Occupational Health Technician | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The purpose of this role is simple but vital: to support the delivery of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. As part of our Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service, you will help us provide a safe, effective, confidential and compassionate service to Trust staff and external clients. You will carry out a defined range of clinical, health surveillance, screening and administrative duties under clinical supervision, working within Trust policies, professional standards and agreed competencies. This role requires excellent communication, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work sensitively with staff who may be anxious, unwell or distressed.,

• Undertake pre-employment, pre-placement and ongoing health screening for a variety of job roles in line with Trust policy.
• Assist with health surveillance activities including vision screening, spirometry and audiometry
• Perform venepuncture for pre-placement and ongoing health monitoring once competency is achieved.
• Maintain accurate, confidential employee health records in accordance with Trust policy, professional standards and data protection legislation.
At King's Mill Hospital, you'll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking Occupational Health & Wellbeing team dedicated to improving the health and experience of our workforce. Your work will directly contribute to safer workplaces, healthier staff and better patient care.

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We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here