IOSH Healthcare Risk and Safety Management

Aims and objectives

On completion of this course delegates should:
• Understand the importance of health and safety within the healthcare environment and its relationship with clinical and non clinical risk management.
• Have a working knowledge of healthcare risks.
• Understand the role of governance and statutory bodies.
• Have a practical understanding of risk assessment and the application of risk management within their specialist departments.

Course content

The course covers the following subjects in modular form:
• Clinical and corporate governance
• Health and safety law
• Risk assessment
• Safety management systems
• Accidents and incidents
• Hazardous substances
• Infection prevention and control.

Intended for

This course is intended for directorate managers, ward managers and departmental managers working in acute care, primary care, ambulance trusts, mental healthcare and nursing homes. Also any healthcare staff with health and safety management responsibility such as health and safety representatives.

Why choose this course?

This comprehensive courses current healthcare concerns and addresses many issues around patient safety.
IOSH is Europe's leading body for health and safety professionals, the training qualification gained by attending this course demonstrates competency in the management of health and safety by satisfying the examination criteria of the only health and safety professional body to have achieved the Royal Charter.

Costs

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