Occupational Health Nurse - Manager (Permanent)

Job Title: Occupational Health Nurse Manager Location: Oxford, OX4 (4 days onsite, 1 day remote) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week. Monday- Friday (7.5 hours per day) Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK. When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people/you through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value. We evolve how we work - embracing smater, more flexible approaches that help our people thrive both professionally and personally. Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach. Every client, and every one of their employees that we support, matters. We work in partnership to optimise workplace health and wellbeing, sharing in the benefits of growing together The Occupational Health Manager will be responsible for the overall management and performance of occupational health services for a prestigious client within the automotive manufacturing sector. This is a predominantly management-focused role, providing leadership, clinical supervision, and line management to an on-site, multi-disciplinary clinical team. The role requires proven experience in managing complex health surveillance programmes, overseeing service delivery, and ensuring consistently high clinical standards. While the primary focus is on leadership and performance management, the OH Manager will also provide ad hoc case management and expert clinical input for complex or high-risk cases as required. Working closely with senior client stakeholders, the OH Manager will build strong partnerships to deliver agreed occupational health and wellbeing objectives. The role includes monitoring performance against benchmarked targets, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring services are compliant with evidence-based practice, legislative requirements, and clinical governance standards. There will also be an expectation to visit other sites (Wiltshire, Hampshire and West Midlands) on a quarterly and ad hoc basis to ensure OH services are delivered to a high standard. Experience of managing Occupational Health contracts as a Clinician Experience of managing health surveillance programmes Clinical qualification as Nurse with registration with relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC). Experienced in Occupational Health clinical delivery as Occupational Health Advisor or similar Experience of using data as a tool to take the service forward. 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays ~ Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme ~ Life Assurance ~ Pension Scheme ~ Health Cash Plan ~ Save As You Earn Scheme ~ Eye Test Vouchers ~ Flu Vaccination Scheme ~ Cycle to work scheme ~ Clinical Training Academy ~ Professional Registration Fees Paid ~ Employee Assistance Programme ~ Right to Request Flexible Working From Day 1 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.