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Department
Strategy and Transformation
Service
HR
Grade
Scale K
Reports to
HR Manager - Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Responsible for
Job reference
Job Purpose
The Specialist HR Adviser - Occupational Health role is part of the HR Consultants family, the title used reflects that the term 'Consultant’ has a different meaning in the medical world. The role provides high-level technical expertise and advice within their professional area. They coach managers to deal successfully with people issues and use highly developed enquiry skills to evaluate information and identify potential solutions to complex issues. Creating medium to long term value within their designated portfolio areas, consultants will lead on clearly defined projects and provide mentoring to influence decisions.
Context
The HSW Team provides professional leadership, advice and support in the disciplines of occupational health, safety and wellbeing. The team have a strong traded brand that complements and supports the delivery of services. The team will focus on:
- HSW policy and strategy development and delivery
- Specialist HSW training development and delivery
- Proactive assessment, monitoring and performance reporting against the H&S compliance framework
- Level 1 - 3 HSW advice and guidance including occupational health advice, incident investigation, wellbeing support, mediation, critical incident support
- Traded Services strategy and delivery.
- HSW Contract management (CLEAPPS, Specsavers, First Aid, OH, MIRS, Psychological assessment, NSL, Lone Worker Devices)
This role will manage and deliver the occupational health components of the service. This includes:
- Active management and development of the3 core Occupational Health and Well-being contracts to ensure they deliver to contract, provide value for money and impact is maximised.
- Working with the HR Consultant -Wellbeing to ensure the contracts reflect the wellbeing needs of the organisation
- Providing occupational health advice to HR colleagues, managers, employees and external customers
Accountabilities
Provide specialist professional advice and guidance to support people management issues, cultural change and strategic priorities.
Develop proposals to support development priorities. Identify resources to deliver continuous improvement through the most effective and cost-effective solutions.
Provide subject matter expertise on improvement initiatives and projects, ensuring people issues are fully considered. Work with stakeholders to ensure effective improvement and change.
Analyse and interpret data to identify and communicate trends. Recommend actions which support the strategic priorities.
Build partnerships and work collaboratively with internal/external networks to improve service delivery effectiveness. Ensure that changes are informed by the views of stakeholders.
Challenge existing ways of working seeking to delivery process improvement. Share knowledge and promote the development of skills within the HR team.
Provide subject matter expertise on improvement initiatives and projects, ensuring people issues are fully considered.
Keep up to date with technical knowledge and best practice in the professional area.
Person specification
Skills and abilities:
Essential (Y/-)
Desirable (Y/-)
Able to develop relationships with a range of stakeholders, to translate organisational needs into appropriate activities and interventions.
Y
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Negotiation and influencing skills to build support for ideas and plans to achieve outcomes, effect change and deliver services.
Y
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Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information to senior management and other stakeholders.
Y
-
Problem solving skills to generate appropriate solutions to difficult issues.
Y
-
Negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to adapt approach to suit different situations and stakeholders
Y
-
Able to plan, manage and prioritise a complex, busy and varied workload and to deliver to deadlines and priorities
Y
-
Proactive and positive approach to taking issues forward
Y
-
Knowledge/Experience
Essential (Y/-)
Desirable (Y/-)
Experience of delivering change management initiatives.
Y
-
Professional knowledge of operational issues within the professional area.
Y
-
Experience of working within a project management framework.
Y
-
Experience of dealing sensitively and appropriately with confidential information within an HR environment
Y
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Experience of working as an occupational health nurse and delivery of occupational health services in a variety of settings and with a variety of employees
Y
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Experience of working in a traded services/commercial environment
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Y
Experience of successfully managing high performing contracts
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Y
Qualifications
Mandatory (Y/-)
Indicative (Y/-)
Level 6 qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
Y
-
Registered Nurse and Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse with NMC
Y
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Trained Mental Health First Aid Trainer
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Y
Accredited Mediator
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Y
General Information
- The job description details the main outcomes of the job and will be updated if these outcomes change.
- All work performed/duties undertaken must be carried out in accordance with relevant County Council and Departmental policies and procedures, within legislation, and with regards to the needs of our customers and the diverse community we serve.
- Job holders will be expected to understand what is meant by safeguarding vulnerable groups (children, young people and adults) and how to raise concerns.
- Job holders will be expected to be flexible in their duties and carry out any other duties commensurate with the grade and falling within the general scope of the job, as requested by management.
