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Location: Hybrid Working - Northallerton
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Up to £44,428 plus £2600 supplement (pro rata)
Hours: Full or part time hours available (term time available)
Closing date: 19/11/2023 
Interview date: Week commencing 27th November

Are you a Registered General Nurse with a degree or diploma in Occupational Health? Are you looking for hybrid working hours between 08:30 and 5pm Monday to Friday with no weekends? Are you looking for a role with interesting casework which really adds value to its workforce? If so, then you may be what North Yorkshire Council are looking for!

North Yorkshire Council's Occupational Health service are a small, high performing specialist practitioner team. workloads are manageable with OHAs dealing with no more than 5 cases per day. Their department responsibilities include overseeing the delivery of occupational health services, health promotion activity and health surveillance programmes to managers and staff across the council, plus schools & academies and external contracts. 

As their Occupational Health Adviser, you will produce written bespoke occupational health reports for managers. Providing effective advice on employment related health matters, including suitability for employment, fitness to work and rehabilitation to the required professional standards in compliance with legislation and local NYC policies. The occupational health department provide OH services to the council and external partners. This provides North Yorkshire Council OHAs with a varied caseload that is both interesting and challenging. North Yorkshire Council recognise the requirement for personal and professional development and provide time for relevant CPD and clinical supervision. This is a rewarding opportunity in which you will have the opportunity to develop both knowledge and skills delivering services internally and to North Yorkshire Council external partners.

What you will bring: The ideal candidate will be Occupational Health qualified (Degree or Diploma), and a registered General Nurse possessing excellent communication skills. You will be customer, performance and solution focused and able to evidence commercial awareness. In particular, a strong knowledge and experience of how the practicality and effectiveness of Occupational Health advice impacts in realising outcomes.

What’s in it for you: Flexible hybrid working is highly supported to allow employees to maximise on work life balance. North Yorkshire Council leave entitlement starts at 28 days (pro rata) plus all bank holidays, and you will have the opportunity to participate in their flexi-time scheme. North Yorkshire Council's local government pension is extremely generous and one of the few remaining defined benefit pension schemes in the UK with NYC paying over twice as much as employees. North Yorkshire Council also have a substantial Health and Wellbeing Service available to all employees with access to a Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme. Their Everybody Benefits platform gives you access to many money-saving offers and discounts at local and national retailers, discounts and savings available include supermarkets, high street and online stores, electronics, travel, dining out, gifts, health and beauty. You can also access local gym memberships at a discount, across the county. Plus, lots more, see their Total Rewards Brochure for full details.

North Yorkshire Councilwould really recommend holding an informal discussion about North Yorkshire Council's fantastic opportunity prior to applying, please contact Lindsay Risley, Occupational Health Clinical Lead Tel: 01609 79 8149 or email Lindsay.Risley@northyorks.gov.uk. Applying is easy, register your details, and upload an anonymised CV. NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of their vacancies.

For more information, see here. 

Closing Date: 2023-11-19 00:00:00