Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- IT Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office
- IT Skills
Experience with OH record systems (e.g. COHORT, OPAS)
- Experience
Experience managing a multidisciplinary OH team
- Experience
Minimum 1 year Occupational Health experience in the NHS
- Trust Values
Able to demonstrate behaviours aligned with: - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together
- Skills & Aptitudes
Appropriate clinical knowledge
- Skills & Aptitudes
Evidence-based practice
- Skills & Aptitudes
Clinical risk management knowledge
- Skills & Aptitudes
Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Skills & Aptitudes
Teamworking and presentation skills
- Qualifications & Training
Medical degree (MBChB or equivalent)
- Qualifications & Training
Specialist qualification MFOM or FFOM (or equivalent)
- Qualifications & Training
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Qualifications & Training
Engagement in appraisal and revalidation
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- IT Skills
Knowledge of electronic databases and data analysis tools
- Experience
Non-NHS Occupational Health experience
- Experience
Experience in respiratory medicine, psychiatry, dermatology, or rheumatology
- Experience
Breadth of experience in other specialties
- Skills & Aptitudes
Teaching and educational supervision experience
- Skills & Aptitudes
Leadership and service development skills
- Skills & Aptitudes
Knowledge of Clinical Governance and SEQOHS standards
- Skills & Aptitudes
Negotiation and influencing skills
- Qualifications & Training
MSc or MD in Occupational Medicine
- Qualifications & Training
On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT
Job overview
Working closely with your fellow colleagues in the Occupational Health Service multidisciplinary team, the role will require that you apply your professional knowledge and skills to contribute to delivering a comprehensive and effective occupational health services ensuring that high professional and quality standards are maintained on a consistent basis and in line with best practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be qualified as a Consultant Occupational Health Physician and assist in delivering the range of responsibilities expected from the role. It is anticipated that initially duties will primarily consist of delivery of clinical occupational health assessments and that with experience a wider range of activities will be undertaken. The full potential scope of those responsibilities is listed in the following paragraphs.
Opportunities will be given to become familiar with the work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Occupational Health Physician position available at WUTH.
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant Occupational Health Physician with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Bebington, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Occupational Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (With a view to extend for a further 6 months). The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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