Clinical & Medical

Occupational Health Lead

Occupational Health Lead

Remote Working with occasional office days at Epsom & Barbican | Permanent | Full‑Time (Part‑Time Considered)
Competitive salary available, depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

Are you a Nuffield Health colleague with a clinical or healthcare background, looking to broaden your experience and expand your professional portfolio?

This is a great opportunity to step into a company‑wide role and make a meaningful contribution to how we support colleague health and wellbeing across Nuffield Health.

We’re seeking an Occupational Health Lead to oversee the delivery, governance and continuous improvement of Occupational Health (OH) services across the charity. This role offers excellent exposure across the organisation and is ideal for someone looking to develop their experience in service management, governance and wellbeing, alongside their existing clinical or healthcare knowledge.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for the day‑to‑day management and coordination of Occupational Health services, acting as a knowledgeable internal point of contact and ensuring services are delivered in line with contractual, regulatory and quality expectations.

The role involves managing relationships with third‑party OH providers, overseeing service delivery activity, advising leaders and colleagues on Occupational Health processes, and contributing to wider wellbeing and compliance activity across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Occupational Health clinical governance activity, including assurance processes, audit input, policy compliance and appropriate incident escalation.

• Manage the day‑to‑day relationship with third‑party OH providers, monitoring performance, reviewing activity data and supporting continuous service improvement.

• Provide guidance and advice across the colleague lifecycle, including pre‑placement screening, fitness for work referrals, routine health surveillance, immunisation programmes and sickness absence case support.

• Support wellbeing and compliance activity, including DSE processes, driver medicals, mental health screening and workplace health campaigns.

• Contribute to relevant organisational forums such as EAGs, the Healthy Work Forum and the Quality Board, sharing themes, insight and emerging risks.

• Develop and maintain clear organisational guidance and communications in response to emerging health issues, changes in practice or regulatory requirements.

About You

You’ll bring experience from a clinical, healthcare, wellbeing or related environment, with an interest in Occupational Health practice, governance and evidence‑based approaches to employee health.

You don’t need to be a specialist Occupational Health practitioner; however, you’ll be comfortable working with health‑related information, interpreting data, advising on risk and engaging confidently with a range of stakeholders to support good practice.

Qualifications

• Degree‑level qualification or equivalent experience/learning

• Clinical or healthcare professional background desirable, but not essential (e.g. NMC SCPHN (OH), GMC Specialist Register with FOM membership)

• Experience working with Occupational Health services, health governance or wellbeing initiatives is an advantage

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

Apply today… It starts with you.