Baseline assessments
Role-appropriate health review before exposure begins. The employee record holds the result, not a project spreadsheet.
For universities and higher education
One OH service for work that does not fit one template.
A university combines research, teaching, estates and administration. Occentra lets referral and surveillance pathways vary by role while keeping cases and governance consistent across the institution.
Workforce diversity
Different work, coherent service.
A lecturer with a long-term condition, a laboratory researcher under surveillance and an estates operative each need a different referral pathway, but all need the same governance.
Without role-aware pathways
- Generic forms miss relevant exposure and functional context
- Separate local processes prevent institutional visibility
- Managers use different knowledge and methods
- Occupational health reconstructs context after submission
With role-aware pathways
- Pathway-specific questions capture work demands at submission
- One platform provides institutional view of demand and outstanding work
- Consistent referral routes with appropriate variation
- Clinicians assess with context already available
Laboratory surveillance
Research activity changes; surveillance requirements follow.
Projects start and finish, substances change, researchers move. Requirements follow actual risk assessment, not a static job title.
Periodic surveillance
Questionnaires, testing and clinical review coordinated by programme. Exceptions escalate for professional attention.
Exit assessments
End-of-exposure review where required. Earlier results provide continuity when researchers leave or change work.
Institutional coordination
Pathways that fit the work.
University workflows need local flexibility and institutional governance. Occentra keeps tailored pathways inside one service.
Academic and research referrals
Teaching, research, travel and workload context appropriate to the referral question. Better inputs, better advice.
Estates and grounds programmes
Noise, vibration and respiratory surveillance for trades and operational teams. Campus appointments through one view.
Workplace adjustment advice
Functional effects, proposed adjustments, duration and review. Management reports focus on work capacity.
Long-term absence support
Cases followed through initial assessment, phased return and review. Current advice clear even when several managers are involved.
Multi-campus delivery
Appointment type, practitioner and location coordinated. Capacity managed across campuses without separate diaries.
What changes
University-wide service that still responds to local work.
Teams gain a current picture without standardising away important differences in risk or role.
Better referrals from distributed managers
Pathway-specific questions make referral purpose and job demands clearer. Less time reconstructing context.
Reliable surveillance oversight
Programme status visible across departments. Missing inputs, missed appointments and cases awaiting review distinguished.
Practical adjustment advice
Structured outcomes help managers understand implications, duration and review. Consistent employee experience.
Reduced local administration
Shared status, appointments and documents reduce faculty spreadsheets and inbox queries.
Why Occentra
A clear operating model for occupational health.
Occentra models referrals, cases, appointments and reports around the work occupational health actually does. Configuration adapts the platform to different organisations without creating separate software branches.
Referrals with explicit status
Draft, submitted, received, triaged and accepted are distinct states. Teams can see what is ready for clinical work and what needs attention first.
Cases that hold work together
Tasks, appointments and forms connect to the employee and referral. A case stays open while scheduled work or review actions remain.
Forms without rewriting history
Teams publish versioned templates. Submitted answers stay tied to the form used, while new work moves to the current version.
Permissions by OH responsibility
Operations, advisers, physicians and managers receive different abilities. Server-side checks keep those boundaries consistent.
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Comparisons
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Solutions
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Integration
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Related solutions
Occupational health referrals
Receive, triage and accept requests for occupational health input, then continue the work in a connected case.
Pre-employment screening
Move pre-employment questionnaires through review, clinical assessment where needed, and an occupational health outcome.
Sickness absence
Support the occupational health workflow that begins when absence, capability or return-to-work concerns result in a referral.
Frequently asked questions
How Occentra handles higher education work.
How does one OH team support academics, technicians, estates and professional services?
Everyone keeps one OH record, but referral questions and assessment pathways vary by job demand. A lab technician and a finance colleague enter the same service through routes that fit their work.
How are laboratory surveillance records kept consistent when research teams change?
Baseline, periodic and exit forms sit against the employee, not a project spreadsheet. Form versions preserve what was asked at the time. Employment history maintains continuity.
Can a referral describe hybrid work properly?
Yes. The form captures actual working pattern, travel, workstation and on-campus duties. The clinician gives advice for both settings with a clear review task.
What can a head of department see?
Referrals they manage, operational status and released work advice. Clinical form answers stay restricted to OH. Permissions prevent browsing another faculty's cases.
Can we compare demand across faculties without exposing individual health information?
Yes. Reports filter by structure, location and configured fields. Management views use operational categories and confidentiality thresholds.
What happens to OH history when staff change department?
The employee record stays. Earlier referrals, cases and forms are preserved. Manager access follows the new assignment; clinicians retain history for safe interpretation.
Other industries
One platform, different operating realities.
NHS and healthcare
Coordinate staff clearance, vaccination, exposure incidents and return-to-work advice across clinical services.
Local government
Manage referrals, surveillance and return-to-work support across social care, waste, highways and corporate services.
Manufacturing
Run risk-based surveillance, safety-critical assessments and exposure records across sites and shifts.
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