Occupational Health Inspector
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | UK wide |
| Area | Uk-wide, UK |
| Sector | Estates Facilities & Logistics |
| Salary | £0 |
| Start Date | September 4th, 2026 |
| Advertiser | Leanne Howlett |
| Job Ref | 7669-475803 |
| Security Clearance | DBS/DS |
- Description
- The Client:
A government client is looking for an Occupational Health Inspector to join them on a permanent basis. This role can be based from a number of locations: Aberdeen, Ashford (Kent), Basingstoke, Bedford, Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Chelmsford, Crewe, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, Milton Keynes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxted, Plymouth, Sheffield, Wrexham, York.
Job Summary:
The client is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.
Our Occupational Health specialists work across a whole range of essential industries with thousands of workers, to ensure that work is managed safely and work-related ill health is prevented and managed. In this role, you will utilise your considerable professional knowledge to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.
This is a fantastic opportunity for qualified SCPHN-OH occupational health professionals to re-focus their career and take on inspector positions with our essential organisation.
You’ll be supported from day one to gain the additional skills and expertise to become an Inspector.
So, if you want to join a recognised team of experts and make your mark on industries across Great Britain, then apply today!
Job description
Your work as a regulator will make the most of your existing experience in occupational health – identifying risks, providing the right advice and crucially - taking steps to ensure the employer takes the necessary action. The involvement and support you provide your colleagues could be inspecting the management of health risks in an engineering firm, investigating a report of occupational disease in a bakery, taking enforcement action when required. Your work will take you across the range of industries including construction, manufacturing and engineering, to agriculture, waste and recycling or the public sector.
This role will broaden your existing knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can and you will be fully supported by your colleagues including the widest range of health and safety experts in Britain.
Together, you’ll be helping to protect thousands of people, whether that be from our offices or out on site.
Further information about the role can be found in the attached candidate pack.
Travel
You will be office-based but as part of your role, you will be required to inspect and visit sites across Great Britain. This will require regular travel and overnight stays.
Training
From day one, you will be supported by your manager, team, and wider colleagues to understand and develop in your role in the client. We support your continuing professional development directly through formal training and through stakeholder support.
You will join our Regulatory Learning Academy and undertake the learning pathway relevant for your role. This pathway will reflect the core operational functions and skills required in this role.
As well as learning on-the-job, you will continue your development, consistent with the professional revalidation process, to maintain your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You’ll also have wider learning opportunities through your Civil Service access.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and/or supporting investigation of work-related ill-health concerns and reportable diseases to identify the cause and where necessary, take appropriate enforcement action to control the risks.
- Inspecting a variety of workplaces, either on your own, or supporting another inspector, by providing in depth technical expertise to make sure health risks are managed safely, driving improvements and taking enforcement action where required to secure compliance with the law.
- Advising other client colleagues about Occupational Health and how conditions compare with minimum legal requirements and good practice, thereby developing their skills in managing occupational health risks.
- Providing specialist support to guide enforcement decisions and specialist opinion in reports.
- Specifically utilising the skills, knowledge and experience in Occupational Health commensurate with the Job Description.
- Contributing to the development of technical policy and guidance in relevant priority areas by reviewing health information, identifying gaps in technical standard and working with others, sharing information and advice with policy colleagues to influence strategic stakeholders and campaigns.
- Contributing as a member of the occupational health team to promote occupational health at relevant UK forums, as well as internally, for example, coaching trainee H&S inspectors. This may also include international engagement, as required.
- You will be expected to appear as specialist / expert witness at tribunals, inquests and legal proceedings.
Person specification
To be considered for this role, you will need to be:
- A registered specialist community public health nurse (occupational health) (SCPHN - part 3 of the NMC Register).
- Able to demonstrate sound practical experience and technical expertise in occupational health.
- Able to influence at all levels in an organisation to make significant improvements in occupational health.
Essential skills and experience:
- Assessment, application of the relevant hierarchy of control and management of health risks from workplace exposure to a range of hazards such as substances hazardous to health, work-related infections, etc.
- Development of policies and written arrangements for protecting worker health.
- Management of health surveillance arrangements regarding risks to workers hearing, skin and respiratory system as well as the risks from exposure to vibration.
- Monitoring the quality and effectiveness of occupational health service delivery.
- Management of musculo-skeletal disorders, work related stress and broader occupational diseases.
In addition, you’ll have made impact in your career by making intelligent, measured decisions in your area, with good analytical skills to spot underlying issues. Communication skills are key in this role as you will be expected to persuade and influence people at all levels.
We value people who respect others, work well in a team and can build robust relationships with employers and other stakeholders.
We are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement, and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work.
There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities, e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, you will be expected to attend the office, or other business-related site, for 60% of your working week. The arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.
Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.
Licences:
A full driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK unless a case for reasonable adjustments can be made under the Equality Act 2010. Should a reasonable adjustment be required, please answer yes to this question.
Qualifications:
- A nursing degree
- A second degree / PGDip in Occupational Health which is recordable on the Nursing and Midwifery Council professional register and entitles the OHN to have the letters SCPHN-OH* after their name. *Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN-OH)
Memberships
Registered Nurse and Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Occupational Health) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Assessment and management of a range of health risks at work.
- Development, management and implementation of health surveillance programmes.
- Monitoring the effectiveness and quality of occupational health arrangements and the technical work of others.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £47,686, Health and Safety Executive contributes £13,814 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
We invest in our people with;
- Competitive rates of pay
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which the client contribute 28.97%, far more than in the private sector
- Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
- Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
- 185 hours annual holiday increasing to 222 hours after 5 years' qualifying service, plus public holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave (recorded as 7.4 hours in addition to your annual leave balance)
- Parental leave benefits
- As a member of the client you will gain access to a wide range of fantastic benefits that you can take advantage of such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed.
Our Company:
Malikshaw Interim & Executive is a specialist provider of talent management solutions helping our clients transform the delivery of our public services. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we combine providing the best talent with delivering diverse, inclusive workforces and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women.
How to Apply:
Please apply through the link provided to send your application directly to the Recruiter managing this assignment.
If you qualify for any of the above, please notify us on your covering letter and your recruiter will confirm if the client is a member. We will then be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
- Leading and/or supporting investigation of work-related ill-health concerns and reportable diseases to identify the cause and where necessary, take appropriate enforcement action to control the risks.
