ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

BSc or MSc (pre-registration) qualification
Registered with a regulator for the profession
Post-graduate qualification relevant to occupational health and/or relevant experience and/or evidence of OH MSK expertise relevant to the role
Ideally three years plus experience within OH setting.
Confidence in interacting with and representing a multi-professional workforce
Understanding of Occupational Health service provision and customer interface
Understanding of Workplace Health and government services working towards increasing employment opportunities for people with ill health.
Ability to interact confidently with Key stakeholders in a corporate environment
Experience of delivering clinical supervision and teaching

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in presenting clinical material at meetings and conferences.
Experience in clinical leadership
Experience in being effective in meetings with internal and external key stake holders
Formal training in clinical leadership
Experience in incident and complaint investigation and handling
Experience in safeguarding
Technical or Registered membership or experience on committees for special interest groups e.g. ACPOHE
Working towards ACPOHE competency level C

Including but not limited to:
To utilise specialist occupational health expertise to function as an experienced practitioner managing a complex clinical caseload and delivering consultancy and training services. This includes.
Onsite clinics
Remote and virtual services for occupational health customers
Assessment of fitness for work assessment, functional capacity assessments, workplace assessments and ergonomic workplace risk assessments
Delivery of manual handling training, train the trainer and ergonomic risk assessor training, DSE assessor training
Delivery of health and wellbeing projects and initiatives focusing on healthy lifestyles and behaviour change.
Mentor other MSK clinicians in an OH service. Provide clinical leadership to designated region and act as a source of expertise in the management of and musculoskeletal conditions and occupational health challenges
Regularly involved in workplace ergonomics and job design
Involved in supporting quality assurance, governance, audit and evaluation. Regularly develops/ contributes to services for clients
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical and professional activities
To demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development and to maintain a contemporary record of such activity, in line with recommendations of CSP and HCPC
To contribute to service development initiatives and other ad-hoc projects and tasks as agreed with line manager
To contribute as required to internal and external educational initiatives and PAM academy
To contribute to multidisciplinary audit research and evaluation of the clinical effectiveness and evidence base for the management of occupational health and musculoskeletal conditions.
To work collaboratively with Operational Leadership to optimise the delivery of occupational health services in your region.
To contribute as required to continuous improvement and clinical excellence in occupational health services including supporting clinical supervision.
To be abreast of the latest clinical research and evidence-based practice and use this knowledge to enhance occupational health practice and the way PPS delivers services.
To contribute to bid-writing, stakeholder meetings and other business development activity in region
To ensure their own personal mandatory training is up to date including refresher training.
And any other reasonable tasks