Clinical Team Leader

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
London
Salary
50000.00 - 53000.00 GBP Annual
Posted
15 Jul 2021
Closes
11 Aug 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title: Clinical Team Leader
Location: London, Kennington with travel to Hendon 1 week per month
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time

About Us
Optima Health is a UK market leader in the provision of Occupational Healthcare and wellbeing services. Our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in our client organisations, helping them to achieve their full potential through their people.

We deliver comprehensive services, including absence management, fitness for task assessments, health surveillance, vocational rehabilitation, and wellness programmes, as well as a full range of diagnostics and treatments.

We are a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organisation who are keen to invest in people and support them to ensure their long-term career progression. We are a company who are going places and we want you to come with us!

Role Summary

You will manage a team of clinicians/Screening nurses and Technicians.

The role holder is expected to demonstrate Optima's values and drive the clinical team forward ensuring it continues to provide high clinical standards, innovation and value for money services to our clients.

Alongside the team management responsibilities the role holder will be expected to perform clinical work during 80% of their working time.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Provide specialist occupational health advice and support to technicians and screening nurses

* Monitor and audit the medical questionnaires

* Preparation of occupational health policies, clinical standards and procedures in liaison with the Clinical Operations and Governance Lead

* Delivery of Occupational Health Services as defined by the Service Level Agreement with The Metropolitan Police Service

* Regular liaison with designated client personnel including the maintenance of an action log that records and monitors actions as well escalations and complaints ensuring preventative actions are taken to reduce future events

* Monitor referrals through collation, analysis and interpretation of health-related data e.g. sickness absence

* Production of progress reports for the client

* Monitor and manage team achievement of KPI's & Clinical Standards

* Carry out front line Occupational Health duties

* Effectively manage operational and organisational change into the team

* Positively contribute to the culture through active engagement and a motivational approach

* Ensure business related communication is cascaded appropriately in a timely manner

* Benchmark and drive quality improvements within the team

* Continually review business processes ensuring they are always fit for purpose and fully understood by the team with proposed changes managed through the Contract Change control

* Effectively manage the resourcing of the team in line with contract requirements

Experience, skills and knowledge required for the role

* RGN, Occupational Health qualification

* Minimum of 2 years' experience of managing teams

* Senior level experience within occupational health

* Strong track record of achieving challenging KPI's

* Strong Customer Service ethic

* Experience of supporting a team through change

* Resilient with a positive attitude

* Strong team player with proven relationship building skills

* Confident communicator

* Flexible and adaptable approach to work

What Can We Offer You?

• Competitive Salary
• Ongoing CPD Training
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Renewal of Professional Memberships
• Great Pension Schemed
• Eye care test vouchers
• Fantastic reward scheme where you can purchase things with a percentage off, such as dining out, tickets for events, travel.
• Car discount scheme
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• Life assurance

Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation