A unique place to grow your career.

We are looking for an Occupational Health Doctor to join our highly regarded occupational health team, who are experts in the field of radiation/contamination, providing a comprehensive range of proactive Occupational Health services.

The Sellafield Ltd Occupational Health Department is an in-house resource staffed by a multi-disciplinary team including three full time occupational medicine qualified doctors and a large team of Nurses including specialised OH nurses. The service provision encompasses two primary sites with multiple surgeries to a population of approximately 15,000 workers both employed and contractors to a nuclear licensed site and large office-based location.

The Medical Officer will be responsible for the delivery of high quality clinical occupational health and medical services supporting the nuclear industry on Sellafield Ltd key sites.

Key responsibilities

• The clinical assessment of referred clients.
• Involvement with undertaking case management (complex and long-term cases)
• Provision of advice to clients.
• Health / task assessments of individuals in relation to their work environment.
• The Medical Officer will provide professional leadership to the Occupational Health Departments staff.
• Guidance on clinical and ethical matters, and responsible for ensuring clinical governance compliance.

Your Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills:

• Medical degree and full registration with GMC and a licence to practice.
• Post graduate experience.
• Good communication skills and an ability to work effectively across departments including HR, Legal, Occupational Hygiene or Dosimetry.
• Interest in Occupational Medicine and is up to date with CPD, Appraisals and revalidation.
• Ability to make independent clinical decisions, to assess cases objectively and provide professional advice.
• Fit to be a monitored worker without restrictions (able to enter controlled areas and deal with casualties contaminated by radioactivity).
• Able and willing to join medical on call rota.
• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to attain a high level of security clearance
• Full medical indemnity insurance to practice occupational medicine or no impediment to obtaining such insurance
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Desirable Skills:

• Accredited specialist in Occupational Medicine and member of the faculty of Occupational Medicine.
• Other qualification in occupational medicine such as Dip Occ Med, AFOM or MSc.
• Experience in Emergency Medicine and or General Medical Practice.
• Managerial or similar experience in hospitals or general medical practice.
• The ability to identify and deliver OH improvements (Such as proactive health screening and health awareness promotion).
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
• Ability to respond to mass casualty events and to work with security on providing effective responses such as casualty triage and management.

Why us?

At Sellafield Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With having 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.

Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:
• Annual bonus incentive
• An attractive defined contribution pension scheme – the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
• Competitive annual leave entitlement
• Paid Sick Leave
• Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lifestyle Benefits sasra.co.uk
• Learning & Development Opportunities https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/learning-and-development/
• Reward & Recognition Policies
• Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check
• MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts
• MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme
Plus many, many more!

Sellafield Ltd is a unique place to grow your career, offering a remarkable blend of role variety, job security, personal growth, professional development, and truly significant work. This is your opportunity to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the nuclear, infrastructural and engineering worlds and create a clean and safe environment for generations to come. Explore Sellafield Ltd today.

Additional Information

• The closing date for this vacancy is 13th May 2026

• In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, we reserve the right to close the advert early. Once closed, the advert will be removed from our website. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

• As part of the application process you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications. Attaching them at application stage will ensure a smooth process and prevent delays.

• Please regularly check your Spam/Junk folders for news about this vacancy, correspondence could contain invitations to interview and other important updates.

• We’re recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

•Please be aware that this role is subject to achieving security clearance. This role requires higher level of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 10 years of continuous residency in the UK. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the level of clearance you’re able to achieve.