Occupational Health Services Ltd provides high quality occupational health advice and services to small and medium sized businesses within all industry sectors.Our Occupational Health Advisors and Occupational Health Physicians provide timely advice on fitness to work and reasonable adjustments in order to help employees remain at work or return to work quickly following long-term illness. An opinion can also be given on whether or not the employee may be classed as disabled under the Equality Act (2010) or if an employee is fit to attend a disciplinary meeting.We also provide statutory medical assessments (health surveillance) for certain hazards (such as noise, skin, respiratory and vibration hazards) and health assessments to ensure fitness to work/drive e.g fitness for safety-critical work, pre-employment, night workers and forklift truck drivers.For more information, see our website, or contact us for further information:debbie@ohsltd.uk07842 245450www.ohsltd.uk

Complex case management to advise on fitness for work and reasonable adjustments for long and short term sickness cases. Health assessments for emergency response drivers, firearms and CBRN staff. Involved in updating health screening processes to ensure evidence-based whilst meeting Home Office standards.Reduced absence levels across the Constabulary by key contribution to multi-disiplinary work group focussed on addressing all factors contributing to absence.Provided training to managers on identifying and reducing workplace stressors and how to undertake stress risk assessments. Presented training to employees on managing pressure.

Occupational Health Manager of 5 staff on a pharmaceutical manufacturing site of approximately 2000 employees. Significantly improved quality and reputation of OH service by listening to, understanding an interpreting the needs of key business leaders and successfully implemented improved processes. Recruited, coached and built up a happy, successful team of 5 staff, to provide a high quality and efficient service. Provided clinical supervisor role for OHA on OH degree course. Through facilitating her development, she has achieved a significant improvement in quality of work with regular excellent feedback from the business.Audited health surveillance process, identified gaps, recommended changes to continuously improve the process and increased compliance rate from 54% to 97% in one year.Partnered with line managers and HR to improve relationships and clarify roles and responsibilities in managing attendance, contributing to a decrease in sickness absence from 8% to 3% in one business unit.Gained excellent feedback from managers and HR on clarity and relevance of reports.Dealt with poor performance of two members of staff, not afraid to tackle difficult issues and able to handle conflict in a sensitive and appropriate manner.Decreased staff turnover by increasing job satisfaction in OHA’s work. Achieved through eliminating waste from lengthy processes, resulting in a more varied workload. Implemented vision-testing process for staff undertaking visual inspection tasks, in response to MHRA regulatory audit, in conjunction with business needs. Scored 88% in internal OH audit and given high score in corporate audit, with specific praise given for health surveillance programme and compliance rates.

Provision of full occupational health service for Research and Development site. Services included sickness absence referrals, pre-employment health assessments, health surveillance (Laboratory animal Allergens, Chemical Sensitisers), DSE assessments, First Aid training, training on workplace hazards, business travel advice and vaccinations, Hep B vaccinations, night workers assessments.High quality, consistent clinical and case management skills. Initiated case management audit to improve the management of sickness absence, clinical assessment and record-keeping.Close working relationship with all key business partners, HR and Safety, leading to high standard of service delivery to key customer groups. Regular communication to ensure high level of customer satisfaction. Skilled presenter and facilitator, with particular experience of programmes aimed at reducing workplace stressors.Lead role in formulating and implementing evidence-based OH procedures, involving consultation with key stakeholders, resulting in procedures that has been well implemented and well accepted by the business. Expertise in biological agents and managing the risks in pregnancy.Improved standards by undertaking lead auditor role in the OH internal audit team covering 21 sites in the UK.

Occupational health contract management of 9 businesses in a variety of industries (including professional bodies, logistics, healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, call centres), providing a variety of occupational health services. Identified risk-based occupational health priorities, set objectives and developed, implemented and evaluated comprehensive occupational health programmes.Fitness for work medicals (Personal Track Safety assessments) for the railway industry plus drug screening - baseline and random testing.