Occupational Health Technician

Occupational Health Technician Location: Hindlip, Worcestershire Salary: £24,576 Please also note that all candidates must have UK residency for the last 3 years for  vetting purposes.  The main purpose of the role is to undertake medical screening assessments to ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to Occupational Health & Safety legislation.   Main Responsibilities: To undertake effective health screening assessments and procedures within statutory and organisational guidelines, policies and procedures including pre-placement health assessments, health surveillance programmes and health promotion initiatives. To review test results and identify and appraise the Occupational Health Manager of developing poor health trends and to promote health at work through the delivery of health campaigns. To triage medical declarations, request medical reports as necessary and collate information in order to undertake health assessments for the Occupational Health Team to determine fitness for work. Escalate arising concerns to the Clinical Nurse and OHA for advice and guidance. Provision of health advice to applicants who for health reasons have been deferred. To undertake drug testing in accordance with policies and procedures. To maintain equipment including monitoring and ordering supplies of consumables and organising equipment calibration. To respond to telephone and email enquiries, resolving within guidelines or referring to other members of the team as appropriate. To maintain all departmental systems and records, ensuring that a confidential records system is fully maintained in order to comply with the Access to Medical Records Act and Data Protection Act. To assist with departmental administrative support including correspondence with external medical professionals. To undertake effective health screening assessments and procedures within statutory and organisational guidelines, policies and procedures including pre-placement health assessments, health surveillance programmes and health promotion initiatives. To undertake other duties commensurate with the nature, level of responsibility and grading of this post, as required.   This role is  commutable from  Kidderminster, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Hereford, Malvern, Ledbury, Evesham, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Bewdley, Droitwich Spa and Pershore and is  just off junction 6 of the M5 .  

Job Type : Permanent

Job Unique ID: JOBID-104

Closing Date : Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:59:59 GMT

Posted By : Laura Ball

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