Fitness for Duty Assessments

Fitness for Duty Assessment Services

Fitness for Duty Assessments assist managers to obtain better insight into issues affecting an employee’s ability to work and may be requested for the following reasons:

Frequent absences
Extended period(s) of absence
Employees certified unfit to perform certain aspects of their normal job
Concerns about the behaviour or performance of an employee in the workplace, which has a possible medical or psychiatric element
Employees citing a medical reason for requesting a change in work conditions

Our Fit for Duty services provides a large network of occupational physicians and psychiatrists who can assess an employee with a complex psychological condition to determine their fitness for work, risks and the supports they need in the workplace.

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Key Features - Fitness for Duty Assessment Services

Dr to Dr Liaison

MAX Health Clinical Advisor communicates with treating practitioners to obtain medical / clinical information relevant to work capacity issues and provides information and / or opinion regarding fitness for work to the referring manager.

Independent Medical Examinations

A comprehensive medical examination of an employee when the extent of a medical or psychiatric condition is unknown or possibly untreated, assisting employers to obtain better insight into issues affecting an employee’s ability to safely perform the inherent requirements of their role.

Non-Work-Related RTW Health Assessments

A medical examination to assist managers who have concerns when an employee is planning on returning to work after absence due to non-work-related injury or illness. Advice provided to the referring manager includes whether it is medically safe for the employee to return to work, whether returning to work poses a risk of aggravating the condition, or if the employee is fit for his or her normal duties/hours.

Medical Certificate Validations

MAX Health’s in-house occupational doctors are readily available to promptly review medical certificates, contact treating doctors to clarify certification details and provide advice to employers regarding whether or not a period of absence is appropriate for the condition stated on the medical certificate.

Find out more about Fitness For Duty Assessments

Call us on 1300 574 040 or send us a message

What People Say

Our performance is reflected in the strength of our client base, our practitioner network and our people all working in partnership to deliver the best outcomes for our customers across Australia.

Outstanding level of service and always been available for queries, feedback and insight. The team has been incredibly flexible and accommodating.

The end-to-end customer service was the best I have ever experienced. It was super convenient, fast and made the whole process stress free.

As part of the practitioner network I feel like I am part of a team focused on getting patients to recover and to stay at or get back to work.

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