Health Surveillance and Fitness for Post

The Centre's Occupational Health Physicians and Nurse Specialists carry out health surveillance and fitness for post assessments for NICS employees.

Health Surveillance

Health Surveillance is the screening of individual workers engaged in hazardous activities to detect early sign of problems before they become harmful and irreversible.

The following include health surveillance programmes currently provided by OHS:

• Audiometry
• Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome Surveillance
• Respiratory Surveillance
• Biological Analysis - lead
• Asbestos Surveillance

Fitness for Post

Fitness for post refers to issues concerning an individual's health specifically in connection with his or her job.  Some jobs require very high levels of physical and mental health, for example professional drivers or deep-sea divers, and strict medical criteria apply both at the entrance stage and for retention in post.

The following include fitness for post programmes currently provided by OHS:

• Confined Space Work
• Driver Duties
• Electrofishing
• Colour Vision
• Avian Influenza
• Nightworker Assessment
• Working Alone in Remote Rural Settings
• Seafaring Duties and Marine Skippers/Captains/Boatmaster’s Licence
• Overseas Duties
• Rail Track Safety
• Food Handling
• Hepatitis B
• Tuberculosis
• Brucellosis
• Rabies Vaccination
• Diving Medicals

OHS CONTACT:

Assistant Director, Nursing

   Tel:51888

   Fax:51539

E-Mail: clientservices@nicsohs.gov.uk     

OHS referrals are made by Departmental Human Resource (DHR), referral forms are held on the HR Connect site.