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Occupational Health Advisor

Job details
Posting date: 29 August 2024
Salary: £35,379 to £42,618 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 September 2024
Location: Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Humberside Police
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

Role: Occupational Health Advisor
Department: People Services (PES)
Scale: NHS Band 6
Salary: £35,379 - £42,618 (Depending on experience)
Location: Courtland Road, Hull
Hours: 37 Hours per week (Full-Time)
Contract: Permanent

As an Occupational Health Advisor for Humberside Police, you will assist the Senior Occupational Health Nurse Advisor in the provision and development of an efficient, effective and pro-active Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service that facilitates the Force’s compliance with statutory obligations, contributes to the achievement of the Forces’ objectives by maintaining a healthy workforce and maximising attendance at work.

The post holder will support with medical screenings, vaccinations and provide management referrals support to the department.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to promote a healthy workforce, maximising attendance levels and who can advise specialist advice and guidance to supervisors, commanders, and departmental managers.

Humberside Police is a modern, forward-thinking Force that is on a continuous improvement journey, focusing on creativity, innovation, and digitisation to improve our service to the public. As we are a value driven organisation, you must be able to operate with fairness, integrity, and professionalism to ensure our people and our communities are treated with the respect they deserve.



Key Responsibilities:

Providing pro-active preventative measures which are designed to promote a healthy workforce.
Improving levels of attendance at work through the implementation of initiatives aimed at maximising attendance.
Providing specialist health/medical advice, guidance and support to supervisors and commanders/departmental managers.
Give advice, guidance and support and carrying out work in such a way as to ensure that health, safety and wellbeing legislation is not breached.
Ensure the protection of the organisation from possible liability claims caused by the workplace.
Administrate vacinations such as Hepatitis B
To provide post contamination incident advice as required, and carry out vene-puncture as a part of this follow up care.
Support the Occupational Health Technician to understand pre-employment medical screening by examining health/medical questionnaires.


For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.


What the role requires:

Registered adult nurse with 3 years experience post registration nursing experience.
Proven nursing experience working in a health environment in a medium/large organisation.
Ability to interpret and analyse medical information.
Ability to work under pressure and meet set deadlines.
Access to transport to travel the force area.
Ability to make and justify routine decisions using initiative and judgement through the analysis of medical information.
Posses an appreciation of the need for confidentiality.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.


Perks of working for Humberside Police:

From great perks, agile working, and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.

Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym, and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.

Follow the link to watch our force film! https://youtu.be/bkfuf5fa8x0

Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.

Contact point for applicants:

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk


How to apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.

Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.

For Information & Advice on completing an online application, please follow the link below.

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/triagetool?triage-select=Understanding+the+recruitment+process

Closing Date: Thursday 12th September 2024 at 23:55

Interview date: TBC

It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.

The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.

Diversity and positive action | Humberside Police

We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Humberside Police encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Humberside police also have Disability Confident status, which means we are committed to making the most of the talents that Individuals with disabilities bring to the workplace.