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Moving and Handling Education

All Moving and Handling training courses are available for booking on eEES.

Use link to access course information and dates Moving and Handling Training – NHSGGC

NHSGGC Policy and Staff Return to Work Assessment

Moving and Handling Policy 2024

Line Manager request form for manual handling assessment of a staff member returning to work following a period of absence.

Return to work referral form

Clinical Handling Competency Assessment

Clinical Handling Competency Assessment within NHSGGC

All Induction (Foundation) courses remain the same, however, rather than providing refresher training for everybody irrespective of need, a process of assessment is used to identify where additional support may be required.

An overview of the approach and how it relates to the Acute Services and for Partnerships is provided.

Clinical Handling Competency Assessment Documentation

Inanimate Load Handling Competency Assessment

Inanimate Load Handling Competency Assessment within NHSGGC

Competency assessments for staff that regularly move and handle inanimate loads as part of work tasks.

Competency Assessment Documentation

Competency Assessors online recording link Not for clinical handling assessments. This link is for staff who carry out load handling and are not part of the Facilities Directorate e.g. housekeepers. Facilities Training and Education managers can input information directly into eESS from the tracker

Bariatric Guidance and Equipment

Guidance

NHSGGC Moving and Handling Bariatric Guidelines contain guidance related to moving and handling plus sized (bariatric) patients. 

Bariatric beds

The bariatric beds on the Clinical Therapy Bed Contract, including advice on which one to order and ordering instructions are in the resource folder. In addition to the bariatric beds, other specialist beds are also available on this contract, including low level beds and spinal beds 

Arjo rental phone number to order bariatric or low-level beds 08457 342000.

User guides for the bariatric and low level beds on the contract

User guides for the bariatric mattresses for use with Citadel or Baros bed

Rental Information for other bariatric equipment e.g chairs

Please forward request to procurement for purchase order number prior to contacting company.

Equipment

Moving and Handling Equipment Register

Please complete this register for all moving and handling aids kept within wards and departments.

Equipment Register

Hoist service and LOLER inspection schedules

NHSGGC’s patient hoists and standing aids are currently serviced every six months by contractors Drive DeVilbiss. When you go to use the hoist or standing aid, as well as your normal pre-use checks, if it does not have an up to date service sticker attached to it, please report this to your local Estates department.

NHSGGC’s patient hoists, standing aids and fabric slings are inspected as per the Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) every six months. Currently the inspections are undertaken by Allianz. When you go to use the hoist, standing aid, as well as your normal pre – use checks if it does not have an up to date inspection sticker attached to it, please take the equipment out of use and report this to your local Estates department.

Bed Maintenance Programme

NHSGGC’s patient beds are serviced annually and is currently undertaken by Drive DeVilbiss. When the bed has been serviced a label will be placed on the bed frame at the brake end.

Guidance on reporting faults to electric beds can be found here.

Equipment Information

A checklist for using hoists.

Hoist Sling Safety Action Notice 2024

Bedrails

Floor Recovery

Videos

PECOS Ordering – Slings and Sliding Sheets

Hoist Slings

Sliding Sheets

Guidance Documents and Links

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

NHS Scotland

Professional Bodies

NHSGGC Guidance Documentation 

Therapy Handling Guidelines

Assisting with:

Safety Briefing Notes – NHSGGC 

These Notes are developed in response to incidents that have occurred or hazards that have been identified. They are designed to be used by Local Managers to communicate key safety messages to their staff, taking no more than two minutes. They can be presented in a number of ways including at handovers, safety briefings and staff meetings. Not all Notes will be relevant to all areas.

Course Handouts – NHSGGC

Moving and Handling Overview Video

Risk Assessment

The risk assessments are generic in that they will apply to a number of areas within NHSGGC. You can download them to be included in your ward / departments Health and Safety Management Manual. If you do so however, you must ensure that you have altered the generic principles of the risk assessment to your own specific area, for example, you may have to take into account specifc risks associated with the environment you work in or the equipment you have access to.

Blank moving and handling risk assessment forms are available from the Health & Safety Risk Assessment Page

Musculoskeletal Disorder Guidance

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are problems affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves or other soft tissues and joints. The back, neck and upper limbs are particularly at risk. The aims of the NHSGGC Guidance for Managing Musculoskeletal Disorders  are to:

Information relating to treating minor musculoskeletal conditions can be found at www.nhsinform.co.uk/injuries/muscle-bone.

Moving and handling education within NHSGGC is divided into two parts. Induction courses for employees who are new to NHSGGC and do not have a Scottish Manual Handling Passport and update education.

The requirement for an update for staff undertaking higher risk manual handling activities, is identified through competency assessment. Induction courses remain the same, however rather than providing refresher training for all staff irrespective of need, a process of competency assessment is used to identify where additional support may be required.

Staff who require a replacement Scottish Manual Handling Passport can request an electronic version if trained in NHSGGC within the last two years.

Booking

Nominations for all NHSGGC Moving and Handling courses to be made through eESS.  

Information for delegates

Please ensure delegate is aware of dress code for Moving and Handling Training, appropriate clothing and footwear for practical work. Class register requires payroll number or eESS ID, bring copy of this to the training day.

Records

Attendance will be recorded on eESS. In addition local managers should keep local training records and to assist with this if a delegate does not attend the nominating person will be contacted within 24 hours to inform them of the non-attendance. 

Courses

Moving and Handling Induction

Practical moving and handling training is now a one day course, dates and venues available to view on eESS.

Staff should have completed Manual Handling Theory on Learnpro prior to attending the practical course, staff should bring evidence of completing module to practical training.

Competency Assessors Course – Patient Handling

Staff who complete a one day competency assessor course will be able to carry out moving and handling assessments within ward / department.

Competency Assessors Update

Staff who have previously attended a one day competency assessors course can request onsite support, send email to M & H inbox and a member of the team will be in touch to arrange a session.

Load Handling Training – Induction and Competency Assessor

Please request by sending details to the M & H inbox & a member of the team will be in touch to arrange a session.

Onsite Coaching

Please request by sending details to the M & H inbox & a member of the team will be in touch to arrange a session.

For any further information email the Moving and Handling inbox ggc.movinghandling@nhs.scot

Please find all Safety Health and Wellbeing information for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on our dedicated SharePoint site below.