Occupational Health Advisor (Liverpool, Crewe, Manchester)
Loughton (Essex) Personal services
Job description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life.
The Opportunity
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.
As an Occupational Health Advisor (OHA), you will be working 1 day either in the Liverpool or Crewe medical centre, 2 days on customer sites and 1 day be home based performing clinical work including case management or remotely on customers sites, depending on the business needs. The OHA would be responsible for the delivery of a full range of Occupational Health (OH) duties including case management, rail industry medicals, safety critical medicals, Train driver medical assessments, Health Surveillance including HAVS 3 , and wellbeing services.
What You’ll Do
You will support the growth of a dynamic occupational health business ensuring you deliver exceptional clinical performance coupled with taking an active role in the mentoring of other health professionals.
· Work in conjunction with our customers, either at a medical centre or customer site or remotely to provide support, advice and guidance to managers and employees in relation to sickness absence, workplace environment, risk assessment, stress management and return to work following absence.
· Lone working: Conducting health surveillance / medical assessments including the undertaking of network rail and safety critical medicals.
· Provide advice to managers and HR regarding staff who are considered incapable of undertaking their normal duties and responsibilities whilst working within the guidelines of customers policy
· Provide advice and support to managers and supervisors undertaking risk assessments relating to health matters affecting their staff.
· To ensure that knowledge is maintained of up to date legislation and best practice relating to all Occupational Health issues
· To work with head office to increase utilization of the service in the described area, including covering evening clinics, where the client demand dictates. We do not have a SSOW in place for our OHA’s to work in the evening onsite only collecting officers.
· To participate in the network learning opportunities, to undertake updates on clinical improvements and actively complete performance related clinical goals. For example, delivery an update at a network day on a clinical innovation relevant to the network.
Required Qualifications
· Degree, Diploma or Certificate in Occupational Health (and be on Part 3 of NMC Register) with evidence of continual professional development
· A qualification in Hand Arm Vibration and experience of collecting samples for drug and alcohol testing using chain of custody protocols is desirable
· The ability to carry out medicals / surveillance including audiometry, spirometry, skin assessment, HAVS and safety critical medicals
· Experience in the Rail industry to undertake Train Driver Medicals with additional training
· The ability to conduct case management assessments face to face and remotely.
· Have the ability to work closely and effectively with HR, Health & Safety professionals and our occupational health partners
· Have the ability to identify key health issues and assist in the development and provision of procedures and solutions
· Have the ability to travel between sites, must have business insurance
· Be competent in the use of computers including Microsoft and Excel software
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Engineering
DIVISION:
TOX ARDx Toxicology
LOCATION:
United Kingdom > Loughton : Remote
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 75 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment