Mh152641 - Head of Occupational Health Service - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

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NHS GRAMPIAN

Aberdeen, North East Scotland

Directorate of People & Culture

Head of Occupational Health Services

Band 8C £79,466 - £85,181 per annum

Part-time 22.5 hours per week


This is an exciting opportunity to become the Head of Occupational Health Services for NHS Grampian, a key role within the People & Culture Senior Leadership Team.

It is pivotal to leading, developing, managing and shaping the Occupational Health Services which has a key role in delivering the critical colleague health and wellbeing ambitions in our Plan for the Future.


The successful applicant will be responsible for the strategy and business plan of NHS Grampian's Occupational Health Services, including provision of services to the Board's workforce and via service level agreements to a number of external organisations.

In addition, there are a number of related services and projects the postholder will oversee, including provision of a first-aid training service, the wellbeing hub, and support for Long-Covid rehabilitation and working longer in collaboration with Occupational Therapy.


The postholder will influence and affect change at executive, clinical, service development and administrative levels within the organisation and within national networks, ensuring that national and local requirements for Occupational Health are both influenced and delivered timeously and agreed quality standards.

The emphasis is on delivering continuous improvement in service delivery and minimising risk and harm to employees and the employing organisation via strategic vision and partnering, defined occupational health standards, and robust systems of quality assurance.

NHS Grampian is the third largest teaching Health Board in Scotland, with strong links to local Universities.

The Board provides tertiary services to the 550,000 people of Grampian and residents of neighbouring NHS Boards; Orkney and Shetland.

NHS Grampian employs around 17,000 staff.


To thrive in this role, you will need to possess specialist knowledge of the Occupational Health agenda and its relevance to the strategic direction and corporate objectives and values of both NHS Grampian and NHS Scotland in order to develop, deliver and implement wide reaching strategy and effective business plan.

You will also be educated to degree level with additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and experience to Masters level equivalent.


Experience of a senior managerial role within the NHS or other large organisation, including effectively leading and motivating other managers and teams is also essential.

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