Medical examination
If you apply for a position (or another position) in the LUMC or you wish to join the company emergency response team (BHV) you may have to undergo a medical examination depending on the position you apply for. The Health department is responsible for medical examinations. During the examination the doctor only assesses your suitability for the position at that moment. That is all. The LUMC pays the expenses.
Important to know
You may have to undergo a medical examination when you apply for a position:
- which is physically strenuous, with a risk of occupational disability and occupational disease;
- involving a safety risk concerning your own safety and that of colleagues, patients, students and visitors.
- student nurses
- student anaesthetic assistants
- student radio-diagnostics (X-ray) technicians
- student surgical assistants
- radiology personnel, category A
- personnel who have to wear a compressed air mask
- personnel working with vaccinia
- sterilization personnel A and B
Positions with limited medical examinations
Additionally there are positions requiring a more limited medical examination. During this examination the doctor only checks whether you are sufficiently vaccinated against Hepatitis B. This examination is obligatory for personnel who are regularly in contact with blood of other people, including:
- surgery performing specialists, including surgeons, ENT specialists, gynaecologists and dermatologists
- obstetricians
- operating theatre personnel
- anaesthetists and anaesthetic nurses
Examination from the company emergency response team
Finally, you may be medically examined when you join the company emergency response team (BHV). This examination is repeated after a number of years. The other examinations you only have to undergo once.