Occupational Health Assistant

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Hertford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-Cost Area Supplement

Flexible working

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking an Occupational Health Clinical Assistant to support the health at work service with minimal supervision. The role includes taking blood samples, health screening, recording confidential data, and promoting workplace wellbeing.

You will work within a team delivering high-quality occupational health services with a commitment to accessibility and inclusivity, while benefiting from a 5% High-Cost Area Supplement with pro rata adjustments.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications specified in the job advert.

Responsibilities

• Support the health at work service by delivering high-quality occupational health and wellbeing services.
• Take blood samples and conduct health screening and checks.
• Maintain accurate confidential health records.
• Promote workplace health and wellbeing.
• Undertake health checks including blood pressure, height, weight and cholesterol and report abnormal results.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Occupational Health Clinical Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Occupational health Clinical Assistant will work with minimal supervision in supporting the health at work service in the delivery of high-quality occupational health and wellbeing services that are accessible, inclusive, and efficient.

The role will include taking blood samples, conducting health screening and health checks, maintaining accurate confidential health records, and promoting workplace health and wellbeing.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Safely and efficiently take appropriate blood samples in accordance with standard procedures.

Undertake confidential, impartial health screening of new employees with support from qualified practitioners.

Accurately assess and offer advice on occupational immunisation requirements in accordance with national guidelines and local policy and procedures.

Participate in the planning, promotion, delivery and evaluation of wellbeing promotion events and initiatives.

Accurately undertake and record health check such as blood pressure, height, weight, and cholesterol. Identify abnormal results in accordance with national guidelines and report to a registered practitioner where appropriate.

Offer clear, compassionate, evidence-based health promotion advice in accordance with national guidelines and local procedures.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more and important than it is now.

We Run The Following Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anne Black Job title: Clinical lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0333 332 5445