Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London
and beyond.
This role will support the clinical team and be involved in the wider wellbeing services in the department and will involve a defined range of tests and procedures under a level of clinical supervision and governance. The role will include phlebotomy, health surveillance and an understanding of the clearance process.
This is a great opportunity for a occupational health technician to join our friendly team. We are based in East London with good links to all public transport networks. You will have the opportunity to work for a large trust that looks after 19,000 staff and work in a multi-disciplinary team.
You will have access to training to develop your expertise in assessments for NHS staff from a variety of occupations and our corporate clients.
If you are passionate about how we treat our own in the NHS and want to make an impact for quality and safety of staff to be fit for purpose and feeling in a good place with good psychological well being, then the need is out there for you to assist in supporting people, who need your expertise
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team of occupational health specialists. Our current model allows for a good work/life balance with the advantage of working in a large acute trust with access to agreed pathways to seek specialist advice. With relevant experience, a competitive salary can be offered.
• You will have the opportunity to undertake clinics (consulting with staff on their new roles and ensuring that they have the correct immunisations requirements).
o Phlebotomy
o New starter checks
o Monitoring of blood borne virus’
• Have access to clinical supervision and a multi-disciplinary team
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
**We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date, once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful**
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Previous experience in a healthcare setting
2. Previous experience of data capture duties
Desirable criteria
3. Cohort Experience
4. Working with an Acute NHS Trust
Skills
Essential criteria
5. Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
6. Excellent IT skills (minimum ECDL level) and strong knowledge of MS packages (word, excel, outlook, etc)
7. Ability to work independently and perform several tasks at any given time
8. Phlebotomy
9. Ability to teach others new skills on a one to one and group basis
10. Good interpersonal and customer care skills
11. Responsibility for collation of statistics for reporting performance.
Desirable criteria
12. Work Health Assessments
Knowledge
Essential criteria
13. Able to work effectively as part of a team.
14. Clear communicator, both to service users and other members of staff
Qualifications
Essential criteria
15. Approved occupational health technicians course or diploma.
16. Good general standard of education including qualifications in English and Mathematics at GSCE grade C or above or qualifications of equivalent standard
17. NVQ 2/3 in administration/customer services
18. Good grasp of the issues currently facing the NHS
19. Understanding the importance of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
20. Approved occupational health technicians course or diploma.