Dorset Council
Senior Occupational Health Adviser
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Senior Occupational Health Adviser
This is a rewarding opportunity to lead on occupational health at Dorset Council, helping shape an in-house service that makes a real difference to our people. You’ll enjoy varied and meaningful work, a collaborative team environment, and the chance to influence wellbeing policy and practice across the council. This role offers flexibility, autonomy, and ongoing professional development, with the scope to grow your leadership skills and make a positive, lasting impact.
This role can be offered full time or part time, with a minimum commitment of 26 hours each week.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll support the delivery of a high-quality occupational health service, carrying out health assessments, supporting sickness absence management, advising on health risks at work, and overseeing wellbeing initiatives. Working closely with internal teams and external customers, including schools and academies, you’ll analyse trends, contribute to health promotion, and mentor colleagues.
You’ll also support policy development, contribute to service improvement, and act as deputy for the Occupational Health Lead. The role will involve pre-placement screening, case management, and providing managers and staff with appropriate health advice and guidance.
About You
you’ll have experience in pre-placement screening, case management and managing a clinical caseload you’ll be a registered nurse on Part 3 of the NMC register with specialist occupational health qualifications, such as a degree or diploma you’ll be confident conducting assessments and writing clear, practical reports you’ll be a skilled communicator able to work with staff at all levels and with external clients you’ll bring a good understanding of workplace health risks, relevant legislation and best practice you’ll be organised, emotionally intelligent, and able to balance competing demands experience working in a large organisation or supervising others would be an advantage, as would holding a NEBOSH certificate
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This is a great chance to join a small, supportive team where your expertise will directly contribute to improving employee wellbeing across Dorset Council and beyond. If you’re passionate about occupational health and keen to develop your career in a varied and influential role, we’d love to hear from you.
Further Information
Salary includes additional labour market increments, reviewed in line with our pay policy. This role can be offered full time or part time, with a minimum commitment of 26 hours each week. For an informal conversation about this role please contact Emma Loi, [email protected], Occupational Health Lead. Please note that I'm unavailable for conversations from 30th June to the 16th July but will return any communications before and after these dates.
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At Dorset Council, we are working together to create a fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable Dorset for everyone, now and in the future.
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provide essential services that support over 300,000 residents work in partnership to make a real difference value every role and the impact it has on our communities support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive
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be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset have access to a range of benefits and support receive training and development opportunities to help your career progress
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible, if you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application.
This role is UK-based, and we will need to confirm your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications, so the job title in any attachments may differ from the advert. If needed, we will provide additional details in a context statement.
If you’re passionate about making a difference, we’d love you to join us.
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