Patient Handling

Patient Handling and Moving is also known as Client Handling and Moving. Our Patient Handling and Moving course is a four hour course that includes practical session and demonstrations for each delegate.

We also offer Manual Handling Awareness courses, Manual Handling Risk Assessments and Manual Handling Train The Trainer.

Client Handling and Moving

Aimed at:

Our Patient Handling and Moving instruction course (also known as our Patient Handling course) is aimed at those staff members and carers that are faced with moving and lifting patients in Primary Care Trust or Residential Care environments.

Objectives:

The aim of this four hour theory and practical course is to provide each delegate with sufficient knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to undertake patient handling and moving tasks in a safe manner for all concerned.

Our course tutor is a registered health professional with over 10 years of practical patient handling experience.

In addition, our tutor holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education and RCN health authority certification to teach patient handling.

Who will benefit from this course?

The course is mainly aimed at those working in the social services, care sector and healthcare services.

These courses can be tailored to specific care/residential home and hospital requirements and need to be held on-site using your equipment.

About our Patient Handling Combo Course

The Combo Course covers patient handling and safe lifting and handling of loads.

Why a Combo Course?

Anyone who is involved in patient handling in a residential / care-home environment will also be lifting or moving items e.g. zimmer frame, moving chairs, trolleys, laundry, etc. Staff need to be shown both how to safely manage patient handling and how to safely lift / move loads.

Length of Course

The training course duration is 4 hours (plus breaks).

By the end of the Workshop all attendees to:

  • Have increased knowledge of safe patient handling.

  • Have increased knowledge of lifting and handling of loads.

  • To have increased awareness of preventive measures which can reduce the likelihood of potential health problems and lifting and handling accidents.

Areas to be covered within the Workshop:

  • Patient handling (including how to limit patient lifting by helping residents to help themselves).

  • Lifting and handling terms and what they mean.

  • Employer / employee responsibilities.

  • Patient Handling / Manual Handling Risk Assessments.

  • Health issues / looking after your spine and knees.

  • Safety issues / preventing accidents.

  • Lifting in the real world (practical sessions).

Practical Sessions will include:

  • Patient Handling and Lifting Activities in the Residential / Care-Home Environment

    • What patient handling and moving aids are available.

    • When to use a specific handling and moving aid.

    • How to assist a resident get out of a chair.

    • How to assist an individual walking with a frame.

    • How to turn an individual in bed without lifting.

  • Lifting and Handling of loads

    • Carrying laundry.

    • Moving boxes of supplies.

    • Furniture / equipment moving.

    • Movingtrolleys (tea trolley etc).

    • Moving a hoist / lifting equipment.

Course Materials:

Training manual and handouts will be provided and Certificates of Attendance for both Patient Handling and Manual Handling will be issued ten days after course completion.

Our Manual Handling Awareness course is normally a two hour session which includes a practical lifting demonstration and delegate participation. More details can be seen on the Manual Handling Awareness tab.

Our Manual Handling Assessment service is where we will send in an assessor to carry out a detailed risk assessment which will highlight areas that need attention and make recommendations to help reduce the risk of injury and ensure a safe working environment for your team. Please click on the Manual Handling Risk Assessment tab for more details.

Got a question?

Call now for more information or to book a course on 0870 118 8000

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About Worksafe UK

As you may already know, Worksafe UK is one of the largest Health & Safety Training companies in the UK today including Workstation DSE Risk Assessor Training, Manual Handling Training and Fire Warden Training and Competent Person Training to name a few.

For your peace of mind, all our trainers are highly experienced and each with many years of service in the Health & Safety field. Their experience allows them to go 'off script' where necessary to deal with questions relating to issues specific to your workplace.

Call 0870 118 8000 now for more information.