Employee Screening for Wellbeing and Business Protection

Clarity Occupational Health’s post‑offer and pre‑placement medicals help you check that new starters are fit for role, protect employee wellbeing and reduce business risk from day one. Screening is designed to support people into work safely, not to exclude them unnecessarily.

What are post‑offer medicals?

Post‑offer medicals (sometimes called pre‑placement health screening) take place after a conditional job offer and focus on whether an employee can safely and effectively perform the role they are being hired for. The aim is to identify health needs, risks and support early, rather than to screen people out. Screening can range from simple health questionnaires to more detailed assessments where the role is safety‑critical or involves specific hazards. This gives you a baseline picture of health that can be helpful later if issues arise, while ensuring any necessary adjustments are considered from the start

How Clarity’s screening process works

Risk‑based approach

Screening is tailored to the role and workplace risks identified in your needs assessment and risk assessments, so people are not over‑ or under‑screened.

Confidential health questionnaires

Most candidates complete a secure health questionnaire that focuses on relevant health issues and job demands. Occupational health reviews responses and only requests further information or appointments when necessary.

Follow‑up assessments where needed

Where questionnaires indicate potential issues, or the role is safety‑critical, we can arrange telephone, video or face‑to‑face assessments. This may include targeted tests, for example where hazards or regulatory standards apply, as part of the wider entry‑screening cycle.

Clear, practical outcomes for employers

You receive an outcome focused on fitness for role, potential restrictions, suggested adjustments and any need for ongoing surveillance, not detailed clinical information. This protects confidentiality while giving managers what they need to plan work.

Types of roles and risks we support

Clarity screens employees across a wide range of sectors and risk profiles.

Examples include:

  • Roles with exposure to noise, vibration, dust, chemicals or other hazardous agents, where early baseline and ongoing surveillance are important.

  • Safety‑critical roles, driving or lone‑working where health can directly affect safety.

  • Roles with physical demands such as manual handling, working at height or wearing PPE.

  • Roles with significant mental or emotional demands, where early discussion of support or adjustments may help prevent future issues.

Screening can also link into your wider occupational health pathway, such as ongoing health surveillance or management referrals if problems emerge during employment.

Our values in employee screening

Clarity’s employee screening reflects the same values as the rest of our services.

  • We challenge assumptions, encouraging a focus on capability and adjustments rather than exclusion.

  • We innovate in how we collect information and communicate outcomes, using digital tools without losing the human touch.

  • We grow with your organisation, aligning screening to your changing risk profile and workforce.

  • We are driven to deliver fast, reliable turnaround times so recruitment is not delayed unnecessarily.

  • Collaboration drives us forward as we work with HR, managers and health and safety teams to keep screening proportionate and defensible.

Ask us about screening for your roles

Need Advice on a Current Case?

If you want new starters to arrive with the right support in place, and your organisation protected from avoidable health and safety risks, Clarity can design a screening approach that fits your roles and sector.