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The Occupational Health Department promotes staff health and wellbeing. It protects staff at work from acquiring occupational diseases and infections by screening and running vaccination clinics.

We offer a confidential service to staff. We work with sick and absent employees to rehabilitate and help them return to work, where possible, and recommend necessary changes where required.

  • We offer the following services to staff:

    • Pre-employment health screening
    • Occupational health physician review

    Other services offered include:

    • Needle stick/sharps exposure management
    • Contact tracing and follow up regarding TB and varicella, meningitis, brucella and other outbreak exposures
    • Ergonomic advice
    • Sickness absence management
    • Flu vaccination from September to January
    • Staff counselling referral to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
    • Manual handling assessment in relation to work-related issues

    Provision of immunity records: Please allow 7-10 working days for collection, Post or email.

  • This service can be accessed via the St James’s Hospital staff intranet, by email or phone.

    We also facilitate drop-in clinics. Please see the opening times below:

    • Monday, 10am to 12pm
    • Tuesday, 10am to 12pm
    • Wednesday, 2pm to 3pm
    • Friday, 10am to 12pm
Contact Details

Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm

How to find us

Brookfield Clinic, 2 Brookfield Road

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