Clinical Services

A Pre-Employment medical examination provides an employer with an overall report pertaining to the employee’s general health prior to starting anew position. The assessment will help assist with general risk assessment and if a new employee is medically fit to commence work.

A standard Pre-Employment includes:

• Age
• Height
• Weight
• Blood pressure
• Cardiovascular testing
• Lungs and respiratory
• Vision
• Audio and hearing
• Skeletal
• Muscular and flexibility
• Diabetes
• Urine test
• Skin check
• Medical history
• Current or previous injuries

A healthy and productive work site is only as good as the health and well being of it’s people. Educational programs from general wellness, mental health, safe practices and other programs can be delivered by Exmed WA at your work site.

All our educational programs are tailored to your needs and can include:

• Dietary health and exercise
• proper stretching and flexibility practices
• Spinal care
• Healthy heart
• Substance abuse including alcohol, smoking and other drugs
• Energy, fatigue and healthy sleep
• Long term health and disease prevention
• Diabetes, stroke and cancer awareness and prevention
• Taking care of your skin
• Hydration and heat stress impact in and out of the workplace
• Cold and flu prevention, hand washing and general personal hygiene
• Mental Health: Stress management, mental illness, building resilience, identifying and getting help
• Men’s Health: Personal, mental and physical health, male specific cancers
• Women’s Health: Personal, mental and physical health, female specific cancers

Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy. They provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services in connection with health care. Exmed WA can arrange for any Allied health services for your team or workplace including:

• Physiotherapy: uses manual therapies, exercise programs and electrotherapy techniques to treat musculoskeletal injuries such as sports injuries and back pain and movement disorders such as those following a workplace injury.

• Exercise Physiologist: helps workers protect, maintain and manage their physical activity and lifestyle habits to prevent injury or chronic illness.

• Psychologists: offers help for a wide range of mental issues such as anxiety, depression, stress or self-esteem problems. Can develop programs for an individual or for a workplace.

• Hand Therapists: focuses on the art and science of rehabilitation of the upper limb – shoulder to hand.  Involves the evaluation and testing of an injured limb from which a specific treatment program is designed.

• Occupational Therapists: assists workers to overcome various limitations and to perform daily tasks both at work and at home.
• Dietitians: provides advice on nutrition-related matters and can modify diets to treat or help manage conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cancer, food allergies and food intolerance’s.

Allied Health Team members are able to provide services from our clinic based in Exmouth or are available by arrangement for workplace visits.

Hand therapy is the science of treating strength and range of motion in an individual’s upper extremity. It includes arms, hands, wrists, shoulders, elbows, and forearms. Hand therapists specialise in this treatment, providing preventative care, post-operational rehabilitation, and non-operative therapy.

Through our network with Allied Heath, Exmed WA can arrange for hand therapy assessments, treatments or referral for specialist treatment for injury management or rehabilitation.

Your referral for a Disability Medical Assessment
During a Disability Medical Assessment your medical condition/s and their functional impacts will be assessed to help determine your medical eligibility for the Disability Support Pension.

The Disability Medical Assessment will be conducted by a qualified, independent Government-contracted Doctor. The Government-contracted Doctor will not be your usual doctor, although they may contact your usual treating health professionals if they require further information.

At your Disability Medical Assessment
The Government-contracted Doctor will discuss your medical condition/s and the evidence you have provided to support the assessment of your medical eligibility for Disability Support Pension. You should allow up to one hour for this appointment, however it may not take this long.

Once the report is complete, it will be submitted via secure channels to Services Australia. Services Australia will notify you about the outcome of your claim or medical review.

At the Disability Medical Assessment appointment the Government-contracted Doctor will NOT:

• Diagnose your medical condition/s
• Provide any medical advice or medical treatment
• Complete a medical examination
• Advise you on the outcome of your eligibility for Disability Support Pension

What to bring to your Disability Medical Assessment
You should have already provided all your medical evidence to Services Australia. If you have any additional medical evidence that may be relevant to your claim or medical review you can bring this to the assessment.

Obtaining a copy of your Disability Medical Assessment Report
To request a copy of your Disability Medical Assessment report contact Services Australia on 132 717.

You will be advised if you are required to make a formal written request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to obtain a copy of your report.

For information regarding the Disability Support Pension call 132 717 or go to servicesaustralia.gov.au.

For information in other languages call: 131 202 or see the ‘Information in your language’ page at servicesaustralia.gov.au.