AddressWe have exciting opportunity for an Occupational Health Technician to join our team. The vacancy is predominantly to cover London and the South - there will be frequent requirement to travel further afield with prior notice and regular overnight stays. You will ensure the delivery of class leading service, conducting health surveillance, fitness for work health screening and health promotion to clients. The work is delivered at in a suitable room on client sites or from mobile screening units or RPS Clinics. You will be the face of ‘quality service’ for RPS Group whilst being responsible for the advice given (as appropriate), the service perception of the employee and their wider organisation. You will also be expected to deliver a quality service in support of RPS business development and winning new clients.
The salary for this role will be £25,000 - £27,000 per annum, with the option for overtime to take you to around £30,000 per annum.
We’re RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. And where you’ll be supported every step of the way. Here is where you come to build a career.
What you’ll be doing
- Health Surveillance
- Audiometry and Spirometry
- Skin assessments and Hand Arm Vibration (Tier 1 & 2)
- Fitness for work medicals (i.e. driver, working at height medicals or vision screening)
- Drug & alcohol testing
- Venepuncture
- Wellbeing medical and health promotion
- Driving a mobile screening unit Nationwide (including UK & Ireland)
Who we’re looking for
- Previous Occupational Health experience inc. health surveillance and/or fitness for work medicals
- Able to complete overnight stays and extensive travel throughout the UK (overnight stays maybe Monday – Friday depending on client requirements)
- Hold a full UK driving licence
- Experience and/or willingness to drive vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes
- Competent IT user (MS office suite and/or electronic medical records systems)
- Ability to work autonomously
- Great communication skills
What’s in it for you?
Here you’ll find true support and encouragement. We’re an accredited training provider and we support learning and development for everyone. A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
What happens next?
If we feel you are a good match you will have an initial chat with one of our clinical staff. If we still feel we could work together you will then be booked in for a more formal competency-based interview.
If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered.
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Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.
Our approach to Diversity and inclusion
Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.
‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:
‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’
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