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Job Title: Occupational Health Technician

Salary: £22,00 – £26,000 DOE (+ homeworking allowance)

Job Type: Permanent – 37.5 hours per week

Location: East of England

Reporting to: Lead Occupational Health Technician

Innovate Healthcare are a forward-thinking, preventive and holistic Vocational Health company, who employ a variety of health professionals to enable employees with functional, psychological, cognitive and emotional impairments or health conditions to overcome barriers to maintaining or returning to work. Our ethos is focused on the fact that ‘work is healthy’ and our Vocational Model ensures the employee and employer are involved in the return-to-work process.

We have an exciting opportunity for a mobile Occupational Health Technician to join our Occupational Health department. The role will involve travelling to client sites around the UK and delivering health surveillance checks to employees.

The role is suitable for new and recent graduates coming from educational backgrounds such as Sports & Exercise Science/Sports Therapy/Sports Rehabilitation or similar. Whilst previous experience in a health-based role is advantageous, we provide a full training programme meaning that candidates have the opportunity to begin a new career in the field of Occupational Health.

Applicants must be comfortable with overnight stays and driving our mobile screening vehicles periodically.

What you’ll be doing:

Provision of health assessment and health surveillance programmes for a variety of clients throughout the UK, including:

• Day to day maintenance of health screening equipment and facilities
• Recording and maintaining clear, concise medical records
• Ensuring safe storage of medical records and equipment when offsite
• Driving mobile health screening units as required
• Working to strict protocols and procedures

Technicians are required to demonstrate, or develop through their training period, competency in the performance of a wide variety of screening tests and techniques, including the following:

• Height, weight, abdominal circumference and calculation of BMI
• Blood pressure
• Spirometry
• Audiometry & Otoscopy
• Urinalysis
• Vision Testing
• Cholesterol Testing
• Step testing to measure aerobic capacity
• Mobility & Musculoskeletal Assessment
• Skin Health Surveillance
• Basic HAVS Health Surveillance
• Build and maintain relationships with referring customers by providing excellent and consistent quality of service
• Create and maintain comprehensive records, reflecting all activities
• Consistently apply standard procedures for completion of clinical notes, data protection, and handling of medical records.

On non-clinic days, to assist the back-office administration team with a variety of tasks to help the smooth running of the business.

What you’ll get in return:

• A salary of between £22,000 and £26,000 per annum, commensurate with your skills and experience, plus homeworking allowance
• Hybrid working options
• 33 days of annual leave, including 8 bank holidays, plus Birthday Day Off
• Flexible working opportunities
• Company Sick Pay
• Simply Health membership
• Physical Health Allowance
• Refer a Friend scheme worth £250 per successful referral
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, including face-to-face/virtual counselling

All about you:

• Degree in appropriate field; e.g. Sports & Exercise Science, Sports Rehabilitation, Sports Therapy etc
• Full driving licence and flexibility with travel and overnight stays
• Able to communicate at all levels with clients and employees
• Able to act on own initiative
• Possess good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Be accurate in work undertaken
• Able to thrive in a busy environment
• Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with customers and colleagues
• IT skills, including knowledge of a range of software packages
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• A desire to contribute to the development of an ambitious company
• Previous relevant experience desirable
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise and effectively manage own diary and workload
• The role requires an innovative, independent, flexible individual with excellent communication skills. Full training in addition to generous CPD opportunities will be provided.

Innovate Healthcare is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.

A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended persons for these positions.

Job Title: Occupational Health Case Manager

Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Homebased (Telephone/Virtual Assessments )

Reports into: Clinical Team Leader

Salary: £32,000.00-£42,000.00 per year + benefits (depending on qualification and experience)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Case Manager to join a rapidly growing organisation working in the Private Healthcare sector based in Stockport, Manchester.

Innovate Healthcare are passionate about two main things; our customers and wellbeing. In fact, our Mission and our Vision revolve around both of these passions – we want to change the way that the world engages with wellbeing.

If we’re going to achieve this, we want and need the very best people on board with us. We’re looking for a special kind of person to join our ever-expanding team as we continue with our growth into 2023 and beyond. Due to this continued growth of the company we now have new and exciting opportunities for a home-based Occupational Health Advisor to join us and play an integral role in the continued growth of Innovate Healthcare.

We only employ the best people – and because of that ethos, we make sure we look after them too. We offer a generous salary, 25 days annual leave, bonus scheme, car and homeworking allowances, private healthcare, other perks (such as cinema and gyms discounts plus loads more) – as well as the major draw of working with the best possible colleagues.

We pride ourselves on being a forward-thinking, preventive and holistic Vocational Health company. Our services support companies in achieving their health and wellbeing strategy as well as improving staff satisfaction, recruitment, and retention.

