Global Health & Wellbeing Physician – Factory Medical Officer

• Ensure compliant biomedical-waste management and maintain ambulance availability, equipment readiness, servicing and documentation.

• Maintain accurate, secure and confidential electronic and paper health records.

• Support OHC budget planning, expenditure monitoring and cost-effective use of resources.

2. Clinical Care, Injury Management and Medical Emergencies

• Assess and treat illness and injury among employees and other eligible site personnel; provide first aid, arrange referral and follow up clinical outcomes.

• Provide on-call medical support for defined emergency arrangements, including odd hours, and coordinate stabilization, ambulance transfer and referral to appropriate facilities.

• Maintain site medical emergency preparedness for critical illness, casualties, multiple-injury events, infectious-disease outbreaks and business continuity scenarios.

• Follow up hospitalized employees and coordinate continuity of care, rehabilitation and safe return to work.

• Record and report first-aid cases, occupational injuries, illnesses and other reportable health events in accordance with company and statutory requirements.

3. Health Surveillance, Medical Examinations and Fitness for Duty

• Conduct pre-employment, periodic and exit medical examinations in accordance with legal requirements, company policy and approved protocols.

• Design, coordinate and evaluate risk-based health surveillance programmes using occupational hazards, exposure profiles and relevant clinical findings.

• Take relevant medical and occupational histories, perform focused examinations, arrange investigations and determine whether a health condition affects safe work.

• Review sickness certificates and provide clear, evidence-based fitness for duty opinions, including restrictions, workplace adjustments, rehabilitation and return-to-work plans.

• Manage sickness absence and complex cases involving disability, prolonged illness, injury or suspected work-related ill health, while maintaining medical confidentiality.

4. Occupational Risk Assessment and Occupational Illness Prevention

• Conduct workplace inspections and task observations with SHE, occupational hygiene, engineering and operations teams to identify occupational health hazards and assess control effectiveness.

• Interpret exposure and hygiene data and evaluate health risks from chemicals, dust, enzymes, noise, biological agents, radiation, ergonomics, shift work and psychosocial factors.

• Assess possible links between work and symptoms, injury or illness; obtain specialist input and support investigation, documentation and reporting of suspected or confirmed occupational illness.

• Recommend practical controls, ergonomics, job modifications and health-protection measures, and follow up implementation.

• Ensure assessments and controls are inclusive and account for relevant needs associated with disability, women’s health, pregnancy, reproductive health and life stages, without discrimination and with appropriate confidentiality.

• Analyse aggregated health and surveillance data to identify trends, higher-risk groups and priorities for preventive action.

5. Health Promotion and Wellbeing

• Plan and evaluate evidence-based programmes addressing occupational health, non-communicable and communicable diseases, mental wellbeing and lifestyle risks.

• Deliver employee education and individual counselling on prevention, early action, healthy behaviours and appropriate use of healthcare services.

• Implement relevant company programmes, including ergonomics, travel health, psychosocial wellbeing and healthy nutrition.

• Conduct or support periodic canteen audits covering food hygiene, nutritional quality, allergen controls and applicable health standards; document findings and follow corrective actions to closure.

• Communicate clinical and technical information clearly to employees, managers and non-medical stakeholders.

6. Team Leadership, Governance and Stakeholder Management

• Lead OHC personnel by allocating work, setting service standards, reviewing performance and providing coaching, supervision and operational support.

• Train and assess OHC staff on clinical protocols, emergency response, company SOPs, documentation and service standards to support safe, effective care and sustained performance.

• Maintain clinical governance, service quality, legal compliance, medical confidentiality and continuous improvement across OHC activities.

• Maintain professional competence by keeping current with relevant medical and occupational health evidence, guidance, legislation and good practice, and by completing required training on company processes, standards and SOPs.

• Maintain effective referral and emergency-support arrangements with specialists, hospitals, diagnostic centres and ambulance providers.

• Partner with site leadership, Human Resources, SHE, operations and Global Health & Wellbeing teams to manage health risks and deliver agreed programmes.

• Report agreed service, surveillance, programme and health-risk indicators to site and regional leadership, with actions and escalation where required.

Qualifications and Experience

• MBBS or equivalent recognized medical qualification, with valid registration and licence to practise in India.

• Recognized qualification or formal training in occupational or industrial health.

• At least two years of relevant clinical and occupational health experience, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial setting.

• Working knowledge of occupational health and safety principles, industrial hazards, applicable factory and employment requirements, medical confidentiality and occupational health standards.

• Experience in emergency medical response, fitness for duty assessment, health surveillance and clinical case management.

• Proficiency in English and effective communication in relevant local language(s).

• Ability to use electronic medical records and health-data systems, with working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Key Competencies

• Sound clinical judgement and evidence-based occupational health decision-making.

• Calm, accountable and decisive response during medical emergencies.

• People leadership, delegation, coaching and team development.

• Clear communication, collaboration and influence across clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

• Professional ethics, confidentiality and regulatory discipline.

• Data analysis, programme evaluation and continuous improvement.

• Commitment to inclusion and diversity, with the sensitivity and capability to address workplace health needs related to disability, women’s health and different life stages.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Global Health & Wellbeing leadership, Factory/Site Manager, Human Resources, SHE, Supply Chain, operations, engineering, and employee representatives.

External: Medical specialists, hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic providers, ambulance and emergency services, medical associations and relevant statutory authorities.