OH Staffing – Weekly Blog

Recruitment News – Oct 2019

The number of people employed in the UK has unexpectedly dropped with official statistics showing the biggest fall in four years as Brexit uncertainty finally weighed on one of the more resilient areas of the British economy.

According to data from the Office for National Statistics, the number of people in employment dropped by 56,000 in the three months to August

The drop pushed the employment rate 0.2 percentage points down from its all-time high of 76.1 per cent in the three months to July.

Part-time employment is more volatile and possibly the first part of the jobs market to reflect a change.

OH and Wellbeing News

Congratulations to the winners for this year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards.

There were six categories:

• Best mental health initiative
• Best musculoskeletal initiative
• Best wellbeing initiative
• OH team of the year (private sector)
• OH team of the year (public sector)
• Best multidisciplinary initiative

And the winners are…..

Best mental health initiative

Winner: Thames Water

Best musculoskeletal initiative

Winner: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (entered by Wellbeing Partners)

Best wellbeing initiative

Winner: Arm (entered by Office Athletes)

OH team of the year (private sector)

Winner – MBDA

OH team of the year (public sector)

Winner – British Heart Foundation

Best multidisciplinary initiative

Winner – Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

OH Staffing Updates

In an effort to continue striving to be the BEST OH Recruitment agency Occupational Health Staffing have added an instant online chat facility to our website www.ohstaffing.co.uk check it out

We currently have 150 live Occupational Health vacancies on our website

We are looking for Occupational health:-

Nurses, Advisors, Managers, Physicians, Therapists, Technicians and Administrators

Across the UK

Job of the Week

Job Ref: HM-5585

Occupational Health Manager

Location: Stafford

Job Type: Full Time Permanent

Occupational Health Staffing are looking to recruit an Occupational Health Manager to work on a full time permanent basis in Stafford. This is a great opportunity to join a well-established in-house Occupational Health team. Your overall responsibility will be to ensure the health and wellbeing of all staff. Other duties will include:

– Coaching and mentoring OH and Wellbeing teams

– Raising awareness of sickness absence policies

– Developing working relationships with internal stakeholders

– Line management responsibilities

A full role profile is available on request.

In order to apply, you will be a Registered Nurse with the relevant occupational health and management experience.

Salary: £43,000 – £49,950

Contact us:

Landline: 0208 952 6278

Steve Roberts – 07970 075 115 – steve@ohstaffing.co.uk

Priya Kanji – 07957 925 532 – priya@ohstaffing.co.uk

OH Staffing – Weekly Blog

Recruitment News – Oct 2019

IR35 into the private sector

Following my Blog last week IR35 is still hot news in the recruitment industry

I have already written about Barclays Bank and Lloyds Banking Group putting an end to contractors, with similar issues arising when the same rules were applied to the public sector, the question is being asked…

“HMRC believes legitimate Personal Service Company (PSC) engagements are relatively rare?”

This is bad news for the many contractors whose work falls outside of the IR35 rules.

Moves towards a blanket ban are happening now because contracts in some sectors, such as IT, are often three to six months in duration, so the April 2020 introduction of the new rules is now near enough to trigger action.

OH and Wellbeing News

Bupa and Optima Health have partnered to increase occupational health access

Health insurance and healthcare provider Bupa has partnered with The UK’s largest OH provider Optima Health in a move designed to expand access to occupational health services for employers.

The tie-up means that from early 2020 Bupa’s 900 corporate customers will be able to access a network of more than 500 occupational health practitioners across more than 120 sites, giving them increased levels of OH support and more flexibility.

The move comes against an increased focus on, and discussion around, how to widen access to occupational health and workplace health support.

OH Staffing Updates

In an effort to continue striving to be the BEST OH Recruitment agency Occupational Health Staffing have added an instant online chat facility to our website www.ohstaffing.co.uk check it out

We currently have 150 live Occupational Health vacancies on our website

We are looking for Occupational health:-

Nurses, Advisors, Managers, Physicians, Therapists, Technicians and Administrators

Across the UK

Job of the Week

Job Ref: SR-5525

Occupational Health Advisor

Location: Castle Bromwich, Birmingham

Job Type: Full Time Permanent

Occupational Health Staffing are looking to recruit an occupational health advisor on a full time permanent basis to work as part of an OH team in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Senior OHA and Service Delivery Manager in engaging in the day to day delivery of OH Services including:-

• Supporting and delivering health promotion agendas
• Health surveillance: Respiratory, skin, audiometry & HAVS
• Strong case management skills and able to manage complex cases

To apply you will be a registered nurse with a diploma or degree in Occupational Health, 2 years minimum OH experience, able to implement and drive quality occupational health delivery and a good communicator with the ability to communicate ideas

There will be some travel to and work at, multiple locations within the Midlands.

