We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occuapational Health Advisor to work for Dyfed Powys Police at their headquarters in Carmarthen.
You will be working 3 days a week (days to be discussed at interview)29.60 hours a week.
This is a temporary role working out of their headquarters in Camarthen.
Role Profile: To provide professional comprehensive Occupational Health advice to management and staff on all matters relating to the health, safety and well-being of members of the Force and ensuring compliance with relevant legislative requirements
Role Specific Tasks
- Undertake sickness absence consultations for Police officers and Police Staff and formulate management reports and rehabilitation programmes.
- Triage Occupational Health referrals for assignment to the Occupational Health Adviser (OHA), Force Medical Adviser (FMA) or other specialist advisers.
- Liaise with the Occupational Health Manager on all aspects of Occupational Health and keep updated with changes to national standards and legislation, impacting on the Police Service.
- Consult with Managers and other relevant stakeholders to support case management and sickness absence.
- Advise on reasonable adjustments and liaise with external support agencies such as Remploy.
- To incorporate all aspects of Health & Safety at Work Legislation, disability provisions of the Equality Act, Working Time Regulations, Data Protection and other relevant legislation within their daily activities.
- Identify, evaluate and control potential or actual hazards to health and safety in the workplace, to prevent ill health and accidents, in conjunction with the Health and Safety Adviser.
- Identify, develop and evaluate well- being and health promotion initiatives in line with the Dyfed Powys Police Service health and wellbeing strategy
- Deliver presentations and training sessions to promote health and wellbeing within the Force.
- Ensure all equipment is managed and maintained to a high standard
- Liaise with administration staff to ensure effective workload management.
- Responsible for supervision and development of clinical staff as directed.
- Oversee the provision and management of the vaccination, health promotion, medical screening and health surveillance programmes.
Role Generic Tasks
- To communicate through the medium of Welsh to a level 1 standard or be prepared to achieve this within 6 months of appointment [Click here for the DPP Welsh Language requirements].
- To deliver advice and guidance on complex issues to the point of resolution.
- To be accountable for service delivery.
- To lead projects as directed by Senior Managers.
- To effectively utilise continuous improvement techniques to improve and develop services.
- To be responsible for specific budgets as designated ensuring expenditure is monitored.
- To comply and act in accordance with relevant legislation, Dyfed-Powys Police Policies and protocols, including Code of Ethics, Development Assessment Profile (DAP), Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Management of Police Information, Data Protection and Information Security
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
- Must be a registered nurse on part 1 of the NMC Register with a specialist qualification in Occupational Health
- Must have significant post qualification experience in a clinical setting along with proven ability to practically apply medical knowledge and experience within a complex organisation with specialist requirements
- Must have previous experience of undertaking sickness absence consultations and producing comprehensive management reports
- Must be computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Must be able to evidence ability to work autonomously, making sound evidence based decisions
- Must have sound knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation, including the Equality Act, Medical Records Act, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK-GDPR). and Health and Safety at Work Act
- Should be on Part 3 of the NMC Register (D) (progression to salary scale H will only apply upon qualifying for part 3).
- Should have experience of managing mental health in the workplace - Desirable
- Should have previous experience of running vaccination / health surveillance programmes. - Desirable
- Must have experience of effecting change to improve personal performance
- Must show evidence of continuous professional development
- Must have well developed written and oral communication skills, including delivering high quality presentations
- Must have proven experience of advising and influencing others
- Must be able to manage a workload and balance competing priorities, redirecting resources quickly and effectively to meet changing demands
- 0. Must be able to travel throughout the force area
- Should have proven experience of leading and managing teams - Desirable
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