occupational health jobs
Over the years, occupational health has become an important matter for businesses, which has led to the emergence of a greater number of jobs in occupational health.
According to research commissioned by the IOSH, organisations adopting a proactive approach to health and safety management tend to be more profitable and have lower accident rates. Focusing on occupational health has allowed businesses to achieve increased productivity, reduced staff absence due to ill health and improved staff morale.
Other benefits include lower costs associated with insurance and an occupational health manager can also help to identify health related problems and intervene to prevent any potential general health problems emerging.
What is involved within occupational health jobs?
Rather than looking purely at health & safety compliance, occupational health considers the effects of work on an employee’s health. Occupational health manager jobs encompass health and safety legislation (unless a separate staff member is there to carry out that role). However, they also review the bigger picture in terms of promoting well-being programmes.
These programmes might involve assessing employees’ lifestyles outside of work as well as in the workplace, creating bespoke plans for individuals. For example, they could be aimed at diet and fitness, tackling stress, disability adjustments, recovering after injury or illness.
Occupational health manager jobs are highly rewarding and involve conducting risk assessments from health hazards in the workplace, whether physical, chemical or psychological. Other responsibilities include advising on substances used at work or on the design of work-places, on the evaluation, choice and maintenance of equipment and pre-employment health screening.
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