On-employment questionnaires, previously known as pre-placement assessments, are incredibly important when it comes to making sure that employees are safe, and healthy, whilst remaining at work and carrying out their duties.
Whilst there are no legal requirements for on-employment questionnaires, they do help employers prevent accidents, injuries, and rises in sickness absences- not to mention the costs that come with this.
How Choose Occupational Health can help employers:
Here at Choose, we provide and carry out on-employment questionnaires so that employers don’t have to. Our team of occupational health professionals carry out the assessments that are needed to ensure all details get noted, and advice can be provided regarding any concerns.
Each questionnaire form is tailored to suit the industry and the individual roles that are carried out so that the best support is available. At Choose we understand that each role and sector have different requirements.
Having an external team carry out the assessments, is actually more beneficial because it makes staff more comfortable to talk about any concerns or issues they have. This then makes it possible for better advice and measurements to be taken so that employers have full and productive workforces, with a lower risk of absences.
Possible outcomes from on-employment questionnaires could be:
- Workplace assessments
- Ergonomics assessments
- Provision for first aid facilities
- Plans for diabetics and what to do in emergencies
The benefits of on-employment questionnaires for employers:
Occupational health provides a safe and comfortable space that allows employees to be honest and more forthcoming with health concerns and the on-employment questionnaires enable occupational health specialists to determine whether an employee is ‘fit for work’.
The assessments highlight any issues and with the help of occupational health, they can be addressed professionally, safely, and in line with sound healthcare advice and treatments.
For employers, this means that there’ll be a reduction in absences as workers will be less likely to be off work due to sickness or injury, as measurements can be put in place before hand. Furthermore, if less people are off work on long-term sick, it means there’s less of a need for recruitment and overall, there’ll be better retention. All of which mean the high costs associated with absences and recruitment will be reduced too.
For further information about the support we can offer you contact the Choose team on 01228 513687 or office@chooseoh.co.uk