As a business professional, you know that the profitability of any business depends on the performance of its employees. To ensure peak productivity, the St. James Occupational and Environmental Health Centers offer business owners and corporations a complete package of cost-effective services to help employees and travelers stay safe, healthy and as productive as possible.
Our occupational health team creates customized workplace education and injury prevention plans based on each client's unique healthcare needs. Occupational health services help your company:
- Evaluate the health of potential workers
- Treat work-related injuries and ensure that employees return to work quickly
- Prevent illness and injury through educational classes and seminars
- Provide convenient access to healthcare services through facilities in your community
- Maintain the highest productivity levels
As a St. James client, your benefits include:
- Access to two local clinics supervised by physicians board-certified in occupational medicine
- Preferred rates for physicals, drug screens and work-injury treatments
- Free workshops on a variety of workplace health and safety topics
- Yearly reviews to help reduce workplace injury and improve safety
The St. James Occupational and Environmental Health Centers provide local businesses with comprehensive, cost-effective services to prevent on-the-job illness and injury, and to treat, rehabilitate and return employees to work quickly.
Treatment for on-the-job illness and injury
- Initial treatment
- Follow-up care
- Case management
- Return-to-work evaluations
- Timely communication with all parties involved
- After-hours care through St. James Emergency Centers
International Travel Medicine Services
- Pre-travel risk assessment and consultation
- Immunizations and preventative medications (for such conditions as malaria, yellow fever and typhoid fever)
- Post-travel diagnosis and treatment
Physical Examinations
- Periodic
- Executive
- Disability evaluation
- Independent medical evaluation
- Surveillance physical/OSHA
- Preplacement evaluations
- Fitness for duty
- Back to school
Prevention/Education
- Ergonomic worksite evaluation
- CPR classes
- First Aid classes
- Onsite screenings (including blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol)
- Health risk appraisals
- Smoking cessation program
- Onsite health promotion seminars and workshops
Ancillary Testing
- 24-hour SAMHSA drug testing (includes hair testing)
- Medical review officers services
- Spirometry (a noninvasive breathing test used to diagnose lung conditions, such as asthma)
- EKG (a noninvasive test to diagnose heart disease or heart attack)
- Audiology (hearing tests)
- Vision testing
- Stress testing (to measure blood flow and heart health)
- Laboratory testing
- X-ray services
- Breath alcohol testing
OSHA/NIOSH Compliance
- By certified OSHA surveillance physicians
- Consultation
- Screenings
- Immunizations
- EKG
- Education
- Medical surveillance programs
Rehabilitation Services
- Work capacity evaluations
- Functional capacity evaluations
- Work hardening program
- Physical therapy
- Job modification
Additional Services
- Onsite physician services
- Employment assistance program referral services
- Wrist care program to reduce the impact of carpel tunnel syndrome
- Medical director consultative services
Quick Links
OSHA/Compliance:
www.osha.gov
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission:
www.iwcc.il.gov
For more information or an on-site consultation, call (708) 747-4000, ext. 1615.
