Employee Health Screening
Employee health screenings are valuable to both individuals and businesses alike.
Welcome to Assist Group's employee health screening service page. We are an occupational health service and employee health screening provider who can work with your organisation to maximise employee wellbeing while also ensuring a healthy and productive workplace. We proudly work Australia wide and have locations or partner networks in all capital cities and many regional centres.
Enquire Today
Enquire about our range of medical testing, assessments or manual handling training services today by phoning our medical reception in your location by CLICKING HERE, or submit your details in the contact form at the bottom of this page.
Our Employee Health Screening Services
We conduct employee health screening services that benefit your organisation and your employees.
Specifically, we’ll work with you to help improve staff productivity, job satisfaction and raise awareness around health and wellbeing. For employees, our testing services may help to identify health issues staff are not aware of, or may help to prevent issues down the road.
Tailored Health Screening Services
Many employers are on the lookout for reliable and trusted employee health screening companies who can offer a suite of screening services under one roof. By design, Assist Group was set up to be your outsourced total health management and wellness solution. We provide both "on demand" and "solution focused" health and wellness strategies for Company's Human Resources.
Our wide range of screening services include:
Occupational Health Services
Assist Group is your trusted partner when it comes to occupational health services. We can help you with a range of health testing services, including: pre-employment medicals, medicals for asbestos, silica, mining, Coal Mining, fitness for duty, and more.
Manual Handling Services
We provide onsite/face to face manual handling training/coaching sessions as well as online solutions.
Drug and Alcohol Services
We offer a range of drug and alcohol testing services,and saliva/urine drug testing which also include drug and alcohol management plans and support.
Ergonomic Assessment
Assist Group’s team of allied health professionals utilise their comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, postural assessments and biomechanical principles to perform effective and functional ergonomic assessments.
WHS Initiatives
We provide hazardous substances testing and workplace health surveillance testing, audiometric assessments, and ergonomic assessments.
Additionally, we’ve also developed corporate health and wellness provisions with exercise therapy being a primary service. Proper and expedient management of these aspects contributed to a profound reduction of Workers Compensation Premiums for the involved companies.
Why choose Assist Group?
- We estimate that since our founding years in 1986, our employee health screening and testing services have saved approximately 2,000 people from serious injury or ill health.
- Proper and expedient delivery of these services contributed to a profound reduction of Workers Compensation Premiums for the involved companies.
- We are accessible to you, with genuine branches in NSW, QLD and VIC with a premium affiliate network across Australia and NZ to provide a managed end to end solution.
- We also aim to provide a fast turnaround time with accurate results.
- Same or very next day appointments and reporting.
It is for these reasons, capabilities and our vision, that you should choose Assist Group as your employee health screening provider.
FAQs
- What is an employee health screening?
- What is the cost of workplace injury in Australia?
- What are the most common workplace injuries?
What is an employee health screening?
An employee health screening is a check or series of tests to assess an employee’s health in order to identify and reduce health risks, both physical and mental.
A safe and healthy workforce helps to boost productivity, and ultimately reduces costs linked to workplace and non workplace illness.
Regular employee health checks can support your organisation and employee productivity by:
- Improving employee morale
- Reducing illness or injury absenteeism
- Proactively addressing issues as soon as possible
- Reducing the incidence of workplace injuries
- Reducing downtime and lost productivity
- Ultimately a reduction in claims costs.
Please contact Assist Group today to find out how we may help your organisation.
What is the cost of workplace injury in Australia?
According to Safe Work Australia, the financial cost of workplace injuries and disease to Australian businesses is a significant $61.8 billion per year (2012-13 figures). This is approximately 4.1% of GDP.
“The majority of the cost (95%) was borne by individuals and society. Workers bore 77%, the community 18% and employers 5%. Injuries accounted for $28 billion (45%) of the cost.”
There are also direct and indirect costs associated with accidents and injuries that extend to lost productivity, reputation damage, personal injury and other financial losses.
According to the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA), there were 92,124 serious workplace injuries in NSW during the 2015/16 period. There was also a total of $2.6 billion paid out in workers compensation claims.
Please contact Assist Group today to find out how we may help your organisation.
What are the most common workplace injuries
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the most common cause of injury or illness was 'Lifting, pushing, pulling or bending' (24.2%).
- This resulted in 60% of persons having time off as a result of the injury or illness
- 7% received workers compensation for the injury or illness
The following graph shows the most common types of work-related injury or illness:
Summary of figures:
- 24.2% of injuries where lifting, pushing, pulling or bending
- 18.2% from hitting or being hit or cut by an object or vehicle
- 15.5% from a fall on the same level
- 11.7% from other causes
- 9% from repetitive movement with low muscle loading
- 6.1% from exposure to mental stress
- 4.8% from a fall from height
- 4.2% from vehicle accidents
- 3.6% from contact with a chemical or substance
- 2.7% from prolonged standing, working in cramped or unchanging positions.
Please contact Assist Group today to find out how we may help your organisation.
Employee Health Screening Services
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Please get in touch with us today by phoning our medical reception in your location by CLICKING HERE, or submit your details in the contact form below.