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Occupational Health Technician

Employer
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Location
Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Salary
£24,799 - £26,317
Closing date
18 Jul 2019

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Sector
Health and Social Care, Health
Job role
Technician
Contract Type
Full time

This role is working within Kirklees Councils In house Occupational Health Unit based at a bespoke Occupational Health unit in Huddersfield.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to support the in house Occupational Health team to deliver specific occupational health and wellbeing programmes. This role will be working with teams of staff who work in our Adults/ Care Home sector, Schools or the Councils wider internal teams to support better health and wellbeing and attendance at work.

Ideally the post holder will be someone who has experience of the health care sector, and who would like to grow and develop their skill set within Occupational Health.

The post holder will be someone who has an interest in mental health, musculoskeletal issues and who is prepared to travel to various sites in Kirklees.

The main aspects of the role will be:

  • Delivery and development of a specific project to support Care Homes and staff with their health and wellbeing needs. There is also scope for the post holder to make their own mark upon this and other projects that the unit is rolling out.
  • Delivering mental health training and general wellbeing courses /topics in schools and other partner organisations.
  • Supporting the Wellbeing Lead and the Clinical Team in the delivery of unit’s health surveillance and wellbeing tasks.
  • Delivery of generic health screening (audiometry, spirometry etc.) as per the generic job specification.
  • Travelling to customer locations, undertaking Wellbeing Events, Health Screening and assessments on site with a range of health based outcomes.
  • Completing all administration tasks relevant to the position
  • Management reporting (internally and externally) to all clients within timelines
  • This role will suit a self-starter who is passionate about providing health support to clients.

The candidate we are looking for will have a professional qualification in a related subject i.e. in Audiology, and a working experience within the health care sector.

In order to be shortlisted for this job you need to meet the ‘Essential’ criteria as outlined on the Job Profile.  CV's will not be accepted.

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