Course Agenda

Timing
Registration will begin at 8.00 on the first day with the course commencing at 8.30 each day and concluding at 14.30 with lunch. There will be two breaks for refreshments at approximately 10.30 and 12.30.

CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in Health and Social Care This qualification will benefit any health and social care worker, in the public or private sectors. It will help staff recognise the causes of harm and understand the significant risks that their actions can have on the health and safety of patients/clients and colleagues in their work environment. Successful completion of the training programme and assessment will enable candidates to understand the: • health, safety and welfare of staff and patients/clients in the health and social care sector • importance of risk assessment in the prevention of accidents and occupational ill-health • relevant legislation relating to good hygiene practice • concepts of hygiene hazards and infection control • importance of good personal hygiene • need for high standards of cleanliness to help prevent infection

Learning objectives
Following successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
• Understand the importance of health and safety in healthcare organisations and its close relationship with clinical and nonclinical risk management
• Understand the role of governance, statutory and mandatory bodies
• Have a practical understanding of risk assessment in relation to healthcare – including key concerns such as violence, aggression and manual handling

Certification
An IOSH Healthcare: Risk and Safety Management Certificate is awarded to all those who attend the course and successfully complete the written and practical assessments. Understanding of the course material is evaluated by means of a written assessment paper consisting of 20 multi-format questions and a work-based project utilising the tools and techniques covered during the programme.

Who Is IOSH?
IOSH (The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) is Europe's leading body for health and safety professionals. As an independent and not-for-profit organisation, IOSH aims to regulate and steer the profession, maintaining standards and providing impartial, authoritative guidance on health and safety issues.

IOSH believes that offering communicated expert advice from competent safety and health practitioners is an essential component in defining the safety, health and welfare policies of employers. By encouraging, facilitating and leading communication of good practices and expertise, IOSH aims to promote awareness of health and safety matters in the workplace and ensure that high standards are achieved, and maintained.

Programme

Module 1 – Introduction
• Overview and introductions

Module 2 – Governance
• Defining the terms ‘corporate governance’ and ‘clinical governance’
• Setting and monitoring of standards
• Embedding risk management in the organisation

Module 3 – Health And Safety Law
• Examining the legal requirements, the terms ‘common law’ and ‘tort’, including duty of care, sources of the law, HSE enforcement, health and safety legislation and civil justice reforms

Module 4 – Risk Assessment
• Recognising hazards
• Specific hazards
• Establishing level of risk
• Identifying and recording methods
• Risk financing
• Risk management standards

Module 5 – Safety Management Systems
• Examining the main elements of HSG65
• Planning and implementing a safety management system
• Measuring the performance
• Auditing and reviewing the system

Module 6 – Accidents And Incidents
• The factors contributing to the cause of accidents
• Costs of accidents
• Incident and near miss reporting procedures
• RIDDOR, the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations
• The duty of employers and first aiders
• Assessment of need
• First aid equipment
• The public and reporting

Module 7 – Hazardous Substances
• Dealing with safe use and handling of hazardous substances
• Substance form, entry routes into the body and managing occupational health risks

Module 8 – Infection Prevention And Control
• Identifying measures that can be introduced to control Infection
• Examining how cross-infection occurs
• Exploring the problems associated with sharps injuries

Module 9 – Occupational Health
• Identifying the causes of work-related stress, asthma, musculoskeletal disorders and noiseinduced hearing loss
• The risks associated with display screen equipment and manual handling
• Issues related to noise management, hearing protection and ergonomics

Module 10 – Fire
• Reviewing the main provisions of current fire legislation, the NHS Firecode plus other relevant guidance
• The fire triangle, categories of fire, fire protection and types of fire extinguisher
• The role of staff in an emergency

Module 11 – Workplace Safety
• Measures managers need to take to achieve compliance
• Areas of particular concern to the healthcare sector, including conflict management and customer care, radiation, control of contractors, transport and work equipment

Module 12 – Communication
• Methods of communicating health and safety information, including management training, induction training, toolbox talks, incentives, campaigns, newsletters and formal courses