Job Title: Workplace Health Assessor /Occupational Health Technician/Access to Work Assessor
Salary: £22,500 - 24,000 DOE
Job Type: Permanent – 37.5 hours per week
Location: Chester - role involves overnight stays
Reporting to: Lead Occupational Health Technician
Innovate Healthcare is a forward-thinking, preventive, and holistic Vocational Health company, employing various health professionals to help employees with functional, psychological, cognitive, and emotional impairments or health conditions overcome barriers to maintaining or returning to work. Our ethos focuses on the belief that ‘work is healthy’ and our Vocational Model ensures that both the employee and employer are involved in the return-to-work process.
We have an exciting opportunity for a mobile Occupational Health Technician/Access to Work Assessor to join our Occupational Health department. The role involves travelling to client sites around the UK, delivering health surveillance checks to employees, and completing access to work assessments and reports received through a government-type referral process.
The role is predominantly focused on providing the Health Surveillance service.
This position is suitable for new and recent graduates from educational backgrounds such as Sports & Exercise Science, Sports Therapy, Sports Rehabilitation, or similar. While previous experience in a health-based role is advantageous, we provide a full training program, allowing candidates to begin a new career in Occupational Health.
Applicants must be comfortable with overnight stays and driving our mobile screening vehicles periodically.
What you’ll be doing:
* Provision of health assessment and health surveillance programmes for a variety of clients throughout the region.
* Day-to-day maintenance of health screening equipment and facilities.
* Recording and maintaining clear, concise medical records.
* Ensuring safe storage of medical records and equipment when offsite.
* Driving mobile health screening units as required.
* Working to strict protocols and procedures.
* Occasional evening and night working to deliver health screening assessments.
Technicians are required to demonstrate, or develop through their training period, competency in performing a wide variety of screening tests and techniques, including:
* Height, weight, abdominal circumference, and calculation of BMI.
* Blood pressure.
* Spirometry.
* Audiometry & Otoscopy.
* Urinalysis.
* Vision Testing.
* Cholesterol Testing.
* Step testing to measure aerobic capacity.
* Mobility & Musculoskeletal Assessment.
* Skin Health Surveillance.
* Basic HAVS Health Surveillance.
* Build and maintain relationships with referring customers by providing excellent and consistent quality of service.
* Create and maintain comprehensive records reflecting all activities.
* Consistently apply standard procedures for completion of clinical notes, data protection, and handling of medical records.
You may also work with our access to work clients; these duties will include:
Access to Work Assessor:
* Complete a mix of face-to-face and telephonic assessments.
* Observe the client in the workplace to gain an understanding of the nature of the work involved in their role.
* Carry out a variety of holistic assessments and health and safety checks on the clients’ place of work.
What you’ll get in return:
* A salary of between £22,500 and £24,000 per annum, commensurate with your skills and experience, plus homeworking allowance.
* Hybrid working options.
* 33 days of annual leave, including 8 bank holidays, plus Birthday Day Off.
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Company Sick Pay.
* Simply Health membership.
* Physical Health Allowance.
* Refer a Friend scheme worth £250 per successful referral.
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, including face-to-face/virtual counselling.
All about you:
* Degree in an appropriate field; e.g., Sports & Exercise Science, Sports Rehabilitation, Sports Therapy, etc. (E)
* Full driving licence and flexibility with travel and overnight stays (E)
* Able to communicate at all levels with clients and employees.
* Able to act on own initiative (E)
* Possess good organisational and prioritisation skills.
* Be accurate in work undertaken.
* Able to thrive in a busy environment.
* Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with customers and colleagues.
* IT skills, including knowledge of a range of software packages (E)
* Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads.
* A desire to contribute to the development of an ambitious company.
* Previous relevant experience desirable.
* Demonstrate an ability to prioritise and effectively manage own diary and workload.
* The role requires an innovative, independent, flexible individual with excellent communication skills. Full training in addition to generous CPD opportunities will be provided.
(E) indicates essential criteria for this role.
Innovate Healthcare is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability.
A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended persons for these positions.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday.
Work Location: On the road.
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