Occupational Health Advisor

Occupational Health Advisor

Location – Home based - with travel required across the East Coast, Yorkshire and the Midlands

Role Cover – East Coast & Midlands

Salary - Approximately £43,000 to £55,000 per annum

Contract Type – Permanent

Working Hours – Full time

Closing Date – 28 May 2024

Main Purpose of the Role

We are looking for an occupational health Advisor to join us!

You will be responsible for providing a compliant and proactive occupational health and wellbeing service to RWE sites. In addition, you will support the continuing development of the company's nurser led shared service and to improve and diversify the function in line with the needs of the business and our employees.

For this role, we can offer a Home Based contract but with travel around the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire areas as required. You will maintain your own diary, so can decide how often you need to be at our sites, and when you do need to travel, this will be at our expense. You'll also be given a car allowance of £440 pcm to reflect this travel requirement.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery of a coordinated approach to Occupational Health and Wellbeing management for all RWE UK Companies, managing service within legal framework
• Assist business in delivery of their health and wellbeing services e.g. fitness for work medicals, health surveillance, case management, sickness, absence management, management referrals, business travel health and health promotion (wellbeing events at the sites)
• Support in delivery of targeted successful campaigns based on data analysis that deliver improvements in the Health and Wellbeing of employee cohort
• Actively seeks to work closely with key stakeholders, HR and business leads to deliver an enhancement in the service
• Seeks benchmark data and information on best practice methods and works with a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Audit of clinical practice and records demonstrates compliance to OH&W procedures and best practice
• Support the delivery of Wellbeing initiatives across the UK business

Knowledge & Skills

• Appropriate Occupational Nursing Health Qualification (Qualified to Degree Level or a Diploma with relevant experience)
• Working effectively within a clinical team and working collaborating by sharing best practice
• Being an innovative and focussed self-starter who can identify initiatives, opportunities, engage others and implement activity in a fast paced, customer focussed environment
• Ability to communicate effectively and in a timely manner across all levels of the organisation
• Self-motivation and interpersonal skills with a strong focus in areas of sound judgement, consistency, team work, listening, influencing, challenging, coaching, development, performance management and importantly, a great sense of humour
• Being committed to personal performance with passion, energy, pace, a can do attitude and a strong work ethic
• Excellent verbal and literacy skills to provide clear advice and direction

What we will offer you

• An expected starting salary from approximately £43,000 to £55,000  depending on experience and up to 15% annual bonus
• A car allowance of £440pcm
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family
• Free access to our on-site gym facilities and classes
• Free parking (including electric vehicle charging points)
• Subsidised canteen facilities
• One free professional membership subscription
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year

To view a preview of our benefits site ‘YourHub’ and see some of the other benefits we have on offer please visit https://www.edenred.co.uk/campaigns/rwe-yourhub/index.html

Working at RWE

To find out more about what it’s like to work at one of Europe’s largest energy companies and what we are all about we have a wealth of information on our Careers pages. https://www.rwe.com/en/rwe-careers-portal

Here you can meet some of the team, find out more about Diversity at RWE, what your onboarding will look like and some FAQs.

Equal Opportunities

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Our energy for a sustainable life

RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE in the UK

We operate a large and diverse portfolio of power generation assets in the UK. We are the UK’s second largest generator of thermal flexible capacity, supplying around 10% of the UK’s electricity last year with 8.6GW of installed capacity. The portfolio includes the UK’s largest fleet of gas-fired power stations, along with a small amount of Biomass and Hydro plants.

Any questions? Contact in Recruiting: Lee Clark | E: lee.clark@rwe.com. Please note we do not accept speculative CVs from any recruitment agencies