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To give an awareness of food hygiene and safety. To ensure that healthcare workers understand their role and responsibilities regarding food hygiene safety in care environments.

This course meets the requirements of the NHS Temporary Staffing Contracts.

Course content:

• Legal Requirements (employer and employee responsibility
• Statistics (incidences of food poisoning)
• The Care Environment
• Facilities and Equipment
• Personal Hygiene and Health
• Food Handling Practices
• Temperature Control and Storage
• Cleaning
• Pest Control
• Kitchen Access

This course will enable the learner to gain an overview and basic understanding of the principles of Fire Safety and their responsibilities.

This course meets the requirements of the NHS Temporary Staffing Contracts.

Course content:

• Legislation and requirements
• Fire safety precautions
• The elements of fire
• How fire behaves in buildings
• Fire fighting equipment
• Classification of fires
• Fire evacuation

This course will enable the learner to gain an overview and basic understanding of the principles of Fire Safety and their responsibilities.

This course meets the requirements of the NHS Temporary Staffing Contracts.

• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (revised 1998) (amended 2002)
• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
• The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• COSHH and RIDDOR
• Lone Worker
• Handling Violence and Aggression
• Caldicott Protocols
• Risk Incident reporting
• Complaints Handling

By completing this course candidates will have been introduced to legislation which affects them, their job, their employer and employees.

This course meets the requirements of the NHS Temporary Staffing Contracts.

Course content:

• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (revised 1998) (amended 2002)
• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
• The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• COSHH and RIDDOR
• Fire safety regulations in the work place
• Infection control and standard precautions including MRSA and Clostridium Difficile
• Lone Working, Personal Safety, Violence and Aggression, Complaints Handling & Data Protection including Caldicott protocols

This course will enable the learner to gain an overview and basic understanding of the principles of infection control and their responsibilities.

This course meets the requirements of the NHS Temporary Staffing Contracts.

Course content:

• Cost of Infections
• Prevention
• Department of Health Guidelines
• RCN Guidelines
• Standard & Transmission Precautions
• Hand Hygiene
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Occupational Exposure Prevention
• Clinical Waste & Spillages
• HIV/MRSA/ Clostridium Difficile
• Infectious Diseases

Please note this course is suitable for healthcare locums requiring to work in the NHS on the temporary staffing framework only.

This course provides candidates of an awareness of the following:

• Definition of a Child
• Definition of Significant Harm
• Protection of Children
• Definition of Abuse
• Physical Abuse and Physical Indicators
• Emotional Abuse and Physical Indicators
• Sexual Abuse and Physical Indicators
• Neglect and Physical Indicators
• The Children Act (1989)
• "Every Child Matters" and The Children Act (2004)
• Vetting and Barring Scheme and the Independent Safeguarding Authority
• Child Protection Procedures
• Recording, Reporting and Referring of Abuse
• Female Genital Mutilation (Female Circumcision)