the dudley group of hospitals nhs trust manual handling training policy

5.0 MANUAL HANDLING INDUCTION TRAINING (APPENDIX 1 SHOWS THE INDUCTION
PATHWAY)
All new employees must attend induction training, as outlined:
5.1 All new employees (excluding Students (refer to point 7) and Volunteers (refer to
point 8)) must undertake the Manual Handling Induction training programme within
four weeks of commencing employment (Note this is held in conjunction with the
Trust Generic Corporate Induction).
5.2 All patient handlers will be required to complete the next available Patient Handling
Induction Course. The length of training they will need to attend will depend on the
extent to which they will be expected to handle patients (See Appendix 2). Staff
should be on limited/supervised manual handling duties, as appropriate, until they
are deemed competent to handle patients following successful completion of the
Patient Handling Induction Course.
5.3 On their first day on the ward or department, all new employees are to receive a
specific Local Manual Handling Induction by the assigned Manual Handling
Champion or Line Manager if the Manual Handling Champion is not available
(Appendix 3 highlights a suggested check list).
6.0 MANUAL HANDLING UPDATE TRAINING (APPENDIX 4 SHOWS THE UPDATE
PATHWAY)
6.1 Initially all staff (including student nurses, volunteers and Junior Doctors) are
required to attend a Mandatory Manual Handling Update Session on an annual
basis. The feasibility of bi-annual training for some categories of staff will be
subject to review once sufficient numbers of competent Manual Handling
Champions are in place.
6.2 The duration, content and method of Manual Handling Update Training will be
decided by the Manual Handling Champion, Senior Manager for the area, and
Manual Handling Co-ordinator.
6.3 There will be a number of Corporate Manual Handling Update Training sessions to
support the training delivered by the Manual Handling Champions. These will be
designed for staff who can not attend training delivered by the Champions. The
Corporate Manual Handling Update sessions will also give the opportunity for the
Manual Handling Champions to be assessed or practice delivering training.
6.4 Staff that work nights or unsociable hours should attend Manual Handling training
on organised sessions to ensure continuity in training. This may involve arranging
off duty accordingly to enable all staff to attend.
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