PDO Medical examinations specification SP1230

Petroleum Development Oman LLCRevision: 3.0Effective: 1 Apr 2009This document describes the medical evaluation processes, which in specificcircumstances support the safe execution of a task in the workplace. This document isa technical professional document, intended primarily for health advisors involved in thefitness to work medical examination.7.15.2 PurposeThis document provides simple but risk based protocols and guidance for medicalevaluation as part of a fitness to work programme. As such they complement, but donot replace the clinical competences of the assessing health care professional. Theoverarching principles of these protocols are that they:Be focused on risk and evidence based wherever possible.Be based upon a consensus of professional opinion where evidence is lacking.Focus on the capacity of the employee and the essential tasks of a position andnot in isolation, the presence or absence of an illness or disease.Be simple and value adding through the elimination of unnecessary and / orinappropriate evaluations.Provide a standard process in respect of medical evaluation of fitness to work.These protocols specify PDO and Shell group requirements for the medical evaluationsof fitness for work. Specifically, they describe:When an evaluation is required.How frequently it shall be repeated.What the medical evaluation shall (and shall not) include.The decision regarding whether an employee is fit for work or not (and anyaccommodation that may be required) should result from the outcome of the medicalevaluation and other relevant evaluations e.g. a trade test.7.15.3 ObjectivesThe Medical Evaluation of Fitness to Work process is designed to:Minimize the risk of an adverse consequence to the health and / or safety of anemployee or third party, resulting from a foreseeable health condition.Match, wherever reasonably practicable, the requirements of a position and itsassociated tasks to the functional capacity (physical and psychological) of theemployee.Minimise the risk of liability arising from medical evaluation of fitness to work.Complement other non-medical evaluations as part of the overall fitness to workprocess.Page 29 SP-1230 : Specification for Medical Examination, Treatment & Facilities Printed 25-Sep-08The controlled version of this CMF Document resides online in Livelink®. Printed copies are UNCONTROLLED.