Senior Occupational Health Nurse Advisor Cheltenham and Gloucester

Posted On 18 Nov 2024

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In July the UK Government launched its consultation on improving health at work alongside proposed changes to improve statutory sick pay.

The consultation has a number of questions, key ones being:

• How should the government help small businesses afford OH services?
• How can the government make sure OH services are good?
• How can we tell if an OH service has helped somebody stay in work?
• Do you have any other ideas about how to make OH services better?

This consultation seeks views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to reduce ill health-related job loss. Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions are at greater risk of falling out of work.

The proposals aim to support and encourage early action by employers for their employees with long-term health conditions, and improve access to quality, cost-effective occupational health.

The Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care want to understand the effect of these proposals on:

• Business
• Individuals
• The occupational health profession.

Occupational Health News

Occupational health practitioners and providers have been urged to educate their HR colleagues and employers about their role and the benefits they can bring to an organisation, after research found understanding of OH was low.

Although 80% of HR decision-makers polled by health and wellbeing provider BHSF said they offered their staff access to OH, only 26% admitted they were familiar with any leading providers.

Although 60% said short-term sickness absence was a pressing concern for their organisation, BHSF found few HR decision-makers were aware of the role OH can play in improving absence rates.

Back pain was reported as their most significant health concern, by 68% of respondents. Perhaps surprisingly given recent coverage, mental health was identified as a concern by only 28% of HR practitioners.

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 120 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-5381

Clinical Operations Manager

Location: Bridgewater, Somerset

Job Type: Full Time Permanent

Occupational Health Staffing is looking to recruit a Clinical Operations Manager with Treatment and A+E experience to work on a full time permanent basis for a health care provider based on their client’s site in Bridgewater, Somerset, due to the remote location of this role the client is happy to pay a relocation package..

As the Manager you would work normal office Hours Monday – Friday but you are responsible for managing a team of Practice Nurses who work on a 24/7 shift rota basis providing a treatment service to employees of a high profile organisation

The main duties for this role:-

• Manage the clinical team, delivering a high quality treatment and emergency response service.
• Evaluate standard of service to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service to the client.
• Deploying and supervising staff to ensure continuity of service.
• Act autonomously as a clinical lead providing treatment and OH services.
• Support recruitment, selection and induction of the multidisciplinary team members
• Undertake, review and record clinical competency with individuals and audit clinical work
• Act as a clinical mentor to clinical staff
• Work closely with sight operations and multiple stakeholders
• Attend Daily/ weekly site operations meetings.

To apply you will be a Registered General Nurse with management experience within a treatment and A+E environment with proven clinical leadership of a multi-disciplinary team and Good communication skills at all levels.

Salary: £45K – £52K per Annum + Relocation Package

Contact us:

Landline: 0208 952 6278

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

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

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