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.
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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.
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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
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Referral Process
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Contact Details
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm