Occupational Health AssistantNHS

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Job description

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

About us

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 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.