Role Summary

We are looking for an Occupational Health Case Manager to join our OH team. Typically, you will be completing 5 initial cases a day (each case is 60 minutes); advising employees and employers on reasonable adjustments and follow up appointments required to keep them safe and productive in work.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Conduct telephone assessments and complete reports
• Escalate and refer assessments appropriately, if it is deemed that further OHP or Health surveillance is required
• Complete desk based ergonomic assessments (training provided)
• Manage all cases to facilitate productivity, assuring appropriate care and positive return to work outcomes
• Provide technical expertise and specialist delivery when required
• To contribute towards the design of controls for injury prevention and health surveillance related to actual and potential hazards in the work environment
• To be involved in identifying primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and health promotion strategies to optimize the health of our customers’ employees
• Encourage employees to take responsibility for their own health through health education
• Build and maintain relationships with referring customers by providing excellent and consistent quality of service
• Create and maintain comprehensive records, reflecting all activities undertaken
• Meet relevant service level requirements with regards to reporting, return to work, average costs, durations and critical indicators
• Participate in regular reviews of individual work tasks
• Manage all aspects of your caseload on our online case noting system
• Achieve or exceed financial target whilst maintaining quality and standards as communicated by and agreed with your line manager

Skills/Knowledge

• Registered Nurse, HCPC, CIEHF, BPS, BASES or equivalent relevant registration, qualification and/or experience.
• An informed understanding of occupational health and commercial benefits
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including a good telephone manner
• A high attention to detail with good editing and proof-reading ability
• Excellent literacy skills, with an extensive vocabulary
• Deadline-driven with effective time management skills
• Thrives in a busy environment
• Ability to prioritise varying workloads
• Ability to build strong and effective working relationship with customers and colleagues
• IT skills, including knowledge of standard software Microsoft Office packages (and willingness to learn internal systems)
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• A desire to contribute to the development of an ambitious company

Experience

• Completing telephone-based assessments and reports
• Experience in the Occupational Health business sector
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise and effectively manage own diary and workload
• Motivated to achieve and exceed targets

Innovate Healthcare is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.

A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended persons for these positions.

Job Title: Junior Account/ Business Development Manager

Location: Stockport, UK (Office-based or Remote)

Salary: £23-£28k per annum

Position Type: Full-time

Role Objective:

To develop and maintain excellent client relationships with our customers in order to effectively manage and grow customer accounts.

Innovate Healthcare is a forward-thinking, preventative and holistic Vocational Occupational Health company, who employ a variety of health professionals to enable employees with functional, psychological, cognitive and emotional impairments or health conditions to overcome barriers to maintaining or returning to work. Our ethos is focused on the fact that ‘work is healthy’ and our Vocational Model ensures the employee and employer are involved in the return-to-work process.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Account/ Business Development Manager to join our central services team. You will play a pivotal role in continued success and growth of our Occupational Health Business Unit. Reporting to the Senior Account Manager, your role will involve developing strong relationships with key stakeholders, taking ownership for the delivery of some of our accounts and delivering against our KPIs and growth strategy. This role requires an innovative, independent, flexible individual with excellent communication skills.

Our people are absolutely key to our business, which is why we make sure that we look after them – read on to find out more about the role, who we’re looking for and what we offer in return!

What you’ll be doing:

• Working closely with the Senior Account Manager to provide an excellent service to our clients and key stakeholders both inside and outside the organisation.
• Working collaboratively across the business to deliver on agreed KPIs and the implementation of projects.
• Pro-actively developing and maintaining strong relationships with key decision makers and senior stakeholders within allocated portfolio.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for growth within allocated portfolio.
• Understanding individual customer needs and implementing solution-based initiatives.
• Managing contractual and commercial relationships within allocated portfolio.

Experience and key skills you will need:

• Previous experience working in an Occupational Health Account Management role.
• The ability to be flexible and be comfortable working in a fast-paced role.
• A high level of motivation to drive growth and manage self-performance.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage varying workloads.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels within an organisation.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.

What wider skills you will need:

• To be comfortable communicating at all levels both internally and externally.
• To be able to act on your own initiative.
• To possess good organisational and prioritisation skills.
• To be extremely accurate in work undertaken with a keen attention to detail.
• To be able to make decisions independently and as a part of a team.
• To have the ability to thrive in a busy and changing environment.
• To have the ability to build strong and effective working relationships with customers and colleagues.
• To have a good level of IT skills, including knowledge of Microsoft software packages
• To be comfortable working flexibly and be able to adapt to changing workloads.
• To demonstrate a desire to contribute to the development of an ambitious company.
• To demonstrate an ability to prioritise and effectively manage own diary and workload.

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary within the range of £23-28k per annum, commensurate with experience and qualifications
• Home based role.
• 33 days of annual leave, including 8 bank holidays, plus Birthday Day Off
• Flexible working opportunities
• Company Sick Pay
• Simply Health membership
• Physical Health Allowance
• Refer a Friend scheme worth £250 per successful referral.
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, including face-to-face/virtual counselling.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• A supportive and inclusive work environment

Innovate Healthcare is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment on the ground of race, color, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.

A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended persons for these positions.

How to Apply:

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of an SME company, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role to hr@innovatehmg.co.uk