Nationwide Occupational Rehabilitation Services

Overland Health’s range of Single Occupational Rehabilitation Services is a range of tailored ‘one-off’ services, each at fixed costs. They are aimed at quickly removing barriers to rehabilitation to achieve optimal outcomes and are measured against clear prognostic goals. We offer a range of single and combination rehabilitation assessments and/or interventions which deliver cost effective quality outcomes for our customers. Each of these services is crafted to rapidly eliminate any identified barriers to rehabilitation, resulting in safe, timely and durable return to work or function.

• Initial assessments, via either Phone or Field implementation;
• Workplace assessments;
• Ergonomic assessments;
• Vocational assessments;
• Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assessments;
• Development of Return to Work Plans;
• Functional Capacity Assessments
• Occupational therapy case management

With support and guidance from our team, our customers can select and match the required service to the injured party’s needs. They can obtain timely and realistic recommendations which they can then continue to manage through Overland Health’s extended treatment and case management services, or independently.

Outcome-led Approach to Rehabilitation

Overland Health takes a risk-based approach to all cases. This drives an underlying emphasis on:

• Effective non-clinical Case Triage and further Clinical Case Triage (where identified)
• Appropriate professional allocation of cases
• Comprehensive, client-centred, Initial Needs Assessment
• Evidence-based recommendations re: projected prognosis, cost, duration, treatment/rehab requirements
• Outcome led measurement process that negotiates certainty and value in continued Occupational Rehabilitation.

To minimise your business risk, we support our Occupational Rehabilitation Assessments with the level of specialist advice necessary in each and every case. Where this can be provided at lower cost by a GP, or local NHS services, we do this. However, we do not threaten outcomes by being hesitant in recommending specialists where risk is apparent.

Accurate Diagnostic Indicators

A current and correct diagnosis is paramount, and in a surprising number of cases is not available. Often the original diagnosis is not the current diagnosis. In many cases, early and limiting assessments about a person’ clinical state results in lengthy and costly case management. Often when a referral is made, the acute phase of a case will have expired and extended time with unguided case management which, without active rehabilitation, is not necessary and possibly detrimental.

Eliminating the ’Medicalization’ of Rehabilitation

In liaising with referrers or employers early we focus on translating the language from "medical-speak" to "work-speak". We bridge these two worlds with a focus on job retention and productivity maximisation as opposed to simple return to work and discharge by case managers.

More Effective Occupational Rehabilitation

• Quicker return to work for the injured party
• Reduced sickness absence costs
• Improvement of the individual’s functional ability
• Retention of skilled staff
• Improved morale
• Improved productivity
• Change and forward movement of the work/injury culture.

Occupational Rehabilitation Governance

We undertake case by case supervision and coaching with our consultants to ensure the highest level of assessment and clinical reasoning necessary to deliver evidence based, outcome-driven recommendations. Governance includes clinical audit, risk management, health and safety, evidence-based practice, continuing professional development and reflective practice, all of which are on-going and regularly reported on.

Clinical governance ensures:

• That practitioners have suitable competencies to deliver the care needed by patients.
• That processes which improve the quality of care are in place throughout each practice.

Our ability to

• anticipate and prevent potential problems
• monitor and improve the existing practice.
• recognise and act upon poor performance.
• facilitate the implementation of good practice.

Adopting the Standards of the CMSUK and the UKRC

Overland has adopted the standards of the Case Management Society UK (CMSUK), the United Kingdom Rehab Council (UKRC) and a relationship with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service UK (ACAS) for support with resources and tools of practice.

The Standards are Overland’s statement of performance and conditions that we expect consultants to aspire to in order to provide high quality, effective, professional services to our clients. They establish the front-line for assessment of rehabilitation and return to work services and assessments whilst representing our commitment to promote optimal health and function in individuals and within the workplace as a whole.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Proof of CPD is submitted annually. Random assessments of Practitioners’ private portfolio are undertaken by an OHL Consultant Physiotherapist.

Evidence can be drawn out for a particular purpose, for example:

• assessment of learning needs
• applying for accreditation of prior learning from an academic institute
• performance review
• re-registration requirements

Find Out More

To find out more about our occupational rehabilitation services or any other areas of our rehabilitation provision, please contact our team on (020) 3355 4259, make an enquiry here or, to make a referral or request a quote, use our online referral form here.