We have an occupational health and safety team who are a team of experts available to give advice and support where needed. Occupational health-trained doctors and nurses, moving and handling advisers, health and safety advisers, and a physiotherapist work alongside your manager to ensure that your working environment is safe and offer a range of services to maintain and improve your health at work.
The range of services available includes:
Occupational health
- Pre-employment health screening
- Assessment of fitness to work after an illness or injury
- Rehabilitation following illness or injury
- Confidential counselling
- Occupational immunisation programme
- Advice on work-related health problems
- Management of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids
- Staff physiotherapy service
Health and safety
- Environmental assessment and monitoring
- Help with risk assessment
- Health and safety advice
- Accident monitoring and investigation
- Health and safety training
Moving and handling
- Help with manual handling assessments
- Moving and handling advice
- Training
- Advice on moving patients with complex conditions and bariatric patients
- Advice on equipment
- Moving and handling work place assessments
- Assessment for those with musculoskeletal disorders
Accessing the service
Staff can self-refer to the service or can be referred by their line manager. All records are completely confidential and consent is sought before any information is given out.
