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PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
DHS employs more than 38,000 employees within more than 500 metropolitan, rural and remote sites offices around Australia. As a result of legislative requirements and DHS' commitment to the safety, health and well being of their employees, we require the services of qualified professional staff to provide a range of medical services to our employees.
The provision of medical services to all Department of Human Service (DHS) employees Australia-wide. It is DHS' intention to establish a panel of providers for the required services.
(i) assessment of medical history;
(ii) assessment of occupational requirements;
(iii) medical examination;
(iv) consultation with treating medical practitioners;
(v) audiometry and eyesight testing; and
(vi) professional opinion of the ongoing fitness of the applicant to undertake the duties required;
(b) Fitness for Duty medical assessments by medical practitioners and medical specialists including occupational physicians, which may include but are not limited to:
(i) assessment of medical history;
(ii) assessment of occupational requirements;
(iii) medical examination;
(iv) consultation with treating medical practitioners;
(v) professional opinion of the ongoing fitness of the applicant to undertake the duties required; and
(vi) specific assessments and opinion as requested by DHS;
(c) rehabilitation and return to work assessments by medical practitioners and medical specialists in accordance with Section 36 of the Commonwealth Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988;
(d) Fitness for Duty medical assessments combined with rehabilitation and return to work assessments which may include but are not limited to:
(i) assessment of medical history;
(ii) assessment of occupational requirements;
(iii) medical examination;
(iv) consultation with treating medical practitioners;
(v) rehabilitation and return to work medical assessments in accordance with Section 36 of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988;
(vi) professional opinion of the ongoing fitness of the applicant to undertake the duties required and/or engage in rehabilitation and return to work; and
(vii) specific assessments and opinion as requested by DHS;
(e) supplemental reports following a Fitness for Duty medical assessment or rehabilitation and return to work assessment that do not require a further medical examination;
(f) assessments by registered psychologists, as required by a medical practitioner or by DHS;
(g) psychiatric assessments, as required by a medical practitioner or by DHS;
(h) the provision, administration and promotion of vaccinations, which will include but are not limited to the flu vaccine. The vaccinations may be administered:
(i) in the DHS workplace; or
(ii) on the provider's premises;
(i) eye-sight testing in conjunction with a medical assessment;
(j) audiometry in conjunction with a medical assessment;
(k) audiometry as a stand-alone assessment on site or at clinic;
(l) specialist audiometry as a stand-alone assessment which may include but are not limited to:
(i) speech discrimination testing; and
(ii) full audiological examination;
(m) advisory services in relation to a wide range of employment related medical issues including but not limited to stress and pain management, and communicable diseases.
3 Years