Business and government recognise that they must effectively identify and control workplace health risks, return to work issues and manage their response to pandemics. Many organisations do not immediately think of occupational health as likely to assist them. However, specialist occupational health professionals perform exactly this role.
SOM acts as an agent for experts in occupational health who provide concise advice. SOM engages the right experts and leaders; facilitating partnerships with government and other partners, bringing knowledge and expertise to ensure that solutions are context specific. In its charitable work, SOM also works with IOMSC (our global network of occupational health medicine societies) to highlight the global value of occupational health through thought leadership and reports, and partners with global civil society organisations.
Consultancy could be for:
- Site visits to workplaces to assess on site health risks and their mitigation
- Safely returning to work during COVID-19 pandemic
- Future pandemic and critical incident planning
- Advice on implementation for health and wellbeing programs (‘Wellness’)
- Design and management of occupational health services, building on success from strategies that have worked elsewhere
- Training in key issues such as mental health in the workplace
- Stress management policy and implementation
- Advice on sickness absence management for individual or groups of employees
- Advice on Drug and Alcohol policy and implementation
- Advice on medical risks of business travel and expat placement and how to mitigate those medical risks
- Advocacy to governments regarding new laws, guidance, and advice
- Business retainer schemes e.g. to give medical advice on the phone or via video link and undertake larger pieces of work such as writing policies or procedures
- To place a Chief Medical Officer
- Measuring health outcomes - feeding lessons learned to ensure a focus on delivering results
If you would like your CV uploaded please email admin@som.org.uk