Jobfit pre-employment

medicals

November 2012

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Jobfit Health Group

Jobfit is Australia’s largest privately owned occupational healthcare

provider, conducting more than 90,000 pre-employment medical

assessments around Australia each year and employing over 250 staff.

Jobfit has 26 centres across Australia:

• 5 in Western Australia

• 6 in South Australia

• 6 in Queensland

• 4 in Northern Territory

• 1 in New South Wales

• 4 in Victoria

Jobfit centres are supported by a vast network of over 300

associate clinics in regional and remote locations.

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Centralised national booking service

Efficiency and effectiveness is paramount to our service delivery model,

Jobfit appreciates the role we play in ensuring our clients secure the best

candidates whilst supporting the risk management objectives

• Dedicated bookings team in each state

• Bookings managed for any location across Australia

• Associate clinic network – over 300 locations nationally

• Online booking requests

• Bookings can be made via email, phone or web

• Email response within 4 business hours

• Appointments available within 24 hours at all Jobfit centres nationally

• Appointments in regional locations within 48 to 72 hours

• International medical assessments available

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Jobfit medical examination

• Comprehensive history

• Height, weight, BMI

• Cardiovascular (heart check, BP, pulse rate and ECG if required)

• Full musculoskeletal including comprehensive range of movement

• Central nervous system

• Hernias and other abdominal abnormalities

• Urinalysis for diabetes or kidney / bladder disorders

• Respiratory

• Vision including colour blindness

Other specific requirements may include:

• Audiometry

• Spirometry

• Completion and lodgement of MHWS in WA

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Drug and alcohol screening

• Urinary and oral fluid drug screening to AS4308 standards

• AQTF certified urine collection

• Laboratory based drug and alcohol screening

• GCMS confirmatory testing

• Alcohol breath testing

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Work fitness assessment (FCE)

Involves an examination of:

• Posture

• Range of movement

• Strength

• Back fitness

• Bending / stooping

• Reaching

• Squatting

• Manual handling

• Stability of joints / general flexibility

• Cardiovascular fitness test

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Jobfit ‘Health Monitoring’

• Medical proprietary software developed by Jobfit

• All medical data held in Health Monitoring

• Medical information can be reviewed in detail

• Structured to ‘red flag’ any abnormality

• Database provides a profile of candidates

• Used as baseline for periodic medicals, health screens

Jobfit pre-employment medicals

Medical results

• All medicals reviewed by Jobfit occupational doctors

• Determination reports issued by Jobfit doctors

• Ensures consistency and ease of communication with doctor

• Medical reports issued via email

• Reports issued within 24 hours in metro locations

• Regional locations reports usually issued within 72 hours

• User friendly icon / grading system

• Medical paperwork available

www.jobfit.com.au