Job summary
The Group Head of Occupational Health and Well-being is a key role within the Chief People Officers Division. The post holder will work in conjunction with the Chief People Officer's Team to implement the People Strategy and improve health and well-being and be part of the solution to ensure staff remain and/or return to work in a safe and sustained way. The Group Head of Occupational Health and Well-being will have defined corporate portfolio that they will be responsible for. The portfolio will include leading the Occupational Health Teams across the Group, bringing them together working collaboratively and aligning ways of working and service delivery.
At this time of both challenging and exciting change for our organisations, and the NHS, we are seeking to appoint an outstanding experienced senior Occupational Health nurse to join us as a key member of the Chief People Officer's team. This is a senior role within the Trust, with key strategic and regulatory importance. You will lead dynamic teams in delivering an efficient, effective and high-quality service across the Group, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and SEQOHS Accreditation, and strengthening professional leadership, and work closely with key external stakeholders to deliver external Occupational Health contracts.
Main duties of the job
You will be a senior nurse with significant experience and the commitment to delivery of outstanding service to our people. You will have excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills as well as the ability to identify opportunities for new ways of working and innovative practice. Excellent communication skills are pivotal, alongside the ability to challenge and embed best practice across Occupational Health Services. As a senior nurse you will also have a professional line to the Group Chief Nursing Officer's Team.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Group Service Lead will be responsible for developing and providing a high quality, evidence based occupational health and wellbeing service to managers andemployees for Trusts within the group. Ensuring, where able, the alignment of services and digital platforms across SWBH and SGFT occupational health and wellbeing services.
To take overall responsibility for the effective day to day management of the service and management of OHWB Service contract delivery to NHS and external clients. Including the line management of the clinical leads who are accountable for the operational delivery of each service across SWBH and DGFT.
To be responsible for marketing the service to external organisations to generate income and meet financial targets.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration Nurse
- A Master's degree in OH or a related topic or equivalent experience
- Significant experience as a qualified OH practitioner working in a complex healthcare setting.
- Experience in a people management role in an OH environment, preferably leading a multi-disciplinary team.
Knowledge
Essential
- Management experience within a complex health sector.
- Evidence of effective finance management, including identifying efficiencies and CIP, and external contracts and income generation.
- Evidence of supporting clinical leads with general team management and development.
- Able to analyse and make judgments on a wide range of general management subjects, e.g., finance, HR, quality, and environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust
Lyndon
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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