Occupational Health Doctor in El Paso and Horizon City, TX

Occupational health doctors are devoted to the prevention of workplace injuries, the promotion of safe work practices and environments within an organization, and the rehabilitation of individuals who have experienced workplace injury. Since the workplace is quite varied in terms of worksite environments, duties, and stresses, either mental or physical, occupational physicians are trained and prepared to provide a wide variety of services to meet all the needs of the individuals and organizations they help. Depending on the type of work involved with the organization, the injury hazards, or actual injuries suffered, an occupational health doctor typically works with a multidisciplinary team of nurses, psychiatrists, physiotherapists, occupational hygienists, environmental safety specialists, occupational health advisors, and more.

For an individual employee undergoing an occupational health assessment, the initial evaluation should not take longer than 45 minutes. During this assessment, the occupational health doctor will ask the individual about their health condition or disability, any treatment they are currently receiving, the nature of their work, any complications of their work with their health, and any extracurricular activities they participate in. The assessment will also involve a thorough physical to determine the individual’s condition and identify any other issues that should be addressed. This physical will consist of vital checks, head-to-toe examinations, and any lab testing relevant to the employee’s situation.

Occupational health services work with employers at an organizational and individual employee level. As such, occupational health services aim to prevent work-related injuries by identifying potential hazards and encouraging safe work practices to avoid such risks, monitoring the health status of the employees, incorporating ergonomics (i.e., the study of improving how one works), and supporting management concerning sickness absences. In so doing, occupational health services work with the employee to implement policies that ensure health and safety compliance and suggest ways that the work could be done differently, conduct pre-employment physicals, provide educational material, and provide helpful advice or counseling to employees wherever relevant. When an injury occurs to an individual employee, occupational health services help develop a return-to-work program for the employee to get back to health, and the organization’s production does not suffer an undue amount.

While employers have the right to ignore occupational health advice, it is not in their best interest. Should a workplace accident or tragedy occur due to ignored occupational health advice, the employer would be held responsible or at least questioned in court for why they did not heed the occupational health advice. Moreover, occupational health advice is given to protect employees from unnecessary harm, which is beneficial to the organization’s success in both the short term and the long term.

Whether you are an employer or an employee, we invite you to come to UCare Urgent Care and Walk-In Clinic for our occupational health services! To schedule an initial assessment with one of our occupational health doctors, please call us or book an appointment through our website. UCare Urgent Care Clinic is located at Horizon City TX, on North Zaragoza Rd. in El Paso TX, and on Lee Trevino Dr. in El Paso TX. You can reach us during the hours of 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM from Monday to Friday, and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday. We serve patients from El Paso TX, Horizon City TX, Lee Trevino Drive TX, Fort Bliss TX, Mission Valley TX, Resler Canyon TX, Alfalfa TX, Montwood TX, and BEYOND.