Occupational Health Nurse Adviser
East Midlands Shared Services · Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom · hybrid
Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
🏢 Nottingham City Council
📍 Eastcroft Depot, Nottingham NG2 3AH
💼 Permanent
⏰ Full-Time
🏡 Hybrid Working
💷 Salary: £42,123 - £45,529 per annum (pro rata for part-time hours), plus market supplement
📅 Apply by: 3 November 2026
✨ Join us and help make a difference for Nottingham and its communities.
Are you an experienced Occupational Health Nurse Advisor looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference every day?
If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you.
At Nottingham City Council, you'll play a key role in supporting the health, wellbeing and attendance of a diverse workforce, helping employees stay healthy, safe and productive throughout their careers. This is an opportunity to join a respected Employee Wellbeing Team where your professional expertise will directly influence employee outcomes and organisational success.
Whether you're managing complex cases, advising on workplace adjustments, supporting rehabilitation plans or contributing to proactive wellbeing initiatives, you'll be part of a service that values preventative health, early intervention and high-quality occupational health practice.
About the Role
As an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor, you will provide specialist occupational health advice and support to managers and employees across the organisation. Working collaboratively with HR colleagues, managers and healthcare professionals, you'll deliver a comprehensive, evidence based occupational health service that promotes wellbeing and supports attendance at work.
Your responsibilities as Occupational Health Nurse Advisor will include:
- Managing occupational health referrals and providing expert advice on fitness for work, sickness absence, rehabilitation, redeployment and workplace adjustments.
- Undertaking occupational health assessments and producing clear, balanced and business focused reports.
- Delivering health surveillance and health protection programmes, including vision screening, audiometry, lung function testing, skin surveillance and HAVS Tier 3 assessments.
- Advising on physical, chemical, biological and psychological workplace health risks.
- Liaising with GPs, consultants and other healthcare professionals, where appropriate, to support employee wellbeing.
- Supporting workplace wellbeing initiatives and contributing to the continuous improvement of the Occupational Health and Employee Wellbeing Service.
About You
We're looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Occupational Health professional who is passionate about helping people thrive at work.
You will have:
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
- A recognised Occupational Health qualification.
- Experience working within an Occupational Health environment, including case management and sickness absence referrals.
- Excellent report writing, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience and/or qualifications in health surveillance activities including audiometry, spirometry, vision screening, HAVS and skin surveillance.
- The ability to build positive and trusted relationships with employees, managers and healthcare professionals.
- A commitment to continuous professional development and evidence-based practice.
Why Join Nottingham City Council?
This is more than just an Occupational Nurse Advisor Health role. It's an opportunity to develop your career in a supportive public sector environment while enjoying an excellent range of rewards and benefits.
What you'll get in return
- A meaningful role where you can positively influence employee health, wellbeing and quality of working life.
- The opportunity to work with a friendly, experienced and supportive Employee Wellbeing Team.
- A varied and rewarding caseload that offers professional challenge and development.
- Opportunities for continued learning, professional development and career progression.
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 26 days, rising to 32 days with service, plus bank holidays.
- The option to purchase additional annual leave, giving you greater flexibility and control over your work life balance.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the most valuable public sector pension schemes available, with significant employer contributions.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements that help you balance work and personal commitments.
- Access to a range of employee wellbeing initiatives and support services.
- Family friendly policies that support you through different stages of life and career.
- The opportunity to work for a large and ambitious local authority that is committed to supporting its employees and the communities it serves.
If you are passionate about occupational health, enjoy building positive working relationships and want to make a lasting impact on workplace wellbeing, we'd love to hear from you.
🌍 Our commitment to inclusion
At Nottingham City Council, we are proud to be an inclusive employer where everyone is welcomed, valued and respected. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and creating a culture where people can thrive.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and ensure fairness, dignity and respect for all.
♿ Disability Confident Employer
We are a Disability Confident Employer and actively encourage applications from disabled people. If you wish to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please let us know as part of your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
🎖️ Armed Forces Covenant
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.
🌈 Championing Diversity
We particularly welcome applications from:
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
- LGBT+ communities
- Disabled people
These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we want to better reflect our city through our recruitment.
Apply today and help create a healthier, happier and more productive workplace.
To Note: Part-time applications are welcome and encouraged.
If you're an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor looking to make a meaningful impact in a complex, rewarding and people-focused environment, we'd love to hear from you.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Jacqueline Armand, EW Manager at Jacqueline.Armand@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Join us and help shape a healthier workforce for Nottingham.
What we offer
- The opportunity to influence and improve employee health and wellbeing.
- A varied and rewarding caseload.
- Ongoing professional development and support.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- The chance to work as part of a friendly and supportive Employee Wellbeing team.
If you are an experienced Occupational Health Advisor who enjoys delivering high-quality advice, promoting wellbeing and supporting employees to thrive at work, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape a healthier, more productive workplace. Part time applications are welcomed.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Jacqueline Armand Employee Wellbeing Manager by email at jacqueline.armand@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 3rd November 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: 12th November 2026
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