Organisational Health Needs / Health Risk Assessment Services
SOHS pride themselves in delivering Occupational Health services tailored to the specific needs of their clients using a risk / evidence-based approach.
All business’s create health risk within their overall operations whether they be of a physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and / or a psychological origin.
As specialists in managing and mitigating workplace / occupational health risk to employees and workplace communities, SOHS seeks through effective workplace recognition, anticipation and assessment tools to ensure that its client base effectively manages workplace health responsibilities in the most appropriate fashion.
In a similar manner we aim to help organisations gain a competitive business edge, by ensuring employee health is optimised at all opportunities, including through leading sickness absence management systems, lifestyle risk assessment and wellbeing management interventions.
SOHS have dedicated specialist resources to work with all manner of organisational management, HR teams and HSE specialists in order to design occupational health interventions in a systematic and evidence-based manner. These programmes always seek to add value to employee workplace health and wellbeing programmes, as well as mitigate operational health risks through proactive and scheduled interventions”.
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Sickness / Absence Case Management
Absence due to sickness / ill health is inevitable within any organisation. Sickness absence needs to be dealt with in a fair, understanding, sympathetic, but clinically objective manner, ideally by health experts / clinicians who are specialist in the management of health in the workplace.
SOHS understand the impact that sickness absence can have on a work place from not only a financial perspective but due to critical skills loss, often having an adverse effect upon colleagues and on the level and quality of service that your business provides.
Sickness absence case management is a service employed by companies to help improve outcomes in sickness absence, rehabilitation, work related illness and injury in the workplace. The primary goal of occupational health case management is to assist with the return of the individual to maximal functioning capacity and maximal medical recovery – thus allowing a rapid and safe return to work if possible.
Examples of occupational health case management consultations:
- Sickness absence referral for frequent, short term sickness absence
- Sickness absence referral for long term sickness absence
- Concern as regards fitness for role during or following sickness, accident or due to disability, loss of capability.
- Fitness to participate in management processes.
SOHS promote an Occupational Health specialist Advisor telephonic case management intervention process, at least initially, with escalation into face to face appointments and onward referral to OHP where necessary. This tends to be both the most clinically effective and cost-effective methodology for case management services for most clients.
Ill Health Retirement Assessment
The pension scheme will generally have its own definition of what ill-health (sickness) means, but usually employees will be considered for an ill-health pension if they are unable to carry out their normal job because they are physically or mentally ill.
SOHS provide competent specialist advice in ill health retirement cases to employers and individuals alike. The intervention typically includes an assessment of capability, matched to the requirements of the job, as well as ensuring there is appropriate medical evidence about the illness or injury to support the claim.
New Starter Medical Assessment services
It is imperative that all organisations recruit and select new employees that are fully fit for all aspects of the proposed role, particularly safety critical requirements.
SOHS provide New starter Occupational Medicals to suit your business requirements. Where the role has limited related role risk and no specific medical capabilities that need to be assessed face to face this can often be undertaken through our online portal. Where there is specific vision, hearing, driving etc. capabilities required, an appropriate face to face assessment can be conducted.
New starter medical assessment is designed to clinically and objectively reduce the risk of any potential future issues relating to work absence / work performance, whilst ensuring that the employer is complying with all current legislation by providing appropriate work adjustments to those employees with specific disabilities.
Follow-up assessments are only recommended if it’s indicated that they may be necessary by the medical history provided by the individual. Full medical confidentiality is maintained via our best in class Apollo software OH service management system
Health Surveillance Services
SOHS are fully equipped to undertake all of your health surveillance requirements locally, on-site or via our mobile OH unit.
Health surveillance is a system of ongoing health checks that allows for the early identification of ill health related to a potential workplace exposure. These health checks may be required by law for employees who are exposed to noise or vibration, ionising radiation, solvents, fumes, dusts, biological agents and other substances hazardous to health. They are also required by those who work in compressed air.
As mentioned, health surveillance services are usually carried out in situ by mobile occupational health providers. This because the nature of health surveillance is specific to each individual organisation, industry or business. To facilitate this, Kays Medical can carry out health surveillance services via a mobile unit, on your premises or at our base in Liverpool.
Health surveillance activities in particular aid detection of ill-health effects at an early stage. This allows employers to introduce better controls to prevent them from getting worse, as well as providing data to help employers to evaluate health risks. Health surveillance services also help organisations identify potential lapses in workplace control measures, therefore providing invaluable feedback to the risk assessment.
Workplace risk assessments are used to identify any need for health surveillance. As experts in the provision of occupational health services through risk-based approaches, Kays Medical are equally prepared to provide appropriate consultancy advice that comes hand in hand with health surveillance services. Get in touch with us today to find out more.