ONLINE APPOINTMENTS ARE HERE!!!
You can now book your Preplacement and IMC/IME appointments through our website. By clicking on the "Appointments" tab above you can choose the doctor, day and time of appointment and get email confirmation and reminders. For more detailed instructions download our Appointment Instructions at the bottom of this page.

Preplacement medical assessments

QOH offer preplacement medical assessments for all industries. These used to be called pre-employment medicals but the emphasis is now on "placement" after selecting candidates. More recently we offer preplacement functional capacity assessments by our occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

It is important to remember that if you do these properly you can avoid unlawful discrimination.

According to the Anti-discrimination Board (http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_preemployment) the main features of a non-discriminatory pre-employment medical test are

• the medical test relates specifically to the particular duties and responsibilities of the job
• the specific physical attributes required for the job are accurately identified
• the attributes required for the job are reasonable in all the circumstances
• ways of accommodating people without these attributes have been considered
• any facilities or services required by applicants with disabilities are provided if it does not cause unjustifiable hardship to do so
• any assessment of a person's ability to perform the inherent requirements of the job is made after these facilities or services have been provided
• the test only assesses current ability and does not attempt to predict any future deterioration. (The pre-employment medical assessment however, can be used at a later stage to determine any health deterioration, eg. to determine hearing loss in relation to an industrial deafness claim).

Designing a pre-employment medical test requires a thorough analysis of what the job entails and a careful matching of medical tests to assess the required physical attributes. This task requires a high level of expertise.

Note that pre-placement medicals can save money:

Pre-placement medicals can save money

In our preplacement assessments we provide:

• Comprehensive questionnaire
• Thorough physical examination
• Audiometry with computerised calculation of hearing loss - monaural and binaural (see bottom of this page for sample)
• Spirometry (lung function test)(see bottom of this page for sample)
• Urine analysis
• Vision incl. acuity and colour, Medmont C100 available
• Drug screen according to AS 4308 with chain of custody and GCMS lab analysis (optional)
• Comprehensive preplacement functional assessment is available and will be tailored to the intended job. This includes dynamometry, force testing for push, pull, lifting etc.

Ask us about preplacement hair testing which will be available shortly.

We also now offer fingerprick cholesterol tests and blood sugar tests for a small additional fee.

If you need preplacement assessments interstate please ask Dr Allen for suitable services. We can arrange these preplacements in other capital cities in Australia and in some other areas as part of Nationwide Medical Services.

Our fees for preplacement medicals are among the lowest in Sydney and we offer the most services. Our reports will generally get to the client company before the applicant leaves our surgery.

PREPLACEMENT ENQUIRIES HERE.....

Or call Dr David Allen or Glenda Fendick on 02 98977699.