Purpose of the post
•Provide an occupational health advisory service internally to the Council and external clients by promoting and implementing return to work plans, take responsibility for providing professional and expert advice on matters relating to sickness absence.
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
Responsibility for functions
•Supervision of professional aspects (only) of the work of the Occupational Health Officer.
Main duties
•Work as part of a small team to structure, screen referrals and prioritise the work of the Occupational Health Unit ensuring that the internal needs of the Council as well as external contracts are met.
•Contribute towards assessing all the occupational health requirements of the Council as well as any other organsiation that the Unit provides service to, and undertake a pivotal role in the planning, implementing and evaluation of the arrangements in place.
•Advise managers and staff at all levels within the organisations on occupational health matters whilst referring appropriate cases to the Occupational Health Physician.
•Supervise the clinical aspects (only) of the Occupational Health Officer’s work.
•Undertake assessments of staff members’ medical condition when absent from work whilst regularly monitoring progress.
•Assist managers to undertake risk assessments involving dangers to occupational health.
•Conduct check on pre-employment questionnaires and come to conclusions on prospective staff’s medical condition.
•Support staff within the workplace or on their return to work by advising individuals and managers as appropriate whilst avoiding attempting to provide medical care usually undertkaen by the General Practitioner.
•Organize and implement health surveillance program.
•Carry specific health surveillance test eg,spirometry,audiometry,hand arm vibration assessments,skin checks
•Organize and implement health promotion campaigns within the Council.
•Organising and delivering health programs to respond to national health campaigns within the Council's workforce e.g. seasonal flu vaccination program
•Accept responsibilty for all professional advice given to managers and individual members of staff.
•Ensure appropriate records are kept of each test / procedure, treatment or advice given.
•Develop policies / and developmental projects such as training programs in relation to the health of the Council’s workforce and / or reducing absence.
•Consult and co – operate closely with Human Resources Advisors and Health, Safety and Welfare Advisor in order to provide the best service possible to the customer.
•Responsibility for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
•Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abuse.
Special circumstances
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