The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Division of Environmental Health Assessment, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention, is soliciting applications for the operation of an occupational health clinic to participate in a statewide clinic network. The regionally based clinics should use a public health approach to appropriately diagnose and treat occupational diseases to help improve the working environments in New York. These Clinics must employ multidisciplinary teams trained in occupational health including physicians, nurses, industrial hygienists, health educators and social workers, who will perform a variety of prevention activities as well as provide clinical services. In addition to seeing individual patients, the clinics must conduct screenings of groups of workers who may be at increased risk of such diseases as asbestosis, silicosis, or lead poisoning.
