Occupational Medicine Physician Jobs

This type of physician works to create the highest level of occupational health and safety that can be provided. There is a wide variety of discipline within occupational medicine. The idea of this specialty is that a physician works to manage illness, injury, or disability in the workplace environment. Examining, diagnosing, managing, monitoring, and treating employees and their injury or illness is a duty of a physician in occupational therapy. This type of physician also creates a work environment that safe, hazard free, and compliant with laws or company standards. The condition and health of employees is always number one priority to a physician in occupational medicine. The physician in occupational medicine also works to educate the employees within a workplace in order to reduce risk and injury. Occupational medicine works to reduce medical expenses for a company and increase productivity.