Job summary
The Clinical Manager role is to provide clinical guidance and support to the Head of OH and supporting in clinical leadership to all staff in the team. The postholder supports the Head of OH in ensuring the service meets all key performance indicators, providing an exceptional, high-quality service that promotes, maintains and improves the health of employees, safeguards against risks arising from their work and working environment and promotes the health of the organisation. The postholder will embrace and demonstrate an attitude which respects the core values of our Trust.

Main duties of the job

• To deputise in the absence of the Head of OH to ensure continuity of the provision of an efficient, high quality operational OH service that is responsive to the needs of the Trust and external organisations under contract.
• To ensure compliance with responsibilities imposed by health and safety legislation, whilst maximising and promoting the health of all employees.
• Provide clinical advice on all areas of OH as needed and lead on or contribute to strategies for the Trust as required.
• Assess complex health & wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review programmes of care to meet those needs
• To support the strategic planning of the OH service, identifying resourcing requirements and service standards.
• Ensure that the OH service continues to meet the requirements for SEQOHS accredited status.

About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Details
Date posted: 28 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Compressed hours
Reference number: 372-CORP2061-A
Job locations: Calderdale Royal Hospital, Occupational Health Department, Halifax, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of main responsibilities and the person specification for this role.

Person Specification
Knowledge, Experience and Expertise
Essential

• Expert knowledge of all occupational health requirements within a health care setting
• Expert knowledge of the national and local policy relating to Occupational Health and Wellbeing service and interventions
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Significant senior level experience within large healthcare organisations
• Knowledge and experience of OH IT systems, to support effective working and service improvements
• Experience of undertaking audits and quality assurance initiatives
• Knowledge of budget management and cost improvement initiatives

Communication and Relationships (including management responsibilities)
Essential

• Strong analytical skills to interpret and present data and use this to drive forward and implement change
• Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote collaborative approaches to service development/improvement.
• Well-developed engagement, delegation, people and workload management skills
• Demonstrate willingness and ability to challenge and change existing practice
• IT literate including Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and email systems
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral) skills together with strong leadership and influencing with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve key stakeholders

Qualifications / Training
Essential

• Registered Nurse - Part 1 of NMC register OR equivalent HCPC registration
• Post-registration Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner Qualification
• Educated to Degree level in relevant OH qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Recognised Teaching / Assessing Qualification

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Calderdale Royal Hospital, Occupational Health Department, Halifax, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of Occupational Health, Pamela Wood, pamela.wood@cht.nhs.uk, 07825693841