As part of your day-to-day duties, you may :

• carry out pre-employment medical checks
• assess and treat employees who are injured or become ill at work
• provide counselling and support
• give advice on health education, health and safety and sickness absence
• carry out risk assessments
• manage employee health records and statistics
• develop and managing emergency procedures

You may need to wear a uniform.

You could work in an NHS or private hospital or at a client's business.

Your working environment may be physically demanding.

With experience, you could move into a management position, leading a team of occupational health staff or running an occupational health centre.

You could become a self-employed occupational health consultant, work for a private company or take extra qualifications and go into nurse training.