Health services

Description

The University is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced Providers to tender for the provision of all or some of these services to the University under a contract(s) that will run initially for three years with an option to extend for a period of up to five years, subject to satisfactory performance. The University plans to invite prequalified bidders to submit tender proposals as follows: Lot 1 — Core Occupational Health Services including Travel Advice and Vaccinations for Travel and an Employee Wellbeing Programme, Lot 2 — Employee Assistance Programme, Lot 3 — Specialist Ergonomic Assessment of Workstations/Work Environment. Core Occupational Health Services including Travel Advice and Vaccinations for Travel and an Employee Wellbeing Programme — Post-offer health assessments for staff. — Occupational Health referrals for staff (by managers/HR) for work-related ill health and for attendance management, including ill health retirements / pensions medicals and periodic assessments of fitness to work / perform work duties. — Health/medical surveillance and assessments for staff including but not limited to respiratory, vibration, repetitive strain injury, dermatology, hearing, vision, asbestos, exposure to substances in schedule 6 of COSHH regulations, safety-critical work, radiation medicals, Health Passports, Fitness to Teach and other statutory assessments (e.g. new and expectant mothers). — Immunisations and vaccinations for discipline-specific staff and discipline-specific students (e.g. social work students), including but not limited to Hepatitis B and flu vaccines. — Pathology services. Where required shall deliver pathology services following exposure to blood-borne pathogens including but not limited to, hepatitis B, C, BBV (HIV, Hepatitis B, HCV antibody). Screening where required. — Dyslexia assessments for staff. — Face-to-face counselling for staff (both on-site and off-site). — Travel advice and travel vaccinations for staff, including fitness to travel screening and risk assessment, for work related travel. — Wellbeing programmes for staff, including regular, at least monthly, proactive health promotion and education activities and wellbeing events. Employee Assistance Programme (on-site and remote off-site access) — 24-hour, 7 days a week Employee Assistance Programme for staff and immediate family. — Workstation/workplace assessments for staff in specific cases, to include recommendations for adjustments including equipment. — Training of employee DSE assessors. — Awareness sessions for staff on working with DSE.