Occupational Health Services (OHS) Post-Offer Placement Assessment (POPA) and Drug Screen Instructions

We look forward to you becoming part of the academic community at Mayo Clinic's campus in Phoenix, Arizona, in the coming months.

Important: All candidates are required to complete a Post-Offer Placement Assessment (POPA), including a drug screen, at least 10 business days prior to your start date/first day. Attending MCSGME orientation, starting your training program, and all patient contact will be prohibited until the entire post-offer placement assessment is completed and you're cleared for employment by Occupational Health.

OHS will be contacting you 90 days prior to your start date by email to start the POPA process. This email will come from the following email address: donotreply@mayo.edu.

To ease and expedite your onboarding, you will be submitting your POPA forms electronically and have required POPA testing (urine drug screen, immunization titers and tuberculosis testing) performed at a location near you or at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. If all the required documentation is not received within the required timeframe, this may affect your start date. 

Virtual/Remote POPAs are conducted in the United States ONLY. If you are outside of the United States, Occupational Health will assist in coordinating your required appointments once you are in the United States.  

If individuals live within a 30 mile radius of the Mayo Clinic Phoenix Campus: These individuals will have their POPA done in-person on the Mayo Clinic campus in Phoenix, Arizona. If there are any extenuating circumstances and the individual needs a virtual POPA, please reach out to Occupational Health to get this set up.

**Candidates outside of a 30-mile radius of the Mayo Clinic Phoenix Campus will be scheduled for a Virtual POPA**.

Mandatory immunizations include:

• Two MMR vaccines or documentation positive MMR lab titers
• Two varicella vaccines or documentation positive varicella lab titers
• Hepatitis B series
• Tdap or Td
• QuantiFERON TB lab test within the last 90 days

Mandatory participation (Receive vaccine or complete declination process):

• COVID-19 (seasonal)
• Influenza/flu shot (seasonal)

If there is missing documentation, Occupational Health will discuss drawing lab titers, vaccine options, and next steps at the time of your appointment.

Several of the components of the post-offer placement assessment, including the urine drug screen (UDS), have time-sensitive requirements. Failure to complete the required testing within the timeline will result in a delay in the start of your orientation and/or clinical duties.

New trainees are subject to the same requirements and process as Mayo Clinic employees regarding the vaccination policy as a condition of their appointment. Occupational Health Services will review immunization records of all incoming trainees as part of the MCSGME onboarding process.

If you do not have access to a computer/smartphone to complete the electronic paperwork, please inform Brittany Kelton (GME Specialist) for an alternative option. 

For any questions related to your Occupational Health POPA appointment, please contact the department via email DLARZOHSNURSE@mayo.edu or call 480-342-2304 (select option #2).