Senior Occupational Business Partner | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Senior Occupational Health Business Partner to join our forward-thinking and high-performing organisation. This is a rare opportunity to lead and shape Occupational Health services across one of the largest Trusts in the country, supporting a workforce of over 15,000 staff and delivering services across multiple sites.

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing strategic leadership and expert clinical oversight while influencing organisational performance, wellbeing, and workforce sustainability. Working closely with senior leaders, you will drive innovation, support commercial growth, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, responsive and effective Occupational Health services aligned with Trust and national priorities.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on staff health and wellbeing, lead transformative change, and contribute to a culture that prioritises compassionate leadership, continuous improvement and excellence. If you are an experienced senior Occupational Health professional with strong leadership capability and a passion for service development, we would love to hear from you.

The post holder will provide senior leadership across Occupational Health services, ensuring the effective delivery of clinical and case management services while maintaining high standards of care, governance and performance. Acting with autonomy, they will lead on complex case management, absence management strategies and workforce health initiatives, providing expert advice to senior managers and stakeholders.

They will oversee service performance through the development and monitoring of KPIs, lead audits, risk assessments and investigations, and ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards. The role includes driving policy development, implementing health and wellbeing strategies, and leading innovation to improve service delivery and workforce outcomes.

The post holder will manage and develop the Occupational Health team, ensuring a skilled, motivated and high-performing workforce, while supporting recruitment, performance management and professional development. They will also contribute to the commercial strategy of the service, supporting contract development and external partnerships, and represent the service at a senior level both internally and externally.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Jun 2026