Occupational Health Officer

3 days ago


Caernarfon, United Kingdom Gwynedd Council Full time

Reference:
23-26955

Job title:
Occupational Health Officer

Directorate:
Corporate Support

Service:
Health, Safety and Welfare

Closing date:
22/03/2024 12:00

Job type/Hours:
Temporary (see job advertisement) | 37 Hour

Salary:
£32,076 - £33,945 a year

Pay Scale:
S3

Location(s):
Caernarfon

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this **Information Pack**

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

For further information about this post please contact **Gail Warrington** **on **01286 679850**

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

**CLOSING DATE:22/03/2024**

**Personal attributes**:
**Essential**:
Show empathy and sensitivity.

Able to work independently.

Work with a variety of internal officers and external agencies.

Always comply with confidentiality.

**Desirable**:
**Qualifications and relevant training**:
**Essential**:
NVQ 3 in Care

**Desirable**:

- Health and Social Care Qualification

**Relevant experience**:
**Essential**:
Working within the Care field

**Desirable**:
Working within the nursing Care field

**Skills and specialist knowledge**:
**Essential**:
**Desirable**:
Practical knowledge of conducting tests - blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes etc.⁠

Basic computer skills i.e., using a word processor and data base.

**Language requirements**:
**Listening and Speaking - Higher**:
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.

**Reading and Understanding - Higher**:
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.

**Writing - Higher**:
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

**Purpose of the post**:

- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.

**Responsibility for functions**:
**Main duties**:
Health Promotion
- Organise and implement health promotion campaigns within the Council.
- Arrange and implement a timetable for visiting the Council’s workplaces in order to conduct tests/health campaigns.
- Conduct tests, e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and general health and well-being checks.
- Provide advice on the well-being and health of individuals and refer appropriate matters to the attention of the Occupational Health Advisor.
- Secure sufficient resources to implement this plan.
- Keep records and report on the success of the plan on a regular basis.
- Administer and arrange flu jabs for the Council's eligible staff under the supervision of the Occupational Health Advisor.⁠

Health Surveillance
- Organise and implement a health surveillance programme.
- Undertake specific health surveillance tests e.g., hearing, respiratory, skin.
- Keep appropriate records in the context of health surveillance tests.

Health Questionnaires
- Assess pre-employment health declarations/questionnaires to come to a conclusion regarding the health of staff, with onward referral to the Occupational Health Advisor where required.

Triage General Health Matters
- Advise managers and staff on occupational health issues under the direction of the Occupational Health Advisor.
- Undertake specific assessments under the direction of the Occupational Health Advisor, with onward referral when appropriate.

General
- Responsibility for self-development.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
- Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
- Responsibility for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
- Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
- Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary and responsibility level of the post.
- Responsible for reporting any concern or doubt that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

**Special circumstances**:



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