Occupational Health Technician

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Life Care Consultants Full time

Based in Hamilton, this is your opportunity to commence your entry into the exciting field of Occupational Health
- Must love to travel and enjoy facilitating training in a group setting and undertaking 1to1 health screening
- Full time, 80 hours per fortnight, overtime rates and tool of trade vehicle

**About the role**:
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an outstanding health professional to join us in the role of Occupational Health Technician and being your new career in occupational health. In this supported but autonomous role, you will be delivering first aid training courses and health screening services across the Waikato region, and occasionally beyond.

You will be working a minimum 80 hours per fortnight. Additional hours are paid at time and a half.

You don't necessarily have to have occupational health experience as we provide a comprehensive training programme, but you must have a health-related degree e.g. Health Science, Sports Science. We are open to new graduates.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Deliver first aid training courses in a group setting
- Deliver occupational health screening services (pre-employment, annual checks, drug and alcohol testing)
- Ensure compliance with external and internal processes
- Data entry - must be tech savvy
- Travel across the region to worksites, with the occasional night away
- **_ The right to work in New Zealand - no visa sponsorship available_**:

- A current clean Full New Zealand Driver's Licence
- A tertiary health or sport and exercise-related qualification
- A passion for people and preventative health care
- The ability to deliver health education in a manner that is engaging and interactive
- The ability to work at a fast pace and keep to schedule
- Strong tech savviness as we are highly reliant on technology
- Flexibility across the working fortnight, able to do early starts and late finishes at times, stay overnight if required and work the odd Saturday

**Benefits**:

- High job satisfaction
- Overtime at time and a half after 80 hours worked per fortnight
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), staff discounts, discounted health insurance
- Annual wellness benefit
- Company car for work and commuting purposes
- A positive, fun, and passionate work environment where we want our people to thrive through support and development

**About the Company**:
LifeCare provides first aid training and occupational health screening services to clients across New Zealand. We started for one simple reason, to make a difference in people’s lives.

You will work within a friendly, high-performance culture focused on our people and their development.
- Diversity and Inclusion will help us realise our most significant potential as a company and maximise the potential of all our team members. We strive to create a culture where our team members understand that each individual is unique and that embracing diversity makes us more flexible, productive, and creative._

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