‘FIT FOR DUTY; RETURN TO WORK’ was what another psychologist had written about our client’s employee, just days before that employee had come to work and killed a coworker, and left several others seriously wounded. ~Supervisor, Company Withheld
Fitness for Duty Assessment Evaluator and Consultant
With a Master’s Degree in Psychology from UCLA and decades of practical experience finding mutually effective resolutions for potentially violent or hostile workplace disputes, Pat has the ideal blend of academic knowledge and firsthand understanding to reliably and defensibly determine whether employees are fit to return for duty, and the conditions under which to operate safely moving forward.
Independent Fit for Duty Evaluation
Providing an independent, outside perspective Patrick excels at building and restoring harmonious working relationships in which the employees or groups involved better understand each other’s perspectives, perceptions, and other thoughts to enable effective communication, even under otherwise tense situations.
Assessing Fitness for Duty (FFD)
Pat’s criteria and methodology for assessing an employee’s fitness for duty combines a time-tested matrix of considerations incorporating the union, regulatory, local, legal, public relations, social, HR, and corporate perspectives unique to each organization. This ensures that the many organizations who trust Pat to correctly assess employee scenarios are provided a totality of insights to draw informed conclusions from.
Hostile Fitness for Duty Assessment Expert
A significant portion of workplace hostility originates with honest misunderstandings or miscommunication. Sometimes, an involved party might espouse viewpoints or exhibit behaviors that they seemingly cannot productively set aside – Pat has the unique ability to build rapport, identify underlying tensions and soothe misunderstanding, even in the most hostile, unpredictable or bizarre scenarios.
