Occupational Health Advisor

  • Job Reference: 1294487
  • Date Posted: 24 October 2025
  • Recruiter: Drs Direct Ltd
  • Location: Derby
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Occupational Health Nurses
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time
  • Contact: Harley Cummings
  • Email: Harley@drsdirect.co.uk
  • Telephone: 07719566494

Job Description

Our client is one of the UK’s leading providers of occupational health and wellbeing solutions, we work with organisations across a wide range of industries to support the physical and mental health of their employees.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Health Advisor to join our team, reporting to the Clinical Lead. In this role, you will deliver high-quality occupational health advice and services to our clients employees, including expert, evidence-based case management for referrals related to attendance, fitness for work, and other occupational health matters. You will play a key role in supporting the health and wellbeing of employees while ensuring professional and effective service delivery.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide professional, comprehensive, and evidence-based written reports.
  • Offer expert advice on legislative requirements and best practices relating to occupational health.
  • Provide Travel Advice
  • Triage Referrals
  • Deal with Heakth Survillence Escalations
  • Carry out PPQ's
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What we are looking for

We are looking for a dedicated and highly skilled Occupational Health professional with a current registration on Part 1 of the NMC register. A postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health (Degree or Diploma) is essential, while additional qualifications, such as one recorded on Part 3 of the NMC register, an MSc in an OH-related field, or dual RN/RMN registration, would be highly desirable.

The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong time management, and a clear understanding of their scope of practice and when to escalate for support. IT literacy and knowledge of data protection and confidentiality principles in occupational health are essential, with advanced IT skills and the ability to present, teach, or train being advantageous.

You should have a solid understanding of occupational health and employment legislation, along with experience in case management, providing OH advice, conducting medicals, and performing health surveillance. Additional experience in mentoring OH students, managing OH teams, administering vaccinations, or providing advanced ergonomic advice would be desirable.

We are looking for a flexible and self-motivated individual who is committed to excellence, works well both independently and as part of a team, and demonstrates strong negotiation and motivational skills, with the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.

If you meet these criteria and are passionate about delivering high standards of occupational health services, we would love to hear from you!
 

Hours

The role is for 22.5 hours per week, 7.5hours per day, working Monday to Wednesday with 2 days being on site and 1 day being homebased

Salary

We are offering a competitive salary for this role, dependent on qualifications and experience, alongside our regularly reviewed company benefits package.

Company Benefits

We appreciate the people who work with us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. Our current benefits package is:

  • Competitive annual salary dependent on qualifications and experience
  • Contributory pension scheme up to 6%
  • Life assurance
  • Starting on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
  • Have a day off for your Birthday (non-contractual benefit)
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health cashback plan

Professional membership fees for clinical staff

  • Annual Fees paid for NMC
  • We also offer a wide range of Career Professional Development (CPD) opportunities