What You’ll Learn

• Understand the organisation’s commitment to delivering services safely and effectively
• Understand the importance in acting in ways that are compliant to current legislation, policies and guidance for maintaining personal and other’s health and safety
• Know where and how to access local policies and arrangements for consulting employees on health and safety issues
• Be aware of COSHH and RIDDOR regulations and how to apply them to their place of work
• Describe what is meant by hazards, risks and risk assessment
• Be able to recognise the five steps to risk assessment process
• Be able to identify common hazards that can arise in the workplace that can contribute to slips, trips and falls
• Know the actions required to ensure patient safety
• Understand and know the processes of reporting and recording health and safety concerns
• Understand their important role in reporting incidents, ill health and near misses