Senior Occupational Health Advisor

Job Title: Senior Occupational Health Advisor
Location: Royston, Hertfordshire (with some travel required)

World-changing careers, enabled by Johnson Matthey. With more than 200 years of history, join us and help to accelerate the transition to net-zero! As a Senior OH Advisor, you’ll contribute to JM’s mission as a world leader in sustainable technology, transforming energy and reducing carbon emissions for a cleaner, brighter future.

This role is to support the Site Infrastructure Manager, OH Advisor, OH Technician, and OH Administrator in the delivery and coordination of high-quality OH services across the Johnson Matthey sites - Royston, Brimsdown, Cambridge, and Sonning.

This plays a critical part in protecting, maintaining, and improving employee health through clinical expertise, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration with EHS, HR, and operations teams. The role includes responsibility for health surveillance activities, case management fitness-for-work assessments, and other screening activities.

The Role: As a Senior OH Advisor, you will help drive our goals by:

• Being accountable and responsible for the management and effectiveness of the clinical service and case management on a day-to-day basis, recognizing appropriate skill mix, staffing levels, and staff competency to deliver a quality service.
• Working with Johnson Matthey PGMS community of practice to identify opportunities for improvement in clinical procedures and escalate as appropriate.
• Hands-on delivery of clinical work - expected 70% hands-on, 30% management.
• Delivering Occupational Health case management and rehabilitation services in partnership with operations, HR, EHS, and OH Physician and refer to specialist services externally when required.
• Working with Reward and Wellbeing to support HR, EHS, operations, and other key business areas on employee wellbeing and occupational health so that employee health and wellbeing is considered a priority by all leaders within JM.
• Collaborating with the office administrator to prioritize, plan, and maintain own and team referral caseload.

Special Factors: Travel will be needed on several JM sites, each as follows:

• Royston – primary base site
• Brimsdown, North London – monthly as required
• Cambridge, Sonning & Farringdon – quarterly visits as required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be working in an office location based on one of the sites above. All functions take place inside with optimal lighting. The employee can expect low levels of noise, in addition to DSE work and use of telephones. The temperature is generally average. All sites operate with varying levels of risk and complexity.

Key Skills that Will Help You Succeed in This Role:

• Registered Nurse on NMC register (Part 1 or 2) with at least 3 years of broad-based post-registration experience.
• Working knowledge of H&S legislation.
• Experience in an occupational health setting (industrial or manufacturing environment is highly desirable).
• Previous experience leading and managing a team.
• Knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and occupational health standards.
• Experience of Risk Management Process and of carrying out Risk Assessments with previous experience of case management.

Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!

What We Offer: We make sure salaries are fair, competitive, and aligned to individual roles, experience, and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical, and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:

• Retirement savings
• Share plans
• Saving accounts
• House saving funds
• Life and disability insurance
• Commuter allowances and loans
• Medical plans / health assessments
• Fitness discounts

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career! At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.

For any queries or accessibility requirements, please reach out to us. We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.

Closing Date for Applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks; early application is advised.