recommendations (such as SEQOHS, Growing OH), Trust-wide policies and processes and best practice requirements.
Ensure that processes and systems comply fully with agreed departmental and Trust policies, monitoring compliance with these processes with good audit systems and ensuring that incidents of non-compliance are reported as needed and rectified.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.
UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Claire Hallas Job title: Group Head of Health and Wellbeing Email address: c.halls@nhs.net Telephone number: 01604 544971
