Occupational Health Strategic Lead

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.

As a key member of the Working Well senior leadership team, this role will lead and oversee the business function of the service with over 50 staff and a diverse portfolio of circa 200 external clients. This role will deputise for the Service Director, overseeing high-level stakeholder relationships and leading strategic programmes to optimise service delivery.

We are looking for a compassionate leader with a proven track record in senior occupational health service management. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, the ability to negotiate complex contracts, and a passion for digital transformation to improve service user experience.

Join us in making a difference to the health and wellbeing of our NHS workforce and the wider community.

Main duties of the job

Ensure high quality business administration and information management are delivered to optimise performance and efficiency, proactively engaging with other key strategic and corporate requirements of NHS partners and external customers.

Lead strategic programmes of work which are designed to bring about transformational change, working alongside clinical and operational colleagues to drive forward service improvement initiatives using project management methodologies.

Oversee and monitor performance against national quality standards to ensure that standards are exceeded and accreditations retained.

Develop and implement communication strategies, to promote occupational health services and engage internal and external stakeholders.

The postholder will be a member of the senior management team and will have professional input into the planning, provision and future direction of the Service.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

01 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-26-252-A

Job locations

Rikenel

Montpellier

Gloucester

GL1 1XR

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