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What is an Occupational Health Needs Assessment?

An Occupational Health Needs Assessment is the process of gathering information on employees within a company to provide information on their health and well-being needs. This would include reviewing the different job roles, number of employees and sites and providing the type of testing required to ensure their health and safety within their roles.

Occupational health cycle

The occupational health cycle encompasses all the components of an employee’s life cycle within the workplace. We are specialised in assisting with all steps of this life cycle and can help you determine what your employees’ needs are with an occupational health needs assessment.

Why is an occupational health needs assessment important?

It helps provide employers with an understanding of the risks and exposures their employees face within their specific job roles. Once we have that understanding, then employees can be broken down into groups based on who requires what surveillance and/ or medical.

Innovate Healthcare can provide guidance and support throughout these processes when required.

The HSE describe Health Surveillance as a system of ongoing health checks.

There is often a legal requirement to conduct Health Surveillance for employees who are exposed to certain hazards such as noise, vibration, and substances hazardous to health.

What are the benefits to conducting an occupational health needs assessment?

The benefits of conducting an OHNA include identifying and managing health risks, improving the health and wellbeing of employees, reducing sickness absence, increasing productivity, and complying with legal and regulatory requirements.

Health Surveillance Risk Assessment

  • Employer: Identify risks and exposures within each role
  • Results from HS to determine if all risks are identified

Type of Health Surveillance Needed

  • Health surveillance is completed on hazards that team members are exposed to within their job roles.
  • We can help identify this if required

Setting up Health Surveillance

  • Determine if there are any individual requirements in addition to the main job roles and exposure.
  • For example; unusual exposure conditions, reports of ill health, failure of safety equipment, changes to equipment etc
  • Liaise with our team

Carry out Health surveillance

  • Determine who will carry out health surveillance, the number of days and the location of health surveillance. This includes whether you would like us to use a room on your premises or a mobile clinic.

Feedback following testing

  • Fitness certificates and a summary report are provided for testing
  • Escalation of any concerns completed

Follow-up on Actions Advised

  • Employer to follow up on any actions advised, including changes to health surveillance, earlier HS reviews and any patterns identified

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"I am so grateful for all your support I am still on my journey to recovery but have strong foundations in place and a greater level of understanding about it all which will stay with me for life."
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"The level of detail provided is excellent and provides assurance that the SEQOHS standards are adhered to and embedded within the service. The actions taken in response to the audit findings and customer feedback demonstrate transparency and commitment to client care, are of a high standard and displays commitment to clinical governance."
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Following a wellbeing event: "It was an excellent session, I thought. The spirit and engagement of staff was very much on point and I thought the personal disclosures and inputs really did enrich the conversations. Your delivery was excellent both – technically and style wise – thank you."
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"The admin communication is fab, and the OH Reports are the best I've ever seen."
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“Working with Innovate has been an overwhelmingly positive experience to date. Everything from the easy-to-use online portal, proactive customer service team, comprehensive reports and fast turnaround times have reformed our approach to occupational health referrals, streamlining the process for us and enabling more informed conversations between employer & employee.”
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"The session is already having an impact on how we are responding to our team and better understanding their approach and motivations. Steven is supportive and engaging - we have enjoyed our time with him and will no doubt be calling on him again for more support in the future. Thank you so much!"
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"It was an excellent session, I thought. The spirit and engagement of staff was very much on point and I thought the personal disclosures and inputs really did enrich the conversations. Your delivery was excellent both – technically and style wise – thank you” – following a wellbeing event"
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Following a wellbeing event
“I found the appointment really useful and it was handled very sensitively which made speaking about my health issues a lot easier”
Employee
“Working with Innovate has been an overwhelmingly positive experience to date. Everything from the easy-to-use online portal, proactive customer service team, comprehensive reports and fast turnaround times have reformed our approach to occupational health referrals, streamlining the process for us and enabling more informed conversations between employer & employee.”
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