Provision of Occupational Health Doctor Services

Tender description

Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) has an Occupational Health (OH) Team that supports the onboarding process for new staff and also needs to meet the Occupational Health needs of the existing workforce.<br/><br/>The OH team have found it difficult to recruit sufficient qualified staff to meet the demands on them. This is due to a lack of qualified people available in the market and the competitive geographical environment as they are bordered by several large NHS Trusts.<br/><br/>This has had a severe operational impact and consequently the remaining team do not have capacity to maintain the service provision. As a critical service, any risk to this provision would create significant disruption to Trust-wide operational activity and therefore it is imperative that any gap in the service is filled. Internal solutions have been exhausted so the Trust is now looking to an external supplier to bridge the gap in the requirement. Lot 1: This engagement exercise is to identify companies that are able to provide Occupation Health Doctor Services on site at RUH Bath.<br/><br/>Essential<br/>• Provision of regular weekly on-site clinics by OHP Consultant - 13 clinical sessions per month, consisting of 7 x 45 minute appointments per session.<br/>• Continuity of available doctors<br/>• Appointed doctor for Ionising Radiation, Lead and Asbestos<br/>• Competency in the use of OPAS-G2<br/>• Availability for travel to external clients (site visits)<br/>• Competency in all aspects of health surveillance including spirometry, audiometry, HAVs.<br/>• Competency to deliver medicals for<br/>• Fork Lift Trucks<br/>• Driver medicals<br/>• Confined spaces<br/><br/>Desirables<br/>• Emergency contact within the working day.<br/>• Inclusion of in-house doctors with networking or peer review. Ad hoc advice<br/><br/>Potential suppliers should return a positive "opt-in" to henry.prudden@nhs.net if they wish to be considered for a future tender of these services. Additional information: It is anticipated that the contract will be be put in place for an initial term of 1 year with 2 x 12 Month Options to extend. Based on previous spend it is anticipated the cost of the contract will be £172,800 per annum.