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
What You Will Need
* 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
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