# Occupational Health and Wellbeing Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Clatterbridge Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28T11:31:17.360Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Bebington_Wirral/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate/Corporate-v8146055
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8146055?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Occupational Health and Wellbeing Officer will provide a comprehensive, quality administration service to the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Department.

They will be a point of contact for the OH team and its clients, managers and external contracts.

### Main duties of the job

Duties and Key Tasks

- To provide a comprehensive administrative support to OHU ensuring confidentiality at all times with regards to clients personal and stressful situation which is often disclosed.
- To deal with telephone queries from clients, managers and outside contractors escalate to the appropriate OH member of staff if necessary.
- Requirement to change tasks at short notice to deal with unexpected situation or problems.
- To receive and acknowledge incoming referral letters if appropriate.
- To refer letters to Consultant/Team Leaders.
- To book appointments via the Cohort System.
- To ensure clinics booked to full capacity.
- To make suggestions as to any modification to ensure smooth running of clinic based on demand.
- To freeze, unfreeze or delete clinics due to Annual/Study leave etc., as per agreement with Consultant/clinician.
- To re-book patients who have had to be cancelled due, for example, to sickness of clinician.
- To pull client’s case notes from storage and prepare in advance of daily clinics.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Officer position available at WUTH.

## Person Specification

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Willingness to travel and work across Trust’s sites

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Good team working skills
- Good time management/organisational skills
- Ability to maintain a professional approach when working under pressure
- Polite telephone manner
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills
- Computer/keyboard skills - Microsoft packages essential
- Excellent customer care skills
- Knowledge of Trust’s rules regarding confidentiality
- Knowledge of Trust’s procedures for dealing with complaints
- Accurate filing
- Health & Safety, including inanimate handling

### Qualifications, Specific Experience and Training

**Essential**

- NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience
- Experience in an administrative role
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of dealing with customers

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in an Occupational Health department
- Experience in using the ORACLE system of ordering
- Experience in using the COHORT occupational health IT system

## Documents

- [oh risk id form (pdf, 208.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10445241)
- [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 528.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10445240)
- [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants (pdf, 255.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506)

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