New starter health screening

Some staff will only need to complete an online questionnaire, which is then screened by a clinician. This ensures the new employee has an opportunity to confidentially declare any conditions that might impact their fitness for work, and to discuss this with the clinician.

Where necessary, the employee can be contacted to explore a health issue, and consent obtained to advise the business on any measures that may be required to support the employee or keep them safe at work. For example, employees may disclose the presence of an underlying mental health condition, neurodiversity (e.g. ADHD) or a chronic physical health condition.

Where an employee will be joining a health surveillance program (e.g. noise or respiratory), a baseline medical is required to ensure fitness and for future comparison of hearing test or other surveillance results.

Certain roles may require confirmation of fitness to undertake the role safely. For example:

• Group 2 driving medicals for bus or HGV drivers.
• Safety critical medical.
• Drug & Alcohol testing may be a requirement for certain roles, where this is conducted as part of a company Drug & Alcohol Policy.

Some roles may require individuals to hold specific certificates before commencing work, for example OEUK or an HSE certificate for asbestos workers.

Some roles may require vaccination at the start of employment, e.g. laboratory staff or healthcare workers who may require vaccines such as Hepatitis B.