Clinical Advisor – Health and Employment Pathways


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Eastleigh, SO50 5PB
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	8 Oct 2026
Closing date:	2 Nov 2026

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Summary

Our model brings health and employment support together through a 'no wrong door' approach. Occupational Therapists will provide work and health assessment, triage and vocational rehabilitation across primary, community and secondary care, working alongside employment advisers and wider local services. Our ambition is to create a coherent pathway from early intervention and self-management through to more specialist employment and health support where this is needed. This is a system-wide role with real scope to shape a new model of care. You will work through influence rather than direct operational management, providing clinical leadership across organisational and professional boundaries while working closely with the organisations responsible for delivering WorkWell services. The Clinical Advisor will provide specialist clinical leadership and advice across the WorkWell programme and wider health and employment pathways across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Working as part of the ICB Population Health and Health Inequalities Team, the postholder will: Provide senior Occupational Therapy and work and health expertise to support the commissioning, mobilisation, development and improvement of WorkWell. Lead and support the development of integrated work and health pathways across primary care, community and secondary care, employment services and wider local support. Provide clinical input into pathway design, service specifications, standards and operating procedures, ensuring services are evidence-based, safe, person-centred and focused on outcomes. Support the development of a consistent approach to work and health assessment, vocational rehabilitation and return-to-work and thrive-in-work support across the system. Work with NHS providers, primary care, local authorities, employment services, employers and VCSE partners to strengthen interfaces and develop coherent end-to-end pathways. Provide clinical advice on quality, safety and risk, identifying variation, gaps and opportunities for improvement while working within established provider clinical governance arrangements. Support workforce development, shared learning and clinical capability in work and health across organisations and professional groups. Use clinical evidence, population health intelligence, performance data and lived experience to assess pathway effectiveness and inform continuous improvement. Support the development of meaningful measures of health, function, employment, inequalities and participant experience, and contribute to evaluation of the WorkWell model. Provide authoritative clinical advice to ICB colleagues and system partners, helping translate national policy, evidence and learning into practical improvements in services and pathways. The role will work through clinical leadership, collaboration and influence across the system, rather than through direct management of provider clinical teams. Commissioned providers will retain responsibility for the clinical governance, professional supervision and operational management of their staff.

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