Occupational Health Technician
We have exciting opportunity for an Occupational Health Technician to join our team. The vacancy is predominantly to cover the North West area. There will be frequent requirement to travel further afield with prior notice and regular overnight stays. You will ensure the delivery of class leading service, conducting health surveillance, fitness for work health screening and health promotion to clients. The work is delivered at in a suitable room on client sites or from mobile screening units or RPS Clinics.
The salary for this role will be £25,000 - £27,000 per annum, with the option for overtime to take you to around £30,000 per annum.
Who we are
Join RPS Occupational Health, a dynamic workplace that prioritises employee support and development. Our team fosters a culture of trust, respect, and collaboration, with shared goals for individual and company success.
We emphasise quality over quantity, limiting case management assessments to six per day for manageable workloads and superior service, boosting staff morale and retaining our staff for the long term. With extensive induction, ongoing training, and peer support, our staff excel as trusted experts, empowered to make decisions autonomously.
Enjoy excellent reward packages, a diverse and inclusive culture, and ample opportunities for career advancement within our organisation, including internal promotions where possible. Experience flexible working arrangements and a supportive community culture, while tackling a variety of work with nationwide clients. Join our team of Occupational Health professionals and discover why we're the top choice in our field.
We’re RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. And where you’ll be supported every step of the way. Here is where you come to build a career.
What you’ll be doing
* Health Surveillance
* Audiometry and Spirometry
* Skin assessments and Hand Arm Vibration (Tier 1 & 2)
* Fitness for work medicals (. driver, working at height medicals or vision screening)
* Drug & alcohol testing
* Venepuncture
* Wellbeing medical and health promotion
* Driving a mobile screening unit Nationwide (including UK & Ireland)
Who we’re looking for
* Previous Occupational Health experience inc. health surveillance and/or fitness for work medicals
* Able to complete overnight stays and extensive travel throughout the UK (overnight stays maybe Monday – Friday depending on client requirements)
* Hold a full UK driving licence
* Experience and/or willingness to drive vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes
* Competent IT user (MS office suite and/or electronic medical records systems)
* Ability to work autonomously
* Great communication skills
What’s in it for you?
We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Here you’ll find true support and encouragement. We’re an accredited training provider and we support learning and development for everyone. A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career, and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.
RPS, a Tetra Tech company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
What happens next?
If we feel you are a good match you will have an initial chat with one of our clinical staff. If we still feel we could work together you will then be booked in for a more formal competency-based interview.
If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.
Our approach to Diversity and Inclusion
Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.
‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace :
‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’
Recruitment Agencies
We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.
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