Head of Occupational Health-Clinical

For further information on this role, please contact Tracy Scott, Associate Director of Occupational Health and Workforce Wellbeing on

Be Part of an Award-Winning Service Shaping the Future of NHS Occupational Health Services.

Our award-winning Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service is looking for an experienced Band 8a Clinical Head to join our progressive, ambitious and forward-thinking team.

As a nurse-led service, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality clinical practice, influencing organisational wellbeing strategy and developing innovative approaches to workforce health improvement. We are committed to delivering excellence, continuous learning and collaborative working across the wider healthcare system.

If you are an experienced, confident Occupational Health practitioner with a real passion for leadership, quality improvement and service transformation this is the role for you. The Clinical Head will play a pivotal role in shaping the future direction of the service whilst supporting a skilled and enthusiastic multidisciplinary clinical team.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Working jointly with the Operational Head, you will be reporting directly to the Associate Director of Workforce Operations. This influential role sits at the heart of the People Directorate, providing a unique opportunity to shape workforce health and wellbeing strategy, influence senior decision‑making and lead the continued development of a national award‑winning Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

• RGN Level 1
• Post graduate diploma or masters in Specialist Community, Public Health Nursing as recorded on part 3 of the NMC register
• Recent and relevant continuous professional development

• Extensive post registration nursing experience in an occupational health setting
• Extensive demonstrable operational management experience, with previous experience of managing large groups of staff
• Extensive experience of effective staff engagement and management.
• Demonstrates a high level of numerical and data analytical skills, including spreadsheets and databases;
• Experience of working autonomously as a clinical practitioner in a nurse led service

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer‑friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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