Occupational health Technician
Posted 14 days 22 hours ago by Cornerstone
Kent £35.9k - £44.4k per annum (dependent on skills and qualifications)
Full-time
Joint-contribution pension from 6% (12% total) - Enhanced maternity & family leave - Life assurance - HolidayPlus - Virtual GP & Employee Assistance Programme plus retail and leisure discounts & many more.
The overall purpose of this job is to provide a professional occupational health service to the business, including effective and timely health surveillance service and provide advice to managers and colleagues. You will be part of a new in-house occupational health and wellbeing team, that is bringing health surveillance directly to our employees.
Responsibilities- Deliver a range of health surveillance activities and other key occupational health requirements to the wider workforce, covering industrial and non-industrial employees, in line with current HSE guidance and company requirements
- Work as part of the in-house team, being agile, acting on feedback from the business, continuously improving and delivering a quality service to meet customer requirements
- Advise on legislative health requirements and health and wellbeing in general
- Carry out monitoring of physical agents and feedback findings to allow the SHE management team to enable better controls to be established
- Health Surveillance and Fit for Work assessments
- Carry out a range of health surveillance activities, including undertaking health spirometry, audiology, skin assessment and Hand Arm Vibration assessments under indirect supervision of an Occupational Health Nurse/Advisor
- Undertake vision, colour vision, height, weight, blood pressure and pulse assessments
- Undertake Display Screen Equipment, lone worker and night worker assessments
- Generate clear, concise and accurate outcome reports
- Report any abnormal findings or causes for concern
- Ensure care, correct use and calibration of equipment
- Experience in an OH technician role or proven background in an OH setting. Someone with transferable skills may be considered.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Support wider team and company communications
- Sensitive and professional management of individuals
- Flexible approach
- Ability to adapt to unexpected and varied circumstances
- Ability to work under your own initiative, prioritise tasks and work to deadlines
- Proven experience in maintaining confidentiality and data protection
- Use of databases, OH specific databases
- Experienced with Microsoft packages particularly Microsoft Excel and Word
- Willingness to undertake appropriate training to support job requirements and activities
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.