Occupational medicine offers a sati

Occupational medicine offers a satisfying, fulfilling and rewarding career for doctors. It is stimulating work that requires a broad range of skills, knowledge and experience.

Doctors need a sound clinical background, knowledge of employment legislation, health and safety law and have an understanding of epidemiology, disease prevention and toxicology. It is a varied career where they need to understand not only the health of an individual but also the workplace context and the implications that this may have on their health.

Effective communication skills are vital as doctors work closely with a wide range of other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care and need to be able to relate to management and trade union representatives in the workplace.

Occupational health doctors work in the NHS, the public sector, the military and in a wide range of commercial and industrial settings.