Hunter Industrial Medicine (HIM) is an occupational medicine practice that specializes in:

• The effects of work on health,  and
• The effects of health on work.

HIM has provided a comprehensive onsite consultation service to a variety of industries both in the Hunter Region and throughout Australia for over 10 years.
  
HIM is now able to provide a complete range of occupational medicine services offsite at its new purpose built clinical facility and training room located in the Maitland CBD.

HIM distinguishes itself from similar service providers by using occupational physicians and occupational physicians in training to provide the services.

The doctors at HIM are highly trained with a strong team approach to service delivery. The medical issues are considered in a broad context that includes the work environment, the social and cultural environment and the industrial climate. The focus is on the worker as both an individual and as a member of a larger organization and so effective communication is regarded as paramount to achieve the optimal outcome.

The doctors at HIM are committed to providing professional and ethical services of the highest quality. The doctors are affiliated with the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) either as qualified specialist occupational physicians or as occupational physicians in training. AFOEM is the body responsible for training and accrediting specialist occupational physicians throughout Australasia. 

In order to qualify as an occupational physician, a medical doctor, must take part in the AFOEM training program and complete an assessment process demonstrating competency in medicine, workplace assessment, toxicology, rehabilitation, communication, research and relevant legal issues.

What is an occupational physician?