Pre-Employment Medical Assessments
Pre-employment medical assessments are essentially a risk assessment tool. They screen apparently healthy individuals for risk factors that may limit their ability to perform a job safely and effectively.
Undertaken appropriately, these medical assessments can reduce the risk of work accidents and workers’ compensation claims, while managing absenteeism and minimising Equal Opportunity and Disability Discrimination litigation.
The benefits of OccuMED’s pre-employment medicals include the provision of detailed, relevant medical information and legally robust specialist recommendations which enables employers to make informed job placement decisions with confidence.
OccuMED understands that pre-employment medical examinations form a vital link in the recruitment process, especially in a tight job labour market. As such, OccuMED has facilities, infrastructure and systems in place to unsure appointment availability, and rapid turnaround of results following examination.
Remote Booking Service
Outside of the Perth metropolitan area, OccuMED’s remote medical booking service coordinates pre-employment medical services undertaken by third party providers throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Our Remote Booking Service administration staff organise third party medical and allied health providers, who form part of our existing networks, to undertake assessments and liaise with workers. They then collate results so that we can report swiftly back to our clients.
The benefits of OccuMED’s Remote Medical Bookings services and its convenience for clients is clear: one point of contact for all bookings across Australia and New Zealand, one assessment result supplied in a timely manner and one invoice.
This results in less client administration, less work for the client’s accounts department, a faster booking turnaround time and shorter commutes and waiting times for workers.
In addition OccuMED’s tailored service includes streamlined SMS and e-mail appointment time confirmation to the worker and also the employer, ensuring clients are kept abreast of progress.
Pre-Employment Allied Health Services
A wide range of allied health services which complement pre-placement medical assessments are also provided by OccuMED.
These services include:
- Drug and alcohol screening
- Audiometry
- Spirometry
- Mine Worker’s Health Surveillance
- Musculoskeletal and functional testing
- Cardiovascular fitness testing
- ECG’s
- Blood testing (for measuring, for example, lead and arsenic levels, liver function and hepatitis)
- Chest X-ray referral.
Pre-Employment Medical Specialist Review (by request)
OccuMED’s Specialist Occupational Physicians can offer a medical review of pre-placement medical results by a third party provider through the Remote Medical Booking Service.
OccuMED’s occupational physicians will ensure the quality and consistency of the results and recommendations given by all third party providers.