Occupational Health Advisor
Eastern Education Group Trust, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3RL21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 8am
Date listed
9 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £33,674- £40,446 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Eastern Education Group – Across all sites (Hybrid role – with up to 50% of time on site)
- 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
- Salary: £33,674- £40,446 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
We are delighted to offer a brand-new opportunity for an experienced Occupational Health Advisor to join our Wellbeing & Development team as we launch our first in-house occupational health service.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a proactive and responsive service that supports colleagues across Eastern Education Group. You will provide confidential occupational health advice and guidance, manage referrals, support workplace adjustments, contribute to health surveillance programmes, and promote wellbeing initiatives that help colleagues thrive at work.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, sound clinical judgement, and the ability to provide clear, practical recommendations on a range of health and wellbeing matters. NMC registration is essential. SCPHN registration with Occupational Health Nursing as the field of practice is desirable, although applications from experienced occupational health practitioners without this specialist qualification are welcomed.
This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality occupational health support while helping to develop a service that places prevention, early intervention and colleague wellbeing at its heart.
What the school offers its staff
- Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
- Family friendly policies and flexible working
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Free parking
- Canteen
- Company events
- Access to various memberships and discount schemes
- Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
- Funded subject course development for your role
- Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
- Career progression opportunities
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Eastern Education Group Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Arranging a visit to Eastern Education Group Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.
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