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Medical
Background Check
Required At Many Organizations Today
Part
of your pre employment screening and may include a medical background
check, and as a condition of employment
A medical
screening is a method for detecting disease or body dysfunction before
an individual would normally seek medical care.
Screening
tests are usually administered to individuals without current symptoms,
but who may be at high risk for certain adverse health outcomes.
Similar
to employment background checks, a medical screening is an employer's
way to protect themselves against lawsuit and other legal matters.
Organizations
that require medical background checks strive to ensure all employees
can perform the essential functions of their job with reasonable
accommodation, and without undue risk of injury to themselves or their
co-workers.
All organization will
have their unique
medical screening procedures. But most will include some of
all of the following:
- Listing
of Known Allergies
- Blood
Screening (various tests
completed)
- Urinalysis
(in conjunction with
employment drug screening)
Some
organizations have in-house medical staff who conduct the test while
others allow you to seek you private health care provider...providing
you follow the employer's requirements.
The nature
of an employee’s job, location, and contact with customers may dictate
the need for additional testing.
Under special
circumstances, it may be determined that special job accommodations are
required for an employee to perform their job function.
Depending
on policy, some organizations will work with Occupational Health and
Safety and/or Human Resources to determine if reasonable accommodations
are met...or performance of job without undue risk of injury to self
and others, can be achieved.
Employment may be
terminated if the employee cannot perform the essential functions of
the job with reasonable accommodation, or if they present an undue risk
of injury to themselves or others.
In
addition to the Medical
Background Check info here, don't
forget to check out the other various Employment
Background Screening
sections, such as: Employment Drug
Screening,
Education
Background Check, Criminal
Background Check, Polygraph
Test
and Employment
Credit Check.
In addition, you may want to check out some additional information if
you are considering
the Federal
Government jobs
arena.
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