Manual Handling Course

Next Date: Wednesday 18th September

Nurses must have passed their interview as a minimum.

The toll of injuries to nurses, carers and all others who care for people bears testimony to the inescapable fact that manually lifting people or supporting the weight of people is dangerous

You will receive 3 CPD points by attending this Manual Handling course. Morning and afternoon sessions are run at each location. Morning sessions are 9.00am - 12.30pm and afternoon sessions are 1.00pm - 4.30pm. Please only attend the session time that you are booked on. Finishing times will vary depending on the size of the group and any late attendees

The ‘Handling and Safe Movement of People’ half day update is a course that will:

• Give delegates an understanding of how to move safely
• Make delegates aware of correct handling and safe movement techniques
• Enable course members to understand the importance of implementing care plans concerning the person’s mobility

Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate how to move safely
• Use equipment and safe handling techniques to move patients and an awareness of the hoist and slings and bed work
• State the relevance of using risk assessments and handling care plans and the importance of using assessment tools to determine patients’ mobility
• Introduction to legislation that affects them, their job, their employer and employees:
• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHOR) 1992 (revised 1998, amended 2002)
• The Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWA 1999 (revised 2000, revised 2013)
• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 (revised 2002)
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998 (revised 2002)
• Equality Act 2010
• Advice on the principles of biomechanics and how they can be applied to the efficient movement of people
• Information on ergonomics as a means of reducing manual handling injuries
• Provide good knowledge of commonly used ‘unsafe’ lifting practices and an understanding as to why some of these manoeuvres have been ‘condemned
• Understanding of the use of patient hoists and range of small manual handling aids

Course materials
Prior to the course, delegates will be forwarded a Test of Comprehension (quiz) which you will need to complete for the trainers to mark and review as part of the course.

Delegates will also receive an Individual Training Record and binder with all course handouts included.

Course Agenda