Following discussion with Rosemary, she agrees to contact her employer planning for her to return to work. They arrange for her to attend their Occupational Health Service (OHS).
- At her first appointment, Rosemary meets with an Occupational Health Advisor to discuss returning to work. In order to decide how best to support her to do so, the Advisor asks her permission to contact her GP for a report detailing her current health, physical and functional ability. She talks to Rosemary about her job and arranges for a job analysis visit to be carried out at Rosemary’s workplace.
- A job analysis is a systematic approach to identify and describe the demands a job places on a worker. It considers the activities performed, the outcome, services and materials produced, the skills and aptitudes required, and the work environment.
- A worker is more likely to be able to perform their job successfully where there is a good fit between their abilities and the job demands.
Comparing the information about Rosemary’s functional ability with that of the demands of the work tasks and work environment will help to determine whether there is a good fit between what Rosemary can do and what she needs to be able to do at work. - It can also help identify what needs to change to improve that fit. This may mean changing the way Rosemary does things, changing the equipment she uses or changing the work environment.
Page last reviewed: 08 Apr 2021