Salary: £33,700 – £40,000

Contact us:

Landline: 0208 952 6278

Steve Roberts – 07970 075 115 – steve@ohstaffing.co.uk

Priya Kanji – 07957 925 532 – priya@ohstaffing.co.uk

OH Staffing – Weekly Blog

Recruitment News – Oct 2019

IR35 into the private sector

Following my Blog last week where I reported that Barclays Bank has announced it will stop using off-payroll contractors through limited companies

Lloyds Banking Group has followed suit and decided to either scrap contractors or force them in to umbrella companies

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) is warning other businesses to not follow suite and said this move “could not only harm the self-employed, but also long-term flexibility and productivity.”

OH and Wellbeing News

The Workplace Happiness survey has found that the UK is the eighth happiest workplace in the world

The survey found that 58 per cent of the UK workforce is happy at work with 42 per cent being unhappy.

The countries with the happiest workplaces are:

1. Romania
2. Belgium
3. Italy
4. Austria
5. The Netherlands
6. Germany
7. France
8. UK
9. Jersey
10. Ireland

Breaking down the UK findings:-

The West Midlands is the happiest region for workers at 81 per cent, followed by Yorkshire and the Humber region at 79 per cent and the South East at 78 per cent. London has a happiness rating of 76 per cent, Scotland at 72.5 per cent and Northern Ireland with 76 per cent.

Despite the gender pay gap, male and female colleague’s happiness level at work is incredibly similar 6.42 and 6.41 respectively.

Those who work in healthcare scored poorly in their wellbeing at work with 4.55 out of ten while those in the legal services came first at 7.41.

OH Staffing Updates

In an effort to continue striving to be the BEST OH Recruitment agency Occupational Health Staffing have added an instant online chat facility to our website www.ohstaffing.co.uk check it out

We currently have 150 live Occupational Health vacancies on our website

We are looking for Occupational health:-

Nurses, Advisors, Managers, Physicians, Therapists, Technicians and Administrators

Across the UK

Job of the Week

Job Ref: SR-5498

Occupational Health Nurse

Location: Daventry, Northants

Job Type: Permanent – Part Time (2 days a week)

Occupational Health Staffing is looking to recruit an Occupational Health Nurse on a part time permanent basis 2 days a week Thursday and Friday between 06:00 and 15:30 for a health care provider on their high profile contract. Working as part of an occupational health team in Daventry, Northants, the role will involve:-

• Treatment and emergency response nursing
• Health surveillance to include audiometry, spirometry, skin assessments and HAVS questionnaires (training provided) 

You will be required to work 2 days a week Thursday and Friday between 06:00 and 15:30

To apply you will be a registered nurse with either Treatment, A+E, Acute or OH Nursing experience and up to date Basic life support certificate

Salary: £30K pro rata + 25 days a/l, Life Assurance, Pension, Professional Membership

Contact us:

Landline: 0208 952 6278

Steve Roberts – 07970 075 115 – steve@ohstaffing.co.uk

Priya Kanji – 07957 925 532 – priya@ohstaffing.co.uk

OH Staffing – Weekly Blog

Recruitment News – Oct 2019

IR35 into the private sector

Barclays Bank has announced it will stop using off-payroll contractors through limited companies

Barclays will be shifting all of its contractors onto the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.

The motive behind this move is to circumvent the IR35 regulations which will come in to effect in the private sector in April 2020.

Barclays sent out a letter to its contractors explaining how they did not wish to be liable for employment status and so has decided they will not be extending the contracts of anyone working off-payroll.

OH News

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is set to publish the criteria required for it to begin an investigation into claims of work-related stress.

The HSE said it was redefining its operational guidance to establish a consistent approach to handling complaints of stress at work.

It will publish clarified criteria for it to begin such investigations a

According to the Labour Force Survey, 595,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2017/18, while 15.4 million working days were lost to these conditions.

The conditions were more prevalent in the education, health and social work and public administration and defence sectors.

OH Staffing Updates

In an effort to continue striving to be the BEST OH Recruitment agency Occupational Health Staffing have added an instant online chat facility to our website www.ohstaffing.co.uk check it out

We currently have 150 live Occupational Health vacancies on our website

We are looking for Occupational health:-

Nurses, Advisors, Managers, Physicians, Therapists, Technicians and Administrators

Across the UK

Job of the Week

Job Ref: SR-5489

Peripatetic Occupational Health Advisor

Location: Leeds Region

Job Type: Full Time Permanent

Occupational Health Staffing is looking to recruit a Peripatetic Occupational Health Advisor to work on various client sites across the Leeds region on a Full time permanent basis to work as part of an occupational health team.

The successful candidate will undertake:-

• Sickness absence referrals
• Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision Screening
• DSE and WPA assessments are also part of this role although training can be given is needed

To apply you will be a registered nurse with occupational health experience

Hours: 40 per week 

Salary: £40K + NMC, CPD, Pension

Contact us:

Landline: 0208 952 6278

Steve Roberts – 07970 075 115 – steve@ohstaffing.co.uk

Priya Kanji – 07957 925 532 – priya@ohstaffing.co.uk