Consultant Occupational Health Physician
| Posting date: | 14 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725 to £145,478 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725 - £145478 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 November 2025 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9419-25-0888 |
Summary
The Consultant Occupational Health Physician is a pivotal role within the senior leadership team of the Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing department, as well as the wider Workforce and Organisational Development Directorate at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Occupational Health and Wellbeing services are provided internally to some 11,500 Trust employed staff as well as external customers, mostly belonging to organisations within the wider Integrated Care System (ICS) and Hull York Medical School (HYMS). The Consultant Occupational Health Physician is required to see the most complex cases referred into the service as well as providing effective clinical supervision to the team of practitioners and nurses working within the department. The post holder will also be required to contribute to relevant Health and Safety committees and attend meetings with a wide range of stakeholders and service users to provide expert advice. Individual job plans will be discussed with the post holder on appointment. All job plans are agreed in line with the Trusts Job Planning Principles. This role is for 2 PAs per week (one full working day per week). The successful applicant will have secretarial support and office accommodation. The postholder will have a base of either York or Scarborough, but the vast majority of appointments are completed remotely. They may be required to undertake duties from other premises owned or used by the Trust, and if this is on a regular basis this will be after consultation and due consideration to individual and Trust circumstances. As a department we are committed to supporting flexible job plans and will work with you to mutually agree your commitment to your activity. We have opportunities to explore teaching, research, and quality improvement projects to enhance our service. We strive to support your leadership and development in role and would be keen to discuss development pathways and subspecialty interests; ensuring activity is allocated within your job plan to achieve this. Job plans will be reviewed at least annually, following an appraisal meeting. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants typical working pattern, duties and responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities and external commitments. Additional programmed activities may be offered to the post holder, up to a maximum of 2 for full-time posts, taking the maximum total to 12. Any offer of additional programmed activities will be based on the needs of the service and in line with the Trust objectives and will be reviewed on at least an annual basis. A core 1.25 PAs of SPA time is provided per week for consultants job planned for 8PAs and above.