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Occupational Health Service
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Welcome to the Occupational Health Service
The Occupational Health Service (OHS) is part of the Department of Occupational Health and Safety. The over-riding purpose of the Occupational Health Service is to prevent work-related ill health and is concerned with the relationships between health and work. This usually involves three main areas:-
- assessing the effects of work on the health of employees
- advising on the effects on health of an individual’s work capacity a
- advise on necessary intervention requirements
Key elements of Occupational Health include:-
- Health surveillance/screening
- Health assessment
- Sickness absence
- Rehabilitation
- Confidentiality and medical records
- Health and wellbeing
- Stress management
- Immunisations and screening for Health Care work (Staff and Students)
- Night worker health
- Disability
The OHS provides advice to all levels and sections of the University, including those with managerial responsibilities, individual employees, University committees, visitors, contractors and students. Occupational Health is NOT able to respond to acute illness or injury and it does not provide general practice services, treatment or first aid.
