Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referrals

Lot 1 – Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments.

Occupational Health Physicians:

OHP Attendance Management referrals

OHP Preplacement referrals

OHP Escalations from safety critical medicals

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Tier 4

OHP Health Surveillance escalations (for example silica, welding fumes, noise)

Ill Health Retirement referrals

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Group 2

Train Driver Medicals

Strategic project work - for example developing and improving medical standards (Excludes Clinical Governance responsibilities)

Case Conferences

Expert witness services

Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service

Pre-placement health assessment processed by the NR Shared Service team where fitness to work reports will be provided within 1 working day of assessment. For clinical staff there is an additional requirement to schedule a face-to-face vision test [colour and peripheral vision] as part of the pre-placement process.

Performance and attendance management referrals - where attendance triggers have been met, there is a concern over the impact of a disability or where guidance in relation to the impact of health on performance is required.

Ill Health Retirement referrals.

Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments:

Provide occupational therapist resource either from an inhouse resource or a Supplier network.

To assess the suitability of work duties and to gain a better understanding of the nature of the Network Rail employee’s work, assessing the physical, psychosocial, cognitive and communication demands of the job.

Lot 2 – Specialist referrals

The requirement of specialist consultations, scans, assessments &and x-ray services to determine fitness to work either as part of the competence specific medical.

Chest X-ray programme for Respiratory Crystalline Silica

Including x-ray, radiologist reporting & management information

Not including employee selection and case management

MRI

Cardiology consultation (Initial appointment}

Cardiology consultation (review appointment)

Cardiologist echocardiogram

Cardiologist Exercise stress test

24-hour ECG Holter monitoring

ECG Interpretation (Train Driver medical only)

Neurology consultancy

Electroencephalogram

Psychological Assessment

Psychiatric Assessment

HAVs Tier 5 assessment

Any other specialist service required.