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About Network Rail
We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.
We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation!
Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.
We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.
In joining Network Rail, you’re not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.
Does this sound like a team you’d love to be a part of?
Brief Description
There is an exciting opportunity to join us in a role that is vital to our success. We are looking for a Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager to join our Safety team.
The role of Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager is to manage the approach to occupational health and wellbeing activities, providing assurance relating to effective occupational health management, leading health and wellbeing promotion activities, and working with routes / regions / functions to deliver Network Rail’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
**This is a 12-month secondment opportunity**
About the role (External)
Role and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
1. Act as the focal point for day-to-day management of occupational health and wellbeing, monitoring compliance with Network Rail occupational health and wellbeing policies and procedures.
2. Working with other stakeholders, and in particular the central Health and Wellness Strategy team, develop and implement the functions health and wellbeing improvement plan to address local health requirements, aligned to Network Rail’s Integrated Plan.
3. Identify health and wellbeing related training needs for line managers and other health-related roles in the function, working with other partners to help fulfil them.
4. Lead occupational health and wellbeing initiatives for the route / region / function and as required nationally in area of identified expertise.
5. Manage the arrangements for the collection of health and wellbeing data in the route / region / function to enable better health decisions to be made both locally and inform national decisions.
6. Working with the HR and central health strategy teams, support the management and continuous improvement of third party occupational health and wellbeing service provision.
7. As part of personal continuing professional development, maintain appropriate skills and knowledge to enable support to the function and Network Rail to tackle current and emerging health risks.
Are you?
• Registered General Nurse (RGN) or MSc/BSc in Occupational Health or OH Diploma/certificate.
• Relevant clinical occupational health expertise required to assess health needs of the business unit
• Ability to work autonomously on own initiative and be able to prioritise work appropriately
• An effective communicator
• Proven knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Proven resilience in an occupational health environment to be able to deal with the demands of the post
Do you have?
• Additional qualifications and experience in an area of health specialism, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer in the workplace, mental health, musculoskeletal conditions or vocational rehabilitation
• Experience of managing third party occupational health service provision
• Safety management qualification
• Railway or equivalent industry experience
• Customer interface, including training/presenting relevant health data/presentations
Auditing clinical performance or service delivery
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Salary and benefits:
• Salary of £43,588 – £50,018 (Band 4.C ) depending on skills, qualifications and experience
• 28 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
• A choice of contributory pension schemes
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
**This is a 12-month secondment opportunity**
**Please note that the advert closes on the 02 June 2025 and late applications will not be considered **
Oh, and by the way …
We care deeply about welcoming people no matter where they’re from, how old they are or what disability they may have. We encourage applications from every age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or caring responsibility. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you!
We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential skills and experience detailed above. Network Rail positively embraces flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life. We will consider all flexible working applications.
Network Rail is required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for all new starters; this includes a basic criminal record check. In addition to the basic criminal record check, in accordance with the UK Government we are also required to verify your identity, right to work in the UK and previous three years employment history
If you like the sound of all that, we’d love it if you could submit your application online.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
Company
Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.
From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.
We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.
We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.
We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.
Your health, wellbeing and benefits
We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.
We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.
We have a range of benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave entitlement.
- My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
- A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
- Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
- A range of pension schemes.
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.
What Diversity and Inclusion means to us
‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.
Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.
Disability Confident Leader
Network Rail is an accreditedDisability Confident Leader . This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.
Find out more about our recruitment processhere
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