The Occupational Health Service Dr Fiona Page, Consultant Occupational Physician and Lead Clinician

History Oldham NHS Trust OH Service ‘Mediscreen’ a strong brand name Oldham, North Manchester, Rochdale and Bury Trust merger (2002) ? Early example of reconfiguration 4 (very different) OH departments required to merge into one Lessons learnt

Now Multidisciplinary team Embedded service Provide OH service to public and private sector organisations Strong customer focus Training Contribution to wider field of OH Innovation Peer and professional support SEQOHS compliant

Multidisciplinary Team 6 Consultant Occupational Physicians 4 Specialist/Specialty Registrars 1 Specialty physician with AFOM (Staff Grade) 1 Clinical Assistant 1 FY1 Practice Development Nurse Manager 2 Clinical Nurse Managers 13 Occupational Health Nurses 2 Occupational Health Technicians 8 Counsellors including 3 with CBT training Physiotherapist Business Manager IT system manager Large secretarial and administration team

Service provided to NHS Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust A Mental HealthTrust numerous Primary Care Trusts North Western Deanery, hospital based specialty training Public sector Local authorities Emergency services Education Private sector including Manufacturing Chemical Retail Total employees - ? 114,000

Service Locations North Manchester General Hospital Royal Oldham Hospital Fairfield General Hospital Rochdale Infirmary Runcorn – The Heath Business Park Holmes Chapel St Helens Onsite clinics at various companies

Advantages of a large team Individual portfolios Clinical governance e.g. critical incidents, audit Practice Development Manager Training department MDT Study mornings Doctors’ away days Professional and peer support

What else Dragon Paper light project Consultant per Division/Contract Case conferences Management Review Meetings Use of text and Up skilling OH technicians

The Challenges Multiple sites Part time staff IT Financial Climate Succession planning Competing priorities

The future The Manchester OH service Collaboration between Stockport, Central Manchester, Pennine Acute and the Academic unit and ? others Clear Vision Benefits The way forward