Course Summary
Patient Moving & Handling gives learners a practical understanding of patient moving & handling and how the topic affects day-to-day workplace safety, supervision and reporting.
Purpose
The purpose of this training is to help learners recognise the main risks connected with patient moving & handling, follow workplace arrangements correctly and support safer decisions before work starts, while it is being carried out and when conditions change.
Legal / Regulatory Context
Relevant context includes infection prevention controls, sharps safety, manual/patient handling, safeguarding awareness and the need to follow employer, clinical and local care procedures.
Who Should Attend
Suitable for employees, supervisors, team leaders, managers, contractors and anyone who needs practical understanding of this topic in a workplace setting.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the meaning and purpose of patient moving & handling
- Identify common hazards, unsafe conditions and warning signs linked with patient moving & handling
- Apply practical control measures and follow workplace procedures
- Understand when to report, escalate or stop work for safety reasons
- Recognise the records, inspections or checks that support good control
Course Content
- Risk assessment
- Equipment
- Communication
- Dignity
- Team handling
- Injury prevention
- Roles and responsibilities
- Common mistakes and practical controls
- Reporting, review and improvement
Practical QHSE Manager Focus
This course is written from a practical workplace management point of view. It explains what good control looks like, what records should demonstrate and what supervisors should check during day-to-day work.