The main purpose of a pre-employment assessment is to ensure that a potential employee has no pre-existing ill health or disability which may make the performance of the proposed job difficult or unsafe. Pre-existing disorders not detected before commencing work can add to your liability in the event of future claims of a work-related disease.

Pre-employment screening can also be used to assess whether the workplace can be adapted to meet the needs of a disabled person and also provides baseline data for future assessments.

Pre-employment assessments can be conducted in various ways:

1) A pre-employment questionnaire

This option is a paper based review, usually from a pre-employment questionnaire designed jointly by your organisation and Soma, in order to ensure that it is specific and appropriate to your environment. We will then assess and promptly advise you whether the proposed candidate is fit for the job role that is being offered.

2) Full consultation and medical examination

Some organisations prefer to have a full face-to-face pre-employment medical. Where there is a risk of a potential employee being exposed to certain occupational hazards, for example, a noisy environment, the pre-employment medical is a perfect opportunity to establish baseline tests such as audiometry screening, from which further tests during their employment can be compared.