OccuMed Consulting

OccuMed Consulting Inc. (OMC) provides a range of occupational health services to employers, unions and injured or ill workers struggling to function adequately at work. Our primary goal is to help the worker to achieve a successful, sustained return to work whenever medically possible, and when it is not, to help identify a suitable accommodation.... We can also provide assistance in applying for LTD and CPP disability benefits, when appropriate. OccuMed specializes in managing complex cases such as those involving significant mental health conditions; substance abuse disorders; chronic illness with high absenteeism; and medical conditions with challenging employment relations issues, including those in safety sensitive positions. OccuMed is able to assist employers, unions and workers with Worksafe BC Bill 14 claims, to determine if the condition has arisen out of and in the course of the worker's employment. When do you need OccuMed? If there is a concern that a safety sensitive or non-safety sensitive worker has a substance abuse disorder. To determine if concerns about work performance, attendance and behaviour are related to a medical condition. To identify a suitable medical accommodation, when one is needed, including accessing LTD and CPP disability benefits. When you encounter work health situations that are beyond the scope of your existing resources and services.Read More