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Travelling for Work

 

The Travel Doctor-TMVC is proud to have been the preferred provider to most of Australia’s (& many overseas) development organisations over many years. We have tried to ensure that we can offer the services that flexible, mobile & busy organisations in the Aid sector, & the development arena require.

But operating internationally may present risk for staff, & travel health issues are important. Protecting the health of yourself or your staff overseas is essential to ensuring the job gets done & with as little inconvenience as possible. The Travel Doctor-TMVC is the only serious travel health professional in this discipline & can ensure optimal pre-travel preparation is carried out as efficiently as possible saving time & dollars.

We look after your people & your organisation. Our clinics are highly accessible, open extended hours & have a national facility for 24 hour communication. We offer national, & international capability

 
For the short term traveller:

• The most current medical advice on international health risks
• Individualised reviews on a trip by trip basis, including managing travellers with medical problems
• Visa medicals where required
• A complete range of vaccinations
• International vaccination booklets to keep as personal vaccination records
• Antimalarial medications & information leaflets on malaria
• A broad selection of standard & customised medical kits for travellers including an authorisation booklet & instructions for use.
• Management of illness in the unwell returned traveller
• A range of billing options

For the Frequent traveller:

• The Travel Doctor-TMVC provides an on-line facility, known as the “Departure Lounge”, so frequent travellers can get their travel health advice in their office, & minimise the need to visit our clinics.
For the long-term international assignment:
• Customised medical examinations, with recommendation of suitability for a particular overseas assignment . medicals can be designed to met company OH&S requirements
• Preparation for overseas assignments with vaccinations, medications & medical kits
• An array of relevant psychological services for longterm assignees
• Assistance with ex-patriate health service requirements

For the Organisation:

• The Travel Doctor-TMVC provides talks, presentations or seminar speakers on issues relating to traveller health & expatriates based overseas
• A wide range of psychological screening, counselling services, & critical incident management
• The Travel Doctor-TMVC can act as your defacto medical officer for problems relating to travel or illness on return from overseas.
• We provide assistance with travel health policy development
• We provide consulting services for all OH&S requirements for organisations that have internationally travelling staff.



Click on the links below for more information specific to corporate travellers:
Resources for Organisations
Useful resources for organizations in managing their Travel Health needs
Travel Doctor- TMVC Psychological Services
For a range of psychological services that support organisations with travellers
OH&S Resources
For useful services in assisting organisation manage various OH&S issues
Departure Lounge

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Learn about the medical requirements for your destination by checking out the Destination fact sheets
Other useful information can be found in the Travel health fact sheets
Work out your vaccine requirements by looking at the My Healthy Travel Planner