Provision of Occupational Health Services

(a) OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN based at OH Unit, Magdalen House, Bootle, 1 day per week, plus (b) OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN based at Hawthorne Road, Bootle, 1 day per fortnight, plus (c) OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADVISER based at Hawthorne Road, Bootle, 1 day per fortnight Practice standards will be in accordance with the British Medical Association, General Medical Council and Faculty of Occupational Medicine's Guidelines. The Contractor will be required to: 1) Provide medical reports to managers, using a template report provided by Sefton, within a mutually agreed timescale. These will need to be accurate, unambiguous, provide clear and practical advice, and address fitness for work, health concerns and the requirements as determined by the Equality Act 2010. These should be prepared in accordance with the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 and made available immediately following medical consultation with the employee. 2) Provide advice that will, allowing for the constraints of medical confidentiality, contain all relevant information that will assist managers to make effective and accurate decisions with regard to: - an individual's fitness to work, - where determinable, work related or not, - reasonable adjustments and suitable assistance in the workplace, - appropriate changes in work duties, - reasonable alterations to conditions of employment, etc - potential for redeployment or ill health retirement Estimated annual Sessions 1800

Providing advice that will, allowing for the constraints of medical confidentiality, contain all relevant information that will assist managers to make effective and accurate decisions with regard to: a) an individual's fitness to work, b) reasonable adjustments and suitable assistance in the workplace, c) appropriate changes in work duties, d) reasonable alterations to conditions of employment, etc. Estimated volume 250 sessions per year

As described in the Tender Documents The service will be provided as a minimum for at least one day each week for 50 weeks per annum. Sessions would normally run between 0900 and 1700 however the Council will be prepared to discuss alternatives if greater flexibility is needed. Approximately 580 Sessions per year