Occupational Health Technician - Mobile Unit

At Health Partners, we pride ourselves on being one of the UK's leading providers of occupational health and wellbeing solutions. We partner with organisations across diverse industries, helping them to support the physical and mental health of their employees.

Please note that the closing date for this vacancy is subject to change and the advert may close earlier if sufficient applications are received. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

As an Occupational Health Technician (OHT), you will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of high-quality occupational health services. You will be responsible for carrying out a range of health surveillance assessments, administering health and wellbeing initiatives, and contributing to the smooth operation of our occupational health programmes. This role involves utilising a Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) on-site. Ideally, you will be able to drive the MMU;

however, it may be that you are simply required to work out of an MMU that is permanently stationed at the client site. Please note that a full UK manual driving licence is required for this role.

• To undertake those health screening procedures including; general baseline measurements such as height, weight, blood pressure, urinalysis; health surveillance screening such as audiometry, lung function testing; drug and alcohol testing procedures
• Ensure all medical information is accurately recorded in the occupational health records and passed to the clinical staff for interpretation and further management of the patient
• Ensure all equipment is serviceable, clean and fit for purpose. This can include ensuring that the equipment is regularly calibrated. This can also include the regular monitoring and recording of equipment performance indicators e.g. vaccination fridge temperatures
• To work within set protocols and do not deviate. Recognise the limitation of their role and do not go beyond this. Ensure that any queries which lie outside the competencies of this role are directed to clinical staff.
• If involved in Drug and Alcohol testing, be fully competent with the full chain of custody procedures especially in respects of facility preparation, paperwork, handling of samples and the way that testing information is managed to that contract i.e. who the results need to go to
• To undertake non-clinical tasks as requested e.g. filing / tidying etc
• To undertake additional tasks as requested and which are within the range of their trained competencies such as health promotion activities, First Aid training etc

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident individual to work alongside a multidisciplinary occupational health team on-site at our clients site in Plymouth. You will be a self-motivated and have a proactive approach to your role, prioritising and managing your own workload.

There is no recognised professional qualification for this role however suitable backgrounds include:
Health Care Assistant;
Fitness Instructor;
Ambulance EMT;
Military Medic;
Offshore Medic, etc.

The working hours are 08:00 to 16:00, Monday to Friday, full-time at 7.5 hours per day, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break from 12:00 to 12:30 pm on Fridays.

This role is based at our client site in Plymouth.

The salary for this role is up to £26,000 FTE depending on qualifications, experience and proven experience as an Occupational Health Technician or as a Health Care Assistant.

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