Remote Area Medical Support

OccuMED provides a well-established, stand-alone 24/7 remote medical support service to resources clients with operations in remote locations.  

This service is supported by the following consultants:

• Occupational Physician
• Emergency Medicine Physician
• Pharmacist
• Nurses/Paramedics

Specifically, the service consists of:

• 24/7 telehealth medical support for site medics/nurses (with OccuMED doctor)
• Application and custodianship of a Health Services Permit (‘Poisons Permit’) to enable the purchase, storage and use of restricted medications on site
• Access to web-based protocols and forms; also available on mobile devices. The protocols and documents are a compliance requirement of the Department of Health
• Annual audit by OccuMED’s compliance team with training and audit report generated

Other aspects of the service which may/may not be required by Fire and Safety Australia include:

• OccuMED coordinating treatment, physical rehabilitation, and early return to work for employees affected by workplace injury
• Access and rapid referral to a wide network of specialists (such as hand and plastic surgeons) for acute workplace injuries and admissions to hospitals

OccuMED’s centralised booking service supports mobilisation efforts of its clients with operations across Australia and overseas.

This offering is for select premium clients with exclusive/preferred contracts and agreements in place, and provides a one stop service for pre-employment, mine-rescue, expatriate/hybrid pre-employment medicals and fitness for work assessments which leverages third party/alliance clinics throughout Australia and Internationally.

OccuMED grew it’s 24/7 remote medical support for our resources sector clients with operations in remote locations.

OccuMED holds and maintains a Health Services (‘Poisons’) Permit including compliance with WA Health requirements and 24/7 remote medical support via telehealth. There’s two approaches, depending on your company’s needs.

WITHOUT POISON PERMIT

• 24/7 telehealth medical support for site medics/nurses (with OccuMED doctor)
• OccuMED coordinating treatment, physical rehabilitation, and early return to work for employees affected by workplace injury
• Access and rapid referral to a wide network of specialists (such as hand and plastic surgeons) for acute workplace injuries and admissions to hospitals

WITH A POISONS PERMIT – Health Services (‘Poisons’) Permit audits

As above plus:

• Application and custodianship of a Poisons Permit to enable the purchase, storage and use of restricted medications on site
• Access to web based protocols and forms; available on mobile devices. The protocols and documents are a compliance requirement of the Department of Health
• Annual onsite audit by OccuMED’s poison permit compliance team with training and audit report generated