# Occupational Health Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-health-manager/81170e73-4ac0-474d-bae0-9dafa2118f38 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-health-manager/81170e73-4ac0-474d-bae0-9dafa2118f38.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bedford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per Annum depending on experience - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (We welcome flexible-working requests and will consider them fairly, while ensuring that operational and service needs continue to be met.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T14:41:09.820Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Bedford/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Health/Occupational_Health-v8329754 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8329754?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an Occupational Health Manager, based at Bedford Hospital. This is a key clinical leadership role within the Occupational Health Service. You will lead the day-to-day delivery and continued development of the Bedford Hospital and wider cross site service, ensuring that staff, systems and resources are managed effectively and that employees receive a responsive, professional and high-quality service. Working with the wider Occupational Health team, you will provide specialist clinical advice and support to managers and employees across the Trust. Your responsibilities will include management referrals, pre-placement health screening, immunisation and vaccination programmes, health surveillance, rehabilitation advice and support following workplace incidents. You will help ensure that the service complies with occupational health legislation, professional standards, Trust policies and recognised good practice. You will also contribute to service improvement, audit, income generation and the delivery of occupational health services to external organisations. We are looking for an experienced and approachable Occupational Health professional who can provide visible leadership, manage and develop a team and build effective working relationships across the organisation. You should be innovative, adaptable and committed to improving the experience of staff and service users. ### Main duties of the job You will combine leadership and operational management with a varied clinical caseload, including complex management referrals, clinical reviews, health surveillance, vaccinations, blood sampling and self-referrals. You will provide evidence-based advice on fitness for work, rehabilitation, workplace adjustments and occupational health risks, while maintaining confidential and accurate clinical records. You will develop and supervise colleagues, support workforce planning, and contribute to policy development, audit and accreditation. Working with Human Resources, Infection Prevention and Control, Health and Safety and other services, you will help manage workplace incidents and promote staff health. You must be a first-level registered nurse with a recognised Occupational Health specialist nursing qualification, or equivalent, and substantial post-registration Occupational Health experience. You will need strong clinical judgement, current knowledge of occupational health, health surveillance and immunisation, and excellent communication, analytical and report-writing skills. You should be organised, approachable and confident in managing complex cases, competing priorities and team development. You must also be able to travel between Trust sites when required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read the attached job description for full details of this role, duties and responsibilities. 24) To work with the Head of Occupational Health to ensure SEQOHS accreditation is attained, maintained and updated. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of up to date occupational health and health and safety knowledge - Knowledge of immunisations & vaccine schedules **Desirable** - Health surveillance Legislation and Programmes ### Experience **Essential** - Good range of substantial experience in Occupational Health setting - Experience of working in OH **Desirable** - Experience of working in NHS and private industry as OHN ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registered nurse - Recognised OH Specialist nurse qualification or equivalent **Desirable** - Management qualification - Recognised Health & Safety qualification ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Managing own workload and experience of managing others - Good operational management skills. - Excellent communication skills and ability to work with staff at all levels of an organisation - Ability to be analytical and use data to inform decisions **Desirable** - Practical OH skills, such as spirometry, phlebotomy etc. ## Documents - [staff benefits (png, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2879) - [job description (pdf, 324.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654544) - [person specification (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654545) - [bedford hospital site map (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2871) - [staff diversity network (pdf, 140.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2866) - [functional aspects of role (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654546) - [information for disabled applicants (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2870) - [disclosure & barring information and recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 78.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1456) ## 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.