Clinical Development for Occupational Health Professionals Training Workshop

Designed for health professionals with a role in assessing and managing human health risks around chemical, mineral, and biological exposures at work. 

Learn about the important role of human health risk assessment in informing Occupational Health decision-making including regulatory activities and reporting, responses to symptom reporting and the management of occupational symptoms and diseases. 

Topics include:

• Exposure hazards (toxins) and sensitisers for respiratory, skin and the inter-relationship 
• Principles of COSHH health surveillance
• Recognition of early signs and symptoms of adverse changes or disease
• Confident history taking and symptom recording
• Understanding surveillance techniques and limitations
• Risk assessment, exposure control measures and PPE
• Health education and promotion for preventing COSHH related ill health and disease
• Notification systems
• Interpretation of data for management reporting
• Principles of case management

This course explores the range of functional health assessments involved in work health assessments, alongside occupational exposure history taking. Delegates will explore the complex role of Occupational Health to screen, act and advise on behalf of employers. Although the primary role of employment health assessment is to screen staff, equal importance is given to baseline health monitoring and surveillance, and our role in health protection and education. 

Topics include:

• Legislation
• Standards of Fitness to Work
• Immunisations and Vaccinations
• PGD’s
• Paper Screening
• Clinical Assessment
• Requesting Medical Reports
• Practical Participation
• Effective Communication
• Records and Record Keeping

Postural risks in work environments are strong indicators of adverse physiological and psychological demands.

This course is designed to provide practical guidance on the workplace assessment and management of ergonomic risks to vulnerable workers. Delegates will also explore the legal, moral, and economic principles to take account of the needs of vulnerable workers in the design of environments and activities.

This course is designed for multi-disciplinary health professionals providing Occupational Health services to support employees who may not have told their employers that they have a disability. Not all employees who meet the definition of disability will think of themselves as a ‘disabled person’. Delegates will explore their experiences of unconscious bias and judgements when talking about disabilities or health conditions and consider different methods to communicate recommendations to employers. 

Topics include:

• Workplace history taking
• Clinical history taking
• Evidence based practice
• Basic knowledge of health risk assessment, aids, adjustments, and adaptations
• External resources and services
• Health education and promotion to reduce the impact of health on work
• Management reporting
• Principles of case management

This course explains the principles of occupational exposure to noise and vibration and the tiered approach to health surveillance. Delegates will explore the role of the Occupational Health professional to:

• improve workers knowledge concerning exposure to noise and vibration in the workplace
• share, promote and encourage good control practices in the workplace, ultimately to bring about a change in attitudes and behaviours to workplace noise and vibration

This course applies the overarching principles of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations when assessing and evaluating health risks to vulnerable workers with occupational exposures who have reported new or worsening symptoms at or related to work. 

Delegates will explore health risk assessments of health information (also known as a health risk appraisal), and consider an individual’s functional health status, workplace risks and habits. 

Delegates will have the opportunity to consider how workplace programmes engage employees in their health and lifestyle choices and promote prevention. 

This course explores the evidence for ‘good quality occupational health advice’ that can be essential in helping employers manage risk and to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of employees. Focused on multi-disciplinary occupational health professionals, work-focused treatment, common mental health problems, return to work support, and vocational rehabilitation, the content supports the government’s health and wellbeing strategy, which aims to:

• Help workers ‘return to health following an absence from work because of illness’ and ‘avoid work-related health problems’
• Reduce ‘the number of people who suffer from work-related ill health’