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Occupational medicine is the only medical field located precisely at the intersection between physical and mental health – and the source of livelihood. Unlike other doctors who focus solely on diagnosing and curing a specific disease, an occupational medicine specialist examines how the medical condition affects your ability to function day to day at work, or alternatively, how the working conditions themselves affect your health.

Whether it is a need for a gradual return to work after surgery or injury, an injury that requires a change of position, a loss of working capacity claim, or routine exposure to hazardous substances – the occupational physician's opinion carries important legal, insurance and medical weight with the employer, Israel's National Insurance Institute and insurance companies.

What areas do occupational physicians focus on?

• Fitness-for-work assessments: evaluating an employee's ability to continue in their position after a work accident, prolonged illness or the discovery of a chronic disease, and practical recommendations for workplace accommodations (such as shorter hours, reduced physical load or avoiding night shifts).
• Exercising rights and loss of working capacity: translating medical diagnoses into a formal functional assessment, required for the approval of claims under executive insurance policies, pension funds, and the general disability or work injury departments of the National Insurance Institute.
• Resignation deemed as dismissal: issuing critical medical certificates for employees forced to leave their jobs due to a deterioration in their health (or that of a family member), in order to receive full entitlement to severance pay.
• Medical supervision and pre-employment: conducting fitness examinations for job candidates, and routine follow-up examinations required by law for employees exposed to risk factors (such as chemicals, harmful noise, radiation or work at height).

Occupational Medicine Specialists – Protecting Your Health and Rights in the Workplace

Occupational medicine is the only medical field located precisely at the intersection between your physical and mental health – and your source of livelihood. Unlike other doctors who focus solely on diagnosing and curing a specific disease, an occupational medicine specialist examines how the medical condition affects your ability to function day to day at work, or alternatively, how the working conditions themselves affect your health.

Whether it is a need for a gradual return to work after surgery or injury, an injury that requires a change of position, a loss of working capacity claim, or routine exposure to hazardous substances – the occupational physician's opinion carries decisive legal, insurance and medical weight with the employer, the National Insurance Institute and insurance companies.

What areas do occupational physicians focus on?

• Fitness-for-work assessments: evaluating an employee's ability to continue in their position after a work accident or prolonged illness, and practical recommendations for accommodations (such as shorter hours, reduced physical load or avoiding night work).
• Exercising rights and loss of working capacity: translating clinical medical diagnoses into a formal functional assessment, required for National Insurance Institute committees and for claims against pension funds and insurance companies.
• Resignation deemed as dismissal: issuing medical certificates for employees forced to leave their workplace due to a deterioration in their health, in order to exercise their entitlement to full severance pay.
• Routine medical supervision: conducting fitness and readiness examinations, as well as periodic follow-up examinations for employees exposed to risk factors in the work environment (harmful noise, radiation, work at height or chemicals).