Occupational health screenings help you evaluate your candidates’ fitness for certain jobs. Checkr’s partner, eScreen, offers screenings in the categories below.
- Drug use
- Hearing & vision
- Immunizations
- Respiratory and pulmonary function
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- X-rays
Some locations have laws about occupational health screenings and employment. Consult your legal counsel about your compliance obligations.
Ordering
To add occupational health screenings to your account, contact Checkr. You can order your first occupational health screening 7-10 business days after Checkr adds them to your account. You can order drug and occupational health screenings separately or together.
Occupational health screenings are available as standalone searches and as add-ons. To add occupational health screenings as a standalone search, contact Checkr.
Screening process
Most occupational health screenings follow the process below:
- Checkr emails the candidate, inviting them to complete the screening.
- The candidate selects a screening location and prints their screening pass.
- The candidate contacts the screening location to schedule their appointment.
- The candidate completes their screening before the screening pass expires.
- If necessary, you can update the screening location for the candidate. You can also send the candidate an updated screening pass from “Pending reports” in the Checkr Dashboard.
- The screening location sends the results to Checkr’s vendor, eScreen. eScreen does administrative review of occupational health screenings to ensure that they’re complete. If results are incomplete, eScreen contacts the clinic for corrections.
- Review the screening results in the Checkr Dashboard.
If a screening is delayed because of missing paperwork, Checkr contacts the candidate to request the necessary documents.
Review screening results
To review results, open the candidate’s report and select Health Screening. You can also download a more detailed screening report from the "Report information" section of the candidate's report.
Turnaround time
After the candidate completes their screening, the average turnaround time to receive the result is less than 3 days. To prevent delays, ensure that your candidate calls the screening location to verify availability and has their screening pass.
|
Process |
Standard turnaround time |
|---|---|
| Most occupation health screenings | 2-3 business days |
| Screenings requiring blood work | 4-7 business days |
| Tuberculosis | 4-7 business days |
Screening locations that keep electronic records complete screenings faster than those that keep paper records.
Candidate experience
The candidate provides the personally identifying information (PII) below:
- Birth date
- Email address
- Full name
- Phone number
- Social Security number (SSN)
The candidate then reads and acknowledges receipt of applicable forms and authorizations:
- A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Disclosure Regarding Background Investigation
- Other state and required disclosures as applicable
- Authorization for a background check
After the candidate signs the authorization form, they download and print their screening pass. Candidates must have their screening pass when they report to the screening location for their screening.
If you applied for a job and want to know your background check’s status, log in to the Checkr Candidate Portal.