Occupational Health

Partner with CentraCare across Central Minnesota for employee health services to keep your team healthy, engaged and productive. We’ll help you foster a thriving workplace by supporting your employees' well-being.

Build a Well-Rounded Workforce

Healthy staff make a productive workforce. Outside of their jobs, your employees have personal responsibilities and roles. They’re caregivers, family members, friends, parents, siblings and spouses. It’s important to help them stay safe and healthy at work and in their private lives.

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Why Choose Occupational Medicine at CentraCare

When you select CentraCare’s services, you’ll gain access to benefits that make us a top employer choice. Here’s why:

  • Comprehensive medical care provides a wide range of services tailored to meet the needs of your business and employees. From pre-employment physicals to injury care and wellness programs, we help maintain a healthy workforce.
  • Health care team expertise and experience in occupational medicine, offering specialized knowledge, ensures high-quality care for job-related health needs.
  • Customizable programs for your business fit the specific needs of your workforce to address and manage your workplace challenges.
  • Convenient hours and multiple locations make it easy for employees to access health services. This ensures your staff can get care without significantly disrupting their work schedules.
  • A preventive care focus on health screenings, wellness programs, and education helps reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.
  • Our holistic employee well-being approach considers physical, mental and emotional health, supporting employees to achieve a healthy life.
  • Strong community ties mean we understand your workforce. We can translate local needs and challenges into superior care and attention for your employees.

Request an Appointment

Employees can request an appointment in St. Cloud or Willmar by completing one of our forms.

Help Making Health Care Decisions 

Navigating the health system can be confusing. Work with us for a simplified experience so you don’t have to worry about every detail. Occupational health experts and team members at CentraCare can help you build a program tailored to your company's needs. Make the process less stressful with our guidance and ensure you use health benefits effectively. 

Employment & Workplace Services 

You can rely on us for a wide range of essential screenings, same-day injury assessments and drug and alcohol testing. You’ll find specialized physicals tailored to your industry's requirements. Take advantage of on-site service options to minimize workplace disruptions. 

Alcohol & Drug Screenings

  • Breath alcohol testing – Measures the amount of alcohol in a person’s breath
  • Blood alcohol screening – Measures the amount of alcohol in an employee’s blood to determine if they’ve been drinking and how much
  • Drug screenings – Detect substances in people with safety-sensitive duties and help you maintain a safe work environment. Rapid drug screening is available.
    • Urine collection for federal and non-federal drug screens

Employee Wellness Services

Promote and maintain your employees' health with health education and preventive services. Improve their well-being and productivity while lowering absenteeism and costs. 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Exam

This exam verifies workers’ health fitness for aviation duties to safely operate an aircraft, as the FAA requires. 

Hearing Conservation Program

This program prevents hearing loss for your employees exposed to harmful workplace noise. 

Physicals

Evaluate your employees’ overall health and risk of health problems with:

  • Pre-placement and periodic physicals – Determine if the potential employee is physically and medically able to perform the required job duties
  • DOT physical – Certifies that the employee is physically and mentally fit to operate commercial vehicles safely as required by the DOT
  • Military physical – Evaluates physical and mental fitness for military service

Workplace-Related Safety Exams

  • HazMat and other OSHA-required – Assesses your workers' health in high-risk jobs with exposure to hazards
  • Respiratory Physicals – Checks and monitors how well an employee’s lungs work to help find signs that work hazards might be affecting the lungs
  • Return to duty – Gauges the readiness of your employee to return to their work duties after leaving for injury, illness or other reasons

Work-Related Injuries

  • Return-to-work evaluations
  • Second opinions
  • Post-evaluations of infectious disease (bloodborne pathogens) exposure

CentraCare Advantages 

CentraCare is a large health system with services in many communities. If injuries occur, you’ll gain access to a quick referral system, a wide range of specialized experts and help navigating care and treatment. 

Serving Greater Minnesota Employers 

Trust our skilled teams at all our occupational health services locations in Minnesota to deliver exceptional care. 

St. Cloud

Get comprehensive occupational health services in St. Cloud. Protect your employees with screenings, injury evaluations and support for health and safety. 

Willmar

Protect your workforce and ensure regulatory compliance with our wide range of occupational health services, including physicals, drug and alcohol testing and work-related safety tests. 

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Contact Us

For a free consultation, call our Occupational Health team. We’ll help you determine what services your organization needs:

  • St. Cloud – 320-251-9675
  • Willmar – 320-231-5054
  • After Willmar clinic business hours, call Rice Memorial Hospital Lab at 320-231-4500 to schedule an appointment for post-accident and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol needs only.

Occupational Health services may also be available at your local clinic. Contact the CentraCare location closest to you for more details.

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Explore our health care facilities conveniently located throughout the region.

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