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Audiometry

Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work is part of the responsibilities of a business owner. Part of an effective management strategy involves the establishment of baseline hearing thresholds for your workers and monitoring their hearing periodically.

IOH conducts our services to Australian Standard AS/NZS 1269:4 including ensuring:

audiometrists are appropriately trained and experienced.
audiometers are properly maintained, tested and calibrated, and
the acoustical environment meets requirements for maximal permissible ambient noise level (MPANL) i

IOH offer Audiometric Screening at our clinics:

Wollongong
Parramatta
Campbelltown
Maitland

Onsite Testing

Onsite testing can be conducted in our mobile hearing booth or in a quiet room for smaller numbers.

Our onsite trailer is located in Wollongong from where we can cost effectively service southern NSW and Greater Sydney areas, and can accommodate other regions on request.

Resources:

Safework Australia Code of Conduct – Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work

Call to book with our medical team

Ph: 02 4210 7200

Additional Medical Services

Audiometry

DLCO Respiratory Testing

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Functional Assessment

Respirator Fit Testing

Spirometry

Vaccinations

Training

IOH provides a diverse range of training programs aimed at minimising the incidence and impact of injuries and maximising health, safety, productivity and leadership to assist you in looking after your biggest asset – your people.

IOH provides training services at a number of our office locations, or we can also come to your workplace if suitable. Contact your local IOH Office for a complete list of training currently available.

RTW INTEREST GROUP

IOH periodically hosts Return to Work Coordinators / WHS Professionals Interest Groups that provide an excellent networking opportunity for anyone involved in managing injuries or workplace health and safety. These meetings provide a forum to share information and seek valuable advice from like-minded professionals and seek assistance in managing challenging situations and claims.

The meetings format is one of discussion and networking with a guest speaker presenting information on relevant topics that cover a range of areas helpful to RTW Coordinators and WHS Professionals. Guest speakers can include psychologists, occupational therapists, insurers, SafeWork inspectors, protective equipment specialists, solicitors, insurance representatives and many others. Interest groups are held in Campbelltown, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollongong.

MENTORING

IOH offers a mentoring service to help RTW Coordinators and WHS Professionals. Our experience and expertise gained from working in these areas since 1984 can be used to assist you in your job and provides valuable on-the-job and updated training for you at the same time, better equipping you to deal with issues in the future.

Rehabilitation

At IOH, we have over 40 years’ experience in the effective management of workplace injuries. IOH provides a range of effective workplace rehabilitation services that focus on identifying clear goals and creating a staged plan to return to work and then recover at work.

Our experienced rehabilitation professionals have excellent knowledge of rehabilitation strategies and options, workplace issues, procedures and legislation. Each IOH consultant has a specialist expertise, such as physical therapy, stress management, job placement or counselling.

IOH’s experts will assist make the return to work process feel streamlined, providing the easily accessible guidance and support to get the best outcome for you.

I got a Shoulder injury at work, when the chance of my life gets back to normal was so thin, IOH with the help and constant consultant of Mr Lam Lai for one year and a half, life pretty much back to normal. Thanks to everyone support me during those dark days and special thanks to Lam Lai for all the time he spent and the effort he made to make it happened.

Scott Morton the senior employment consultant has been an absolute legend to my outlook after my injury and helping assist me in getting back to work and encouraging me to be confident and capable of going back to my job of welding which is a passion of mine. I would like to thank him and IOH rehab for having such wonderful staff. I would also like to thank varsharli for her help and Anita also and Chloe and also sheyla as they have been great people to deal with during my recovery. Thanks guys I really appreciate it!!!!!!!

IOH team have been great helping with my recovery and giving me awesome support getting a new job and also with re training Highly recommend them getting you back to work

Frank was amazing and understanding when it came to helping me in my return to work. Very much appreciated with all his assistance and help!

As a worker returning to from injury. Darren from ioh has been proactive and responsive to all my medical and return to work needs. Very positive experience in an otherwise rubbish time.

Same Employer - Recover at Work

IOH's Same Employer Rehabilitation Team will be engaged when there is a risk of a delayed return to work, or if the worker is not progressing as expected in their recovery at work. IOH consultants become the expert facilitator of the return to work and recover at work process, communicating clearly and frequently with the worker and all stakeholders [employer, treating doctor, scheme agent, family and others] to develop a clear and collaborative action plan. If any new barriers are identified IOH will ensure stakeholders are involved in the new strategies that are being considered.

New Employer Rehabilitation - Return to Work Redeployment

Unfortunately sometimes an injury procludes a worker from returning to work in their prior workplace or role. This is where our New Employer Team come in. They are tasked with assisting the worker unpack their skills and experience, to put the pieces together to form a strong job seeking strategy. The New Employer Team then assist the worker implement that plan, assisting them with the job search and interview stages until they find that perfect new position. Our team greatly exceed the outcomes of other rehabilitation providers, with our clients having almost 50% higher likelihood of finding that next role.

IOH is accredited to provide workplace rehabilitation to the SIRA NSW and Comcare Schemes, working with clients in Workers Compensation and CTP.

IOH was awarded Winner in Customer Excellence by icare, based on stakeholder feedback ranking IOH as iCare’s #1 service provider for injury management and rehabilitation.

IOH is consistently in the top performing providers on icare’s key metrics of cost, duration and outcome and our clients provide regular feedback that we are on the right track.

At IOH our experienced and qualified rehabilitation specialists provide services such as:

Workplace Assessments and Recover at Work
Return to Work with New Employer and Redeployment
Psychological Injury Rehabilitation
Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE)
Vocational Assessments

IOH is a participating member in the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA). ARPA fosters communication in the rehabilitation industry to promote and advance recovery, restoration, return to work and return to independence of people with injuries and diseases. Our involvement with ARPA is our commitment to providing our clients with best practice workplace rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation Services

IOH Services

Employment Medical Assessments

IOH offers medical assessment services both onsite and at key clinic locations in NSW, Australia.

Employment Medicals

Pre-Employment Medical Assessment

Queensland Coal Mine Workers Health Scheme

Isocyanates Medical Monitoring

Confined Spaces Medical

Commercial Driver Fitness to Drive

Rail Safety Worker Medicals

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