# Head of Occupational Health-Clinical > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-occupational-health-clinical/0b5ce2bf-b569-45d5-b004-471adea54a10 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-occupational-health-clinical/0b5ce2bf-b569-45d5-b004-471adea54a10.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Pinderfields Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Head of service - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T08:53:10.793Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9377-26-0419 - **Application URL:** https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1581&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary 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. ### Main duties of the job 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. ### About us 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. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day. ### Details - Date posted: 15 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 8a - Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 001569 - Job locations: Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Qualifications: - 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 Experience: - 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 ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Able to work rotational shifts - Commitment to achieving the best possible standards of occupational health care - Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to working practice and changing situations across site - Ability to satisfy Occupational Health Screening ### Experience **Essential** - 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 - Evidence of audit and evidence based care - Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working - Experience of contributing to tendering for contracts relevant to OH&WB and undertaking analysis of service requirements - Working across and leading large scale projects **Desirable** - Experience of managing within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing setting in the NHS ### Qualifications **Essential** - 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 **Desirable** - Non-Medical Prescriber - Teaching Qualification ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Be able to demonstrate tact, empathy and reassurance - To practice with assertiveness and confidence - To understand own limitations ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills - Management and organisational skills - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Highly developed oral and written communication skills with employees and managers ; confidence to discuss sensitive, complex case management and to liaise and negotiate with other members of the wider OHWbS - Highly developed clinical assessment, analytical and problem solving skills, including generic healthcare aspects to accurately manage complex case presentations to an excellent professional standard - Evidence of ability to critique own practice - Ability to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure environment - Self-aware reflective practitioner able to envisage the role, and understand and manage inherent pressures of the role - Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills - Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance - Report writing/presentation skills - IT skills– ability to use Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc. - Mentoring and counselling skills - Change management skills - Excellent time management and organisation skills - Ability to manage, motivate and empower others - Ability to analyse information/data and provide written reports - Ability to motivate individuals and teams - Apply transparency, honesty and candour behaviours in your practice and challenge non- compliance with these values in others ### Knowledge and Awareness **Essential** - Cultural awareness - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality - Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of application of relevant national guidance e.g. Faculty of Occupational Medicine, The Green Book, NICE etc - Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national targets and priorities including the NHS People Plan Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other HR/People Management related training - Understanding of healthcare structure with regard to excellent communication skills in collaborating with other Health and Community Partners. - Ability to understand aspects of legal and role boundaries as they relate to Occupational Health activities. - Understanding of SEQOHS standards and the impact of standards on delivery of quality services. - Understanding of the Trust’s objectives and priorities and the ability to work across operational boundaries ## Documents - [Job Description and Person Specification (DOCX, KB)](https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=5191&JobId=1581) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.