VH7674- Occupational Health Nurse Advisor External
Posted externally. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing Occupational Health unit where you’ll benefit from a balanced workload, managing a maximum of four cases per day.
- Job title: Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
- Salary: NHS Band 7 (£49,387 – £56,515 per annum)
- Contract: Permanent, full time
- Location: Wakefield (with travel across Force locations)
West Yorkshire Police is seeking an experienced and motivated Occupational Health Nurse Advisor to join our People Directorate. This key clinical role supports the health, safety and wellbeing of over 10,000 police officers and staff, helping to ensure a healthy, safe and productive workforce.
Working within a bio psycho social model, you will provide professional, evidence based occupational health advice to managers and individuals, supporting attendance management, fitness for work decisions and proactive health promotion across the Force.
This is an excellent opportunity for a registered nurse with occupational health expertise to influence organisational wellbeing, policy development and preventative health initiatives within a complex and dynamic policing environment.
Role and Responsibilities
- Provide specialist occupational health advice to managers to support safe, healthy and productive working practices.
- Undertake workplace and individual assessments to determine fitness for general and specialist duties.
- Deliver nurse led clinics, including management referrals, health surveillance, vaccinations and phlebotomy.
- Support pre employment screening, transfers and return to work processes.
- Contribute to health awareness, risk management and wellbeing initiatives across the Force.
- Influence the development of Force policies and protocols through specialist health expertise.
- Liaise with HR Operations, Occupational Physicians and external health partners as required.
- Maintain accurate, confidential health records in line with professional and legal standards.
- Maximum four cases per day.
Expectations
- Work confidently and autonomously within professional nursing standards and NMC guidance.
- Apply health and safety legislation and occupational health best practice in a policing context.
- Communicate clearly and professionally with managers, officers, staff and partner organisations.
- Manage a varied caseload and prioritise effectively in a fast paced environment.
- Travel across West Yorkshire to undertake workplace visits and assessments.
- Work flexibly to meet service needs.
Essential Criteria
- Registered General Nurse qualification.
- Formal qualification in Occupational Health Nursing, or currently in the final year of study, recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Strong IT skills, including use of Microsoft Office.
- Full UK/EU driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience as an Occupational Health Nurse.
- Knowledge and experience of applying health and safety legislation.
Benefits/What We Offer
- Generous annual leave allowance – 29 days annual leave, rising to 34 days after five years of service (plus bank holidays).
- Flexible working options, including agile working arrangements.
- Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, a secure Defined Benefit CARE pension scheme.
- Membership options for the Police Treatment Centre and The Police Children’s Charity (eligibility-dependent).
- Access to savings, discounts and cashback rewards through staff schemes, including eligibility to purchase a Blue Light Card.
- Option to sign up to our Cycle to work scheme (eligibility-dependent).
- Access to a wide range of internal wellbeing services and support programmes.
- Opportunities for career development and training.
- Supportive HR policies, including maternity, paternity and other family-friendly provisions.
- A meaningful career with a clear sense of purpose supporting policing services that protect communities.
- Opportunities to join staff networks, wellbeing groups, and sports clubs.
- Training and development opportunities, depending on previous experience and skillset.
For further information, please contact Head of Occupational Health, Hayley Golding: hayley.golding@westyorkshire.police.uk.
This vacancy will close at 23:55 hours on 9th June 2026.
For roles which are advertised as Career Progression Schemes, individuals will be appointed to the bottom scale point of the appropriate grade within the scheme, based on the role entry requirements. Full progression through the scheme may be subject to attaining a specific qualification or successfully passing an assessment or review.
West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last three years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.
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