Improving health and safety compliance for health care managers

Designed to provide a wide-ranging level of knowledge around health and safety, this e-learning course covers health and safety law, the hazards present in a workplace and how to implement effective and necessary controls. At the end of the course learners will have the knowledge and skills to effectively supervise staff.

Introduction to health and safety

Be confident health and safety basics before moving on to the advanced stuff

Accidents and injuries

Learn how to deal with accidents in the workplace and prevent future cases

Legal responsibilities

Understand your organisations legal health and safety responsibilities

Risk assessment (5×5 matrix)

Effectively plan and conduct risk assessments to improve workplace health and safety

Hazardous substances (COSHH)

Know how to handle and control different hazardous substances to reduce accidents

Workplace health, safety and welfare

Implement essential workplace health and safety protocols to improve employee welfare

Use equipment safely

Plan work equipment training and highlight repercussions of improper use

Fire safety

Ensure you and your staff know what to do in the event of a fire and how to remain safe

Ergonomics and manual handling

Get to grips with the right ways to lift and move items to avoid potentially serious injuries

Measuring and monitoring performance

Implement effective process to analyse health and safety training and result

The role of line managers and supervisors

Understand the impact of leadership roles and their influence on workplace health safety