About ISR Institute's Nation-wide WorkSaver Employee Testing Systems
WorkSaver Employee Testing Systems is an ADA and EEOC-compliant proprietary employee functional testing service offered to industries nation-wide for testing the physical capacities and health status of conditional new hires and return to work cases following injury or illness. ISR Institute offers WorkSaver Employee Testing nation-wide via an expanding network of WorkSaver Affiliate Physical Therapy Clinics.

ISR Institute’s President is Ellen H. Bunch, R.N. Ms. Bunch is in charge of administrative functions, quality assurance, and coordination of WorkSaver Employee Testing for industries nation-wide via WorkSaversm affiliate clinics. ISR Institute’s Quality Assurance office is located in Houma, Louisiana.

ISR Institute’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Industrial Safety and Rehabilitation Institute and Clinic Director/Partner of ISR Physical Therapy of Houma, LLC is Senior Vice President, Trevor Bardarson PT, OCS, MDT, CBES.

ISR Institute’s Vice President WorkSaver Affiliate Clinic acquisition and training certification is Maria Adam, P.T., CBES.

Becoming a WorkSaver Affiliate Physical Therapy Clinic
ISR Institute currently has a WorkSaver provider network of over 110 physical therapy clinics and the number is growing steadily as more industries sign on for job-specific, validated WorkSaver employee functional testing services in different regions of the country. WorkSaver Affiliate Clinics provide new hire (post-offer, pre-placement) and post-injury /illness return-to-work, fit-for-duty functional testing to employees of industrial clients contracted by ISR Institute nation-wide.

The purpose of the WorkSaver evaluation is to help employers ensure that a person has the functional capacities to perform the essential functions of a job safely. Our job-specific functional testing protocols are ADA and EEOC compliant and have helped industries reduce injuries by more that 68% on average.

ISR Institute provides ongoing support to all WorkSaver Affiliates and provides quality assurance review on every evaluation performed. This helps to ensure that WorkSaver evaluations are always performed according to specified criteria and protocol at all times. As a result, WorkSaver Affiliates have an excellent reputation with our industrial clients for providing quality work that is reliable and effective. All WorkSaver functional evaluations are based on job-specific criteria derived from physical demand validations conducted by ISR Institute.

As a WorkSaver Affiliate, your clinic will be marketed to all existing ISR Institute industrial clients as well as new industries. We can assist your clinic as business partners in marketing to industries in your region.

ISR Institute requires WorkSaver certification training to physical therapy clinics to become part of the WorkSaver provider network throughout the United States. Training is very economical. We do not require the use of high tech equipment. Clinics must have the following prerequisites for certification training:

1. Hold a current license in good standing in the fields of physical or occupational therapy.
2. Have at least 3 years of clinical experience in orthopedic therapy.
3. Have good references in your community sector.
4. Have training and experience in functional testing.
5. Have training and clinical experience in musculoskeletal assessments, especially of the spine.
6. Have a facility that has adequate space and basic equipment to perform WorkSaver functional testing.