Occupational health Technician

Occupational Health Technician

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

Qualifications & Skills

• 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.