Improving Health and Wellbeing at Work

Timely access to occupational health services can reduce sickness absence by two thirds to generate significant cost savings.

Our experienced occupational  health professionals will put you and your employee’s occupational health and wellbeing needs first. 'Health is our business'.

We are proud to provide a high quality level of professional service, occupational health and medical experience, and commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our patients/clients. 

Our goal is to help enable your employees to  work  effectively  and  safely  by  advising  on  the  effects  of  their  health  conditions  on  their fitness  for  work,  advising on disability and reasonable adjustments and  assessing the  effects  of  work  on  their  health  to  enable  them  to  stay  in  or  return to work as quickly and safely as possible.

We aim to provide fast access to assessment by the right professional, at the right time, providing expert advice.

We aim to provide comprehensive, integrated occupational health and wellbeing services to organisations.

PLEASE  NOTE:  One  off,  ad -hoc  sickness  absence  / fitness for work referrals  /  assessments  can  be  undertaken.  Due  to  the  high  demand  for our  service, please  contact  us  using  the  contact  us  tab ,  before  making  a  referral. These may be by remote consultation on Microsoft Teams. 

With decades of experience, our team of specialist occupational health professionals will support your needs by undertaking  an  occupational  health  needs  assessment  and advise you  on  the  level  of  occupational health services  we  recommend.  On  agreement and  development  of  a  service  level  agreement,  we  will  then  develop  an implementation  plan  for  the  delivery  of  services  to  you.

We understand the importance of educating your employees  on the most effective ways to take responsibility for their recovery, health and wellbeing. This in turn can help them to return to work and maintain their fitness for work. This is known to beneficial to all aspects of their life, as work is good for health.

As an employer your most valuable asset is your employees / staff. OccMed consultants can advise you on how to support  your  workforce to optimise their ability to balance health, wellbeing and fitness for work, in the presence of often complex health and disability issues.

Our approach is proactive, preventative, professional and we achieve to deliver a safe, effective, efficient and quality service.

All appointments with our accredited specialist consultant in occupational medicine are booked for at least 60 minutes, enabling a comprehensive assessment, providing health advice, signposting and where indicated a report, with full consent. 

OccMed  Consultants  clinicians  are  customer  focussed,  experienced, include an accredited  specialist  consultant,  and specialist Occupational health nurses, who  strive  for  the  delivery  of  safe,  effective, efficient and  quality  Occupational  Health  &  Wellbeing  Services.

Not only will our professional team advise on existing health conditions, and  fitness for  work,  we also work to maximise proactive and preventative strategies to ensure the health and wellbeing of your employees. 

We provide  a  full  remit  of  occupational  health  and wellbeing services  including:  - see tab on services.

- Pre-employment Health Assessments.

- Management referrals for fitness for work.

- Self referrals for advice on health and work.

- Health Surveillance (Noise,  Vibration,  Respiratory (COSHH)).

- Ionising  Radiation  Medical  Assessments.

- Asbestos and Lead health Surveillance.

- Annual health assessment / Medicals  and  Health  Promotion. We are one of the longest established services providing this service in Northern Ireland.

- Specialist Occupational Medicine Advice at chief medical officer level.

- Covid-19 Medical Risk Management.

-  Occupational  Health  needs  assessment.

-  Drug  and  Alcohol  testing  including  Medical  Review  Officer  reports.

-  Drivers  Medicals.

-  Safety  Critical  Medicals.  

-  Health  Promotion and preventative strategies to maintain health and wellbeing and prevent sickness absence in the first place.

-  Hand Arm Vibration (HAVS) diagnostic  assessments.

A confidential doctors support service delivered by a consultant in occupational medicine