Pre-Employment Medical Assessment
Workplace Health
Pre-employment medical assessments or pre-placement medical assessments are an important tool when assessing if a potential new worker may have a higher risk in performing the requirements of the job safely and effectively. They also form an important baseline for your workers, ensuring any future health concerns can be reviewed against the workers pre-employment health status.
An employer may also find it advisable to implement periodic medical assessments to monitor health and risk of your workforce and implement a clear Exit Medical process to document the health status of the employee at cessation of employment.
Pre-Employment
Periodical
Exit Medical
Pre-Employment
One of the most critical medical assessments is the Pre-Employment or Pre-placement medical. This is not only useful for new workers, but if there is a substantial change in the workers role or location. This medical forms a baseline that can then be used in all future health reviews to assess changes in health of your worker.
Periodical
Some statutory legislated health schemes require regular monitoring or surveillance of worker health. If you don’t fall into this category it does not mean you cannot help protect your workforce by implementing your own periodical reviews. These can be comprehensive or specific and provide feedback on whether your health and safety management system are being effective.Â
Exit Medical
An exit health assessment documents the health status of an individual at the time of exiting employment.
Some legislated health assessment schemes have built in exit assessments. Whether this is the case or not exit medicals can be an important part of your risk management program and provide evidence on the health status of the employee at the time they leave the organisation. This can assist if any future health concerns are raised by the employee.
Components of an Employment Medical
- Detailed medical history
- Height, weight, waist to hip ratio, body mass index (BMI)
- Cardiovascular examination.Â
- Musculoskeletal screen or more comprehensive functional assessment
- Central nervous system examination
- General physical examination
- Urinalysis for diabetes or kidney / bladder disorders
- Respiratory examination
- Auditory Examination
- Vision assessment including colour blindness
Additional Medical Testing may be requested to support the medical examination including Audiometry, Spirometry, DLCO Respiratory Testing, Drug and Alcohol Screening (instant screening or lab), Functional Assessment.Â
Our nursing team can also provide complementary services such as Vaccinations, Respirator Fit Testing or Ear Fit Testing (Hearing Protection Devices).
Statutory Medicals
Business owners may also be required to manage worker health and manage safety risks by having their workers undertake legislated statutory medicals. These may be clearance medical assessments or part of medical monitoring program (health surveillance). See below for the numerous statutory medicals our medical team are competent and certified to perform.
