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Due to rapid expansion and recent acquisition of new contracts, and an increased request for our services from existing clients, we are seeking to appoint additional occupational health nurse advisors. Healthwork has recently been awarded the occupational health contract for Manchester City Council and this is a major reason for recruiting new staff.

We would be interested to hear from dynamic occupational health nurse advisors who may wish to work with a rapidly expanding occupational health provider.

We require you to have excellent communication skills, IT skills and the ability to work effectively in a team. We would expect that you have a qualification and experience in occupational health. You would be joining a dynamic team, which includes occupational health physicians, occupational health nursing advisors, counsellors and physiotherapists all committed to providing high quality occupational health services.

If you are interested, please contact us on 0161 831 9701. For informal discussions please call Dr Tok Hussain or Dr Shaun Austin on 0161 831 9701.

Come and get your flu vaccine at Healthwork. The 2011 annual seasonal flu vaccine is now available. Healthwork can offer this vaccine to members of the public and to employees of our clients for a substantially reduced rate of £10 per vaccination. One of our fully trained nurses will administer the vaccination in our comfortable clinical rooms at 16 St John St, Manchester.

For businesses, we can organise a nurse to visit the site and administer the vaccinations to employees on site to employees. If you are interested in this service, please contact Healthwork on 0161 831 9701.

Healthwork has moved into new medical premises on St Johns St , Manchester. The historic Georgian property at 16 St John St, Manchester, M3 4EA has been used in the past as traditional medical consulting rooms. The new larger premises are in keeping with the growth of Healthwork. Healthwork will use the premises for both occupational health and general medical consultations.

Following the recent assessment, under the SEQOHS (Safe, Effective, Quality Occupational Health Standards) scheme, Healthwork has become the very first occupational health organisation to be awarded accreditation.

The SEQOHS Accreditation Scheme is a stand-alone scheme managed by the Royal College of Physicians of London on behalf of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.  The aim of the SEQOHS Accreditation Scheme is to ensure, through regular monitoring, that required quality standards are maintained by accredited OH Services. Assessment for accreditation is measured against the SEQOHS Standards, which were developed by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine in collaboration with a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary stakeholder group.

The SEQOHS scheme was launched in December 2010, and more than 100 organisations have applied to be accredited.

Healthwork was the first organisation to be assessed, and the assessment visit took place in Manchester on 13 May 2011 at the Healthwork offices.  After a thorough assessment, the assessors awarded Healthwork full accreditation for a period of 5 years.

The assessors congratulated Healthwork on the quality and robustness of the systems and processes in place, and commented that Healthwork has ‘excellent documents overall that exceed the minimum standard’.  Healthwork was described by the assessors as ‘a well led and managed service’.  Healthwork met all of the SEQOHS minimum standards and the assessors commented that Healthwork often exceeded the minimum service describing Healthwork as an exemplar service.

“As a provider of quality occupational health services, Healthwork is delighted to be the first occupational health organisation to be awarded accreditation under the SEQOHS scheme, and the award confirms and highlights our commitment to quality occupational health service provision” commented Dr Tok Hussain, Operations Director of Healthwork.

“The SEQOHS scheme aims to raise the overall standard of care provided by occupational health services in the United Kingdom.  We are absolutely thrilled to be the first company to be assessed and accredited.  I think the assessors were pleasantly surprised at the quality of our service.  This award confirms our commitment to quality and I am sure will help us in our plans for further expansion” Dr Hussain added.

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Certificate and Schedule of Accreditation Healthwork LTD

Walk to Work Week (9-13 May 2011) is a free national challenge run by the charity Living Streets. The week aims to encourage employees to walk more as part of their commute to work and working day, and to help workplaces promote walking to their workforce.

Employers and workplace can participate very easily.   Living Streets provides a free online tool where you can register your workplace as taking part. Staff can sign up and join the workplace team. The online tool is an easy way for staff to record how much walking they do during the National Walk to Work Week.  A workplace total can be created so you can all see how well the team is doing. There will be workplace and national leader boards to show who the top walkers are and encourage a bit of  ‘healthy‘ competition.

For more information visit www.walkingworks.org.uk/walk-to-work-week-2011

Healthwork can now offer ‘Norwegian sector’ off shore medical examinations, as well as our already established service of general off shore medicals. Our friendly off shore specialist occupational health physicians are fully trained and ready to see you for your medical at your convenience.

Please contact Healthwork on 0161 831 9701 or email us at admin@healthworkltd.com

Healthwork has purchased prime medical premises on St Johns St , Manchester. The historic Georgian property at 16 St Johns St has been used in the past as traditional consulting rooms. Healthwork intends to use the property for both occupational health and general medical consultations.

The findings of the CIPD’s eleventh annual survey of absence management trends, policy and practice has been published.

573 organisations across the UK, employing over 1.5 million people were surveyed.

53% of respondents rated occupational health involvement as one of the top three most effective approaches for managing long-term absence

77% of the organisations surveyed used occupational health to manage long-term absence.

The full report can be accessed at: www.cipd.co.uk

The recent CBI/Pfizer ” On the Path to Recovery” study has found that 36% of employers polled cited ‘greater investment in occupational health’ as the reason for a long term decline in absence levels. These employers believe their investment in occupational health has directly contributed to a succesful reduction in absence over the long term. This is a message that many of Healthwork’s customers agree with.

If you wish to discuss occupational health services in your workforce, please contact Healthwork.

National No Smoking Day will be held on Wednesday 10th March. Studies have shown that targetting health promotion activities on this day are one of the most cost effective ways of promoting better health. Smoking remains the UK’s number one cause of premature avoidable death.

To find out how you can get involved in No Smoking Day 2010 and to obtain campaign materials, visit www.nosmokingday.org.uk/

If you wish to run health promotion events on No Smoking Day or wish to discuss your health promotion requirements, please contact Healthwork for advice and assistance.