# Head of Occupational Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-occupational-health/5cfaf8cc-60ad-4fc6-8b09-b28df414c306 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-occupational-health/5cfaf8cc-60ad-4fc6-8b09-b28df414c306.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Head of service - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £75,328 - £86,114 Inclusive per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:55:41.174Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Health/Occupational_Health-v8230519 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230519?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Head of Occupation Heath ensures the smooth running of the Occupational Health Service providing senior leadership across the team. You will be part of the HR&OD senior team reporting directly to the Associate Director of People, and supports Trust activity both in relation to employee wellbeing but also in support of the wider responsibilities and objectives of HR&OD. ### Main duties of the job You will be responsible for managing the provision of the Occupational Health Service within a large, complex organisation. You will operate with an unusually high degree of autonomy. General strategic direction only is provided by the Chief People Officer and Chief Nurse (professionally) Working with the senior clinical and managerial stakeholders you will lead on the delivery of a high quality service that delivers both proactive and reactive support to staff to facilitate improved health and wellbeing. The service will address the agendas of the People Strategy and Health & Wellbeing programme where you will be responsible for ensuring the service develops to reflect any changes in both. You will be responsible for ensuing compliance with the responsibilities imposed by health and safety legislation as well as championing best practice in occupational health provision. You will also be responsible for managing the external contracts for the provision of an Occupational Health Consultant Physician and the Cority Occupational Software system. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Combined Values **Essential** - Combined Values ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical workable solutions to address them - Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands - Ability to manage and deliver deadlines and within resources - Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust’s and their own performance expectations - Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships - Strong analytical skills to interpret and present data and use this to drive forward and implement change - Ability to manage budgets - Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills - IT literate including Microsoft Office suite, OH IT systems, e-mail, Zoom, Teams ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Significant senior management experience within a large healthcare organisation - Expert knowledge of all occupational health requirements within a healthcare setting - Knowledge and experience of OH systems, both implementation and maximising use to support effective working and service improvements - Experience of managing complex case load including both physical and mental health issues - Expert knowledge of occupational health promotion - Knowledge and experience of budget management and cost improvement initiatives **Desirable** - Experience of NHS occupational health services - Management of EAP services including tender process - Experience of managing projects across organisations ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse (with valid NMC) - Post-registration Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner Nursing Qualification (part 3 of NMC Register) - Educated to degree level in relevant OH qualification or equivalent experience - Evidence of ongoing professional development **Desirable** - OH Diploma in management - Masters level Qualification or equivalent experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 952.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10583273) - [our gosh values (pdf, 516.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3097) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) ## 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.