subject to a medical report

confused76

hi there...i've been invited to a job interview next week. In the job information provided it states that a job offer would be subject to a medical report. What would be the process for their obtaining this information and what sort of questions would they ask?

I have medical conditions which are relatively controlled by medication, or controlled enough for me to get back to work. I'm just a little concerned about this. Any experience of this?

Thank you x

t0rt0ise

You have to be able to do the job is all. And if you can do it with adjustments that's fine. It's just if say, the job requires lifting things and you've got a bad back, they wouldn't give it to you then. Needing time off for hospital appointments and so on counts as reasonable adjustments and that wouldn't be a reason to be refused.

Googlewhacker

t0rt0ise wrote: »

You have to be able to do the job is all. And if you can do it with adjustments that's fine. It's just if say, the job requires lifting things and you've got a bad back, they wouldn't give it to you then. Needing time off for hospital appointments and so on counts as reasonable adjustments and that wouldn't be a reason to be refused.

To be fair time of for hospital appointments COULD count as a reasonable adjustment...nothing is guaranteed.

confused76

t0rt0ise wrote: »

You have to be able to do the job is all. And if you can do it with adjustments that's fine. It's just if say, the job requires lifting things and you've got a bad back, they wouldn't give it to you then. Needing time off for hospital appointments and so on counts as reasonable adjustments and that wouldn't be a reason to be refused.

Googlewhacker wrote: »

To be fair time of for hospital appointments COULD count as a reasonable adjustment...nothing is guaranteed.

ahh ok, i understand, thank you both!

t0rt0ise

Googlewhacker wrote: »

To be fair time of for hospital appointments COULD count as a reasonable adjustment...nothing is guaranteed.

Unless the company was extremely small then they'd never get away with not allowing unpaid time off for hospital appointments if the condition was a long term one.

elsien

In our organisation we ask you to fill in a medical questionnaire following the job offer being made, then depending on what that shows up, this may be followed on by a referral to an occupational health professional for a more indepth discussion of the issues and how they relate to the job. With possibly a request to the GP for more info if needed (and it often isn't.) It's done after a job offer is made so that we're not discriminating against people on health grounds.
It is very job specific -for example I have a staff member with very well controlled epilepsy so following a risk assessment, no other adjustments were needed. Whereas a person who had a weakness in one arm had to be transferred to another workplace than the one he originally applied for as there was a lot of manual handling involving people and hoists that he was unable to do safely.
With mental health issues, it's more around how stressful the environment is, people's coping mechanisms, and the number of hours worked etc. All open to reasonable adjustment if possible.
Good luck with the interview.

Googlewhacker

t0rt0ise wrote: »

Unless the company was extremely small then they'd never get away with not allowing unpaid time off for hospital appointments if the condition was a long term one.

Yes but you didn't put that condition in your original statement and also you didn't state it would be unpaid. People could have read that as being paid time off.

19lottie82

I worked for a very large well known engineering based company and every new start is asked to attend a medical, all it consisted of was providing a urine sample for a drugs test

surreysaver

19lottie82 wrote: »

I worked for a very large well known engineering based company and every new start is asked to attend a medical, all it consisted of was providing a urine sample for a drugs test

That's not a medical - it is a drugs test!

planning303

a well known ferry company that i used to work for, got everyone to take a urine test as part of a medical.

They stage the whole thing to make you believe it's a drug test but it's actually to check for kidney protiens or something.

They find most of the drug users !!!!!! off once they hear they're gonna !!!! in a bottle LOL

surreysaver

liggins wrote: »

They stage the whole thing to make you believe it's a drug test but it's actually to check for kidney protiens or something.

That would be illegal and any medical staff involved could be struck off.