Trainee Occupational Health Technician (Permanent)

Location: Cambridge with nationwide travel

Salary: £27,000 p.a.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Right to live and work in the UK is required for this role. The successful applicant must hold a valid driving licence and be able to drive a 3.5-tonne van in accordance with Optima Health's policies, procedures, and insurance requirements.

Role Summary

As an Occupational Health Technician, you will be at the forefront of our clinical delivery, performing a range of medical assessments across a wide variety of customers. Working solo, or as part of a team on our client's sites, you will be delivering safety critical medicals and promoting wellbeing initiatives to our portfolio of national clients.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Following training and assessment, you will undertake agreed clinical activities relevant to Optima Health occupational health services such as health surveillance.
• Assist in undertaking a range of service items e.g., Driver's medicals, Well Person medicals, lung function tests, fitness tests and any other service that may be required.
• Be accountable for delivery, recording and reporting health.
• Ensure the delivery of the highest possible standards of quality assured, evidence-based practice.
• Work unsupervised at times both in the department and at other premises, delivering high standard OH services to clients allocated to their care.
• Be responsible for cleaning and stock checking clinical areas as per protocols and checklists.
• Help promote the health and wellbeing of employees.

Experience, Skills, and Knowledge Required for the role

• Sports and Exercise Science or a similar field.
• Live within an hour's travel to either Cambridge, Norwich, Peterborough or live in East Anglia.
• Must be happy to travel and stay away if required (expenses paid for).
• Good interpersonal skills.
• IT / PC skills.

What Can We Offer You?

• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays.
• Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Pension Scheme.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Volunteer Days.
• YuLife Employee Benefits Platform.
• Save As You Earn Scheme.
• Eye Test Vouchers.
• Flu Vaccination Scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Clinical Training Academy.
• Paid CPD Days.
• Professional Registration Fees Paid.
• RAVE Awards.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Right to Request Flexible Working From Day 1.

About Us:

Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.

At the heart of our story are our people. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK.

When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career.

Together, we live our values:

• One Team – There are no barriers in our business. We trust each other and work together as one team to deliver what our clients need. We all have a part to play in our future, and everyone's contribution is important and valued.
• Doing the Right Thing – We operate to the highest standards. Success is underpinned by honesty and integrity, and by doing what we say we will do. We care about the impact of our work on our people, our clients, their employees, society, and the world we live in. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.
• Shaping Tomorrow – We are always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We train, support and empower future leaders, invest in market-leading propositions and use technology to advance service and clinical outcomes. We evolve how we work - embracing smarter, more flexible approaches that help our people thrive both professionally and personally.
• Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach. Every client, and every one of their employees that we support, matters. We work in partnership to optimise workplace health and wellbeing, sharing in the benefits of growing together.

Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.