Overview
Job Title: Trainee Occupational Health Technician
Location: Sheffield with additional travel across UK
Salary: £27,000 p.a.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday
Right to live and work in the UK is required for this role.
Must have a full UK driving license and own vehicle.
About Us
Optima Health are the UK market leader of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. We work with over two thousand businesses across various industries, aiming to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in client organisations.
We offer a structured induction and training programme in your first weeks, with tailored career development and opportunities for further training and qualifications. We are committed to creating a great place to work and live by our values: We are one team, we do the right thing, we are shaping tomorrow, and we are never too big to care.
Role Summary
As an Occupational Health Technician, you will be at the forefront of our clinical delivery, performing a range of medical assessments across a wide variety of customers. You will work solo or as part of a team on client sites, delivering safety-critical medicals and promoting wellbeing initiatives for our national client portfolio.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
* Following training and assessment, undertake agreed clinical activities relevant to Optima Health occupational health services such as health surveillance.
* Assist in undertaking a range of service items (e.g., Driver's medicals, Well Person medicals, lung function tests, fitness tests) and other required services.
* Be accountable for delivery, recording and reporting health information.
* Ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based practice.
* Work unsupervised at times in the department and at other premises, delivering OH services to clients.
* Be responsible for cleaning and stock checking of clinical areas as per protocols and checklists.
* Help promote the health and wellbeing of employees.
Experience, Skills, And Knowledge Required For The Role
* Sports and Exercise Science or a similar field.
* Willing to travel and stay away if required (expenses paid).
* Good interpersonal skills.
* IT / PC skills.
What Can We Offer You?
* Competitive salary
* 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
* Buy and sell holiday scheme
* Pension scheme
* Health Cash Plan
* Career progression opportunities
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Eye care test vouchers
* Flu vaccination scheme
* Employee discount scheme
* Life assurance
* Professional registrations fees paid
* Clinical Training Academy
Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
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