Occupational Health Technician

Transformationunitgm; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking an Occupational Health Technician to join their team in Nottingham. The role involves supporting pre-employment health checks, conducting health surveillance, and working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience in Occupational Health or health surveillance, and a commitment to providing excellent patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in Occupational Health in NHS or commercial environment.
• Experience of working with patients in acute/community settings.
• Competent IT user.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-employment and health surveillance activities.
• Conduct fitness for work assessments and health screenings.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Education

Diploma or NVQ Level 3 in a healthcare setting

GCSE equivalent in English and Maths

Infection Control Course

Health and Safety Course

Job description

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site City Hospital Campus Town Nottingham Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/06/2025 23:59

Band 4

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit an Occupational Health Technician to work in our team to support pre-employment, health surveillance including audiometry and spirometry, skin assessments, hand arm vibration, venepuncture, health screening. Previous experience of Occupational Health in a hospital setting would be a distinct advantage, otherwise experience in health surveillance and/ or fitness for work medicals across any sector would be considered. Competent IT user and an ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

We offer a range of high-quality services including infection screening and immunisation, infectious outbreak contact tracing, fitness for work assessments, advice on sickness absence management, advice on stress management, assessment for long-term disability benefits or ill-health retirement, health surveillance, health promotion, training, and education.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We are a friendly team of around 35 staff consisting of doctors, nurses, counsellors, technicians, and admin who work together to deliver an occupational health service to our own Trust and private organisations which we deliver from both Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital sites.

Our department offers this service Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:00 and 5:00 excluding bank holidays.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description for a detailed overview of the role.

Sometimes a role becomes available that you know will allow you to develop, lead others to fulfil their potential and most importantly provide excellence to your patients. This is your opportunity to apply for that role.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Diploma or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting
• GCSE equivalent in English and Maths
• Infection Control Course
• Health and Safety Course

Experience

• Experience of working and communicating with patients/carers within a relevant acute and/or community setting
• Experience of carrying out programmes under the advice of a therapist
• Experience of working independently.
• Experience in Occupational Health in NHS &/or commercial environment
• Clinical experience.
• Knowledge/experience of E-Opas

Communication and Relationship skills

• Ability to work in partnership with people to continuously monitor, evaluate and reassess the effectiveness of all agreed OHSW plans through shared assessment, planning, decision making and goal setting, readjusting agreed goals, documenting progress and decisions made.
• Provide information in accessible ways to help people understand and make decisions about their health.
• Being able to effectively communicate with staff of all levels and who may be anxious or concerned

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Ability to assess a broad range of highly complex information quickly and accurately and formulate plans and act from a range of options.
• Successfully resolve highly complex problems with competing priorities.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Manages and prioritises workload and meet daily, weekly and monthly deadlines consistently.
• To work independently and undertake clinics in different environments
• Ensure the effective organisation of clinical work.

Physical skills

• Able to use PC and associated office equipment.
• Accuracy and dexterity for clinical procedures

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.