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Working for Health

We started in 2013 to raise the bar in occupational health

Founded in New Plymouth by Jessica Green, a registered nurse and health and safety consultant who believed New Zealand businesses deserved better occupational health services: more practical, more personal and more rigorous.

More than a decade on, we work with everyone from owner-operators with fewer than five staff to national companies with crews onshore and offshore. We treat health and safety as one discipline, explain the law in plain language, and help businesses and their people take ownership of their own health and safety outcomes.

Jessica Green at her desk

Partnership, not paperwork

We learn how your business runs before recommending anything.

Health is the cornerstone of safety

The nurse and the safety consultant should be on the same team, and here they are.

Care as well as compliance

Chosen for expertise and for treating every worker in a friendly, caring way.

The people you'll work with

Jessica Green

Jessica Green

Founder & Managing Director

QHSE Consultant · Senior Occupational Health Nurse

Registered nurse working in occupational health since 2006. Graduate Diploma in OSH (Massey), postgraduate study in occupational hygiene, Graduate Member of NZISM.Read full bio →

Jessica has worked in occupational health since 2006. A registered nurse with a Bachelor of Nursing and a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (Massey University), she has also completed postgraduate study in occupational hygiene. She is a Graduate Member of NZISM and has served on the national executive committees of both NZISM and NZOHNA, representing Taranaki.

Jessica founded Working for Health in 2013 and still leads it, with a focus on quality, team development and helping businesses meet their obligations without the jargon.

Mikala McCallum

Mikala McCallum

Clinical Lead

Registered Nurse · BN

Joined in 2022, driven by protecting and empowering people's health before workers end up in hospital, and by supporting the clinical team to reach their potential.Read full bio →

Mikala joined Working for Health in 2022, drawn to occupational health because it matched her values: protecting, maintaining and empowering people's health before workers end up in hospital. As Clinical Lead, she's passionate about helping people reach their full potential, whether they're the clients she sees or the clinical team she supports. Mikala is a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Nursing.

Liz Kiss

Liz Kiss

Senior Occupational Health Practitioner

Registered Nurse · PGCert Health Sciences · HASANZ registered

In occupational health since 2018 and a past National President of NZOHNA. Person-centred practice built on communication, trust and empathy.Read full bio →

Liz qualified as a registered nurse in 2015 and moved into occupational health in 2018, after working in surgical recovery, medical day-intervention and gastroenterology. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (advanced assessment).

Liz has served as National President of NZOHNA, representing occupational health nurses across Aotearoa in work with government and other stakeholders. Her practice is person-centred and built on communication, trust and empathy. Liz is HASANZ registered.

Courtney Strickland

Courtney Strickland

QHSE Lead

Licensed Asbestos Assessor · Occupational Hygiene Technician · ProfNZISM · HASANZ registered

Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (Massey), working towards the International Certificate in Occupational Hygiene. Pragmatic, hands-on, current BOSIET.Read full bio →

Courtney holds a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (Massey University) and is working towards the International Certificate in Occupational Hygiene through NZOHS. As a licensed asbestos assessor, occupational hygiene technician and health and safety advisor, Courtney brings experience from transport, mould and flood remediation, food manufacturing and asbestos removal, and holds a current BOSIET for offshore work. Courtney is a Professional Member of NZISM (ProfNZISM) and HASANZ registered.

Courtney's approach is pragmatic and hands-on: getting alongside the people on the ground and connecting what's measured with work as it's actually done.

Jenna Deam

Jenna Deam

Business & Finance Lead

Corporate finance background

Chose a smaller organisation where people are genuinely the biggest asset and the mahi makes a real difference.Read full bio →

Jenna comes from a background in corporate finance. She chose to join a smaller organisation that matched her values: one where people are genuinely the biggest asset, and where the mahi makes a real difference to individuals, the wider community and the business sector.

Dr Abilash Menon

Dr Abilash Menon

Oversight Physician

MB ChB · MBA · OEUK Registered Physician

Medical oversight for the nursing team, with clinical review and physician sign-off wherever it's required.Read full bio →

Dr Menon (MB ChB, MBA) is an OEUK Registered Physician. He provides medical oversight for our nursing team, with support, clinical review and physician sign-off wherever they're required, so every assessment is backed by senior medical governance.

Mikala, Jess and Courtney at the HSE conference

What clients say

“The professionalism of the nurse throughout the project has been outstanding and I would not hesitate in recommending Working for Health to any company.”

Bruce Watson · Contract Site Supervisor & HSE Rep, Fulton Hogan

“MODEC has always found the team to be very prompt in their response. They have also been flexible with the challenges of working offshore.”

Morgan Davies · HSSEQ & Training Coordinator, MODEC Management Services (NZ)

Memberships & standards

  • NZISM
  • NZOHNA
  • NZOHS
  • BeSafe Taranaki
  • Building Wellness Taranaki
  • HASANZ-registered practitioners
  • WorkSafe-licensed asbestos assessors
  • Commit2Fit practitioner
  • IANZ- & NATA-accredited lab partners

Our HASANZ-registered practitioners: Liz Kiss, Courtney Strickland and Stacey Shearer.