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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADD VALUE Preventing Employee ill Health Reducing Employee Absence Improving Employee Health
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Occupational Health Adding Value By Supporting Employees Involved in Changes in the Company discuss redundancies and redeployment discuss health screening arrange help with: application letters / C.V.`s interviews etc Ensure health and safety standards are maintained throughout change
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Occupational Health Adding Value By Management of Upper Limb Disorders and Musculoskeletal disorders Screening at Pre-employment Training - via Workshops Ergonomic Risk Assessments Organising Rehabilitation Programmes Protecting the people from the processes.
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Occupational Health Adding Value To add value we need to look at the reason for the headache, ie, is it: Circulatory Noise Stress Self-induced! So how does this approach add value? Question:Do I ‘add value’ to the business by handing out a couple of tablets for a headache?
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Occupational Health Adding Value Long Term ill Health Work Related Illness or Disease Absence from Work It’s not just good for business - it’s good for us all! Treating a symptom has to be a thing of the past! This is a PROACTIVE APPROACH. By identifying the causative factor - we can then adopt controls to prevent the situation becoming more serious, ie:
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Occupational Health Adding Value By Promoting and maintaining the health and safety of people at work. Ensuring compliance with health and safety policy. Advising on the provision of safe and healthy working conditions: giving support where needed. Risk Assessing people within their working environment. Promoting health education: lifestyle, weight, smoking cessation programs. Aiding in the education and training of employees. Be able to prove due diligence.
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Occupational Health Working in Partnership First Aiders Health & Safety Representatives Trainers Health & Safety Co-ordinators Managers Personnel Promoting good communication Promoting good company image. Maintaining professional standards. THIS IS ADDING VALUE So - looking ahead - the Occupational Health Nurse must go out into the factory, office or workshop, to meet her work halfway. Working in Partnership with all sections of the workforce
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Health and Safety
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Occupational Health Nurse Advisor Qualifications: minimum of two years as qualified registered nurse. Ability to work alone and deal with whatever comes through the door Understanding and caring nature To maintain continuity in learning at diploma and degree level.
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Occupational Health Nurse Advisor Is responsible for the health and safety of the employees Is responsible for the general public by ensuring a safe product leaves the work place
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Partial job description Hearing testsLung function tests FLT medicalsNightshift medicals DressingsMedications S.O.SULD reviews MSK reviewsCounselling CMO/PHYSIOFirst Aid
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THOUGHT FOR THE YEAR “A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAY NOT SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT IT WILL ANNOY ENOUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE IT WORTH WHILE”
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADD VALUE Preventing Employee ill Health Reducing Employee Absence Improving Employee Health
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