Patient Moving and Handling Training

About Patient Moving and Handling Training

This safe patient moving and handling course, also referred to as the patient manual handling course, is aimed at all employees, whether first-time employees, those returning to work, or those who may not have any qualifications.

This training is ideal for anyone who needs to take responsibility for their own and others' safety in the workplace, and for those working in a care environment.

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This course provides learners with knowledge of the legislation applying to moving and handling people, as well as practical instructions enabling them to carry out related tasks

This course covers: Principles of good handling, unsafe techniques, common injuries, regulations, controlling a fall, post-fall action plan, getting up off the floor, using hoists, bed and chair transfers, rolling a patient, walking a patient, sitting up, lateral transfers.

This is a comprehensive and fully interactive training course and suitable for NHS use and across all other healthcare environments.This course features

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the legislation that applies to moving and handling and describe the responsibilities employees and their employers have

• Understand the risk assessment process

• Explain and use the principles of safe moving and handling

• Identify the effects of poor handling on employees

• Understand the importance of good posture and exercise to back care

• Use approved techniques for moving and handling tasks relevant to work

• Safely use mechanical aids available in the workplace

• Explain the importance of promoting mobility and independence

• Describe the causes of pressure sores and how to prevent them

• New chapter covering Patient Dignity (mobile vs only) 

This course is suitable for candidates who may be required to assist, move or handle patients both inside and outside of a healthcare setting.

Common job roles who use this course include:

• Nurses

• Care assistants

• Doctors

• Porters

• Healthcare practitioners

• Support workers for people with disabilities

• Support workers for the elderly

• Full time and part time medics

Once setup you can login from your device securely to ClickHSE, our award-winning online health and safety learning management system.

You can complete the course at a time to suit you and use bookmarks to return to your page should you need to take a break.

At the end of the course you will be presented with an assessment of multiple choice questions and will need to score 80% to be awarded the course certificate.

You can re-take the course or assessment as many times as you like during the lifetime of your course subscription.

On completion of the course the trainee will be awarded a fully personalised certificate which can be printed on the day and is also saved within our secure training platform ClickHSE.

Copies can be made available should a copy be required in the future for your evidential proof of training.

This course is also CPD accredited providing credits for your Continuing Professional Development.