Human Resources

Occupational Health Service

Role of Occupational Health

The Occupational Health Service is available to provide all employees with confidential advice and support on any health issues.

Issues for which Occupational Health can be contacted include:

• Advice on workplace health issues
• Advice on rehabilitation after accidents or ill health
• Health monitoring of staff at special risk or those required by Health and Safety legislation. These include:
  • All staff in a manual handling role
  • Drivers
  • Those working with food
  • Those working with sewage or a fresh water worker
  • Those working with noise
  • Nursery staff
  • Dental Academy staff
  • First aid
  • Respiratory surveillance
• Pre employment health assessment
• Follow up accidents at work
• Monitoring of medically certificated sickness absence
• Promotion of workplace health
• Maintenance of staff health records

We also work with the Health and Safety Advisors to help identify hazards in the working environment and advise on aspects relating to Health and Safety legislation.

Occupational Health should always be contacted:

• If you have a health problem, which you feel may have been caused by or exacerbated by your work or that is affecting your work
• Following any accident at work involving a sharps/needle stick injury
• Prior to returning to work following sickness absence of longer than four weeks
• If you have diarrhoea and vomiting for more that 24 hours (staff involved in food preparation)
• If you are pregnant and experiencing any complications or difficulties at work