Certificate in Managing Occupational Health Services Monday 27 – 29 February 2012, Central London

What is the Certificate in Managing Occupational Health Services?

This qualification for occupational health professionals is organised by The At Work Partnership with the support of Brunel University and is designed to provide OH professionals with management skills and expertise.

The course deals with the financial, political, legal and employment issues that OH professionals need to address in order to ensure that they function successfully and deliver maximum benefit to their employer.

Now in its fifth successful year, the course is building up a reputation as the premier short management course for OH professionals. An independent review of the Certificate in Managing OH Services course was published in summer 2011 newsletter of the AOHNP (UK) – Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (UK). It summed up the course as “worth every penny”. To read this review in full, please click here.

How will gaining this qualification benefit you and your organisation?

This certificate provides OH professionals with the essential management tools they need to deliver a successful OH service– from the effective management of staff and programmes to managing departmental budgets – with a clear understanding of corporate and financial objectives, the organisation’s legal responsibilities and the needs of different stakeholders.

The course equips OH professionals with the skills to create an OH service that meets the needs of their employer and where departmental performance is constantly monitored and improved.

The certificate enables OH professionals to operate confidently within the workplace, whether public or private sector, and to present the case for OH to different stakeholders. Occupational health professionals attending this course will come away with the knowledge to manage their department with confidence, financial acumen, legal awareness and the wider management skills to develop their department’s work.

Who is the course designed for?

The course is designed for occupational physicians, occupational health nurses, case managers, human resources managers and other professionals involved in the delivery and management of occupational health services.

Programme Summary

Day 1: Monday 27 February

Module 1: The role of OH – objectives, ethics and delivery
Dr Dipti Patel, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Module 2. Problem solving & negotiating skills
Tilly Wood, management consultant

Day 2: Tuesday 28 February

Module 3. Resourcing & budget management
John Humphrey, Nice Work Consulting Ltd

Module 4: Managing internal relationships & communication
Dr Steve Boorman, Abermed Ltd

Day 3: Wednesday 29 February

Module 5. Legal framework
Diana Kloss, barrister

Module 6. Managing occupational health staff
John Humphrey, Nice Work Consulting Ltd

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