Staff Handbook

• Overview
• What Can We Offer You
• Your First Placement
• Documents and Information Required
• Criminal Records Bureau Disclosures
• Immunisation Requirements
• Timesheets and Payroll
• Your Responsibilities
• Health and Safety
• Moving and Handling
• Safeguarding Children
• Dealing with Allegations of Abuse
• Reporting Handling and Management of Complaints
• Additional Information
• Useful Contacts

Moving and Handling

All healthcare providers have a responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to ensure that:

• All staff are not exposed to risk of injury from manual handling
• A safe and ergonomically satisfactory environment is provided
• All agency staff are familiar with the policy

Patient Handling
With regard to patient handling, providers of care should have a non-manual lifting policy in place Where appropriate, in accordance with current requirements, you must attend a lifting and handling course on an annual basis and must be medically fit to handle patients.