Transcript Health and Safety - Practice Manager

Áine Coady
NEBOSH Dip, BA Legal Studies, OFA Instructor
The Safety, Health and Welfare at
Work Act 2005
 Provide a Health and Safety Statement
 Carry out site specific risk assessments
Safety Statement
 The Hazards identified and Risk Assessed in the
workplace
 The protective and preventative measures taken and
the resources provided
 Emergency plans and procedures
 Duties of the employees
 Names of job titles and positions of anyone assigned
with safety responsibilities
Safety Statement
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Chemicals
Drug and Alcohol policy
Security Policy
Personal Protective Equipment
First Aid Equipment guidelines
Disciplinary and Grievance procedure
Dignity at Work Charter
Understanding Risk Assessments
Identify
hazard
Assess the
risk
Control
Measures
Risk Assessments
 Identify the hazards in the workplaces
 Assess the risks to safety and health at work
presented by these hazards
 Put control measures in place to reduce the hazard
causing harm
 Monitor and review the hazard and control measures
Risk Assessment
HAZARD
RISK/CONSEQUENCE
Portable Oxygen Cylinder
Fire, Explosion, projectile objects, serious
personal injury
Needle Stick Boxes/Sharps
Box
RISK RATING
Medium
PERSON AT RISK
CONTROL MEASURES
Staff,
Patients
Members of the public
Portable Oxygen Cylinder to be stored in a upright, secure
setting where there is no risk of tipping or crashing to the
ground. Oxygen tanks are used by applying a regulator,
which allows for the release of the gas at a controlled rate.
Caution must be applied when changing this regulator
(dangerous projectile objects). Empty tanks must be
disposed of as per manufactures instructions. No Smoking
around any oxygen source.
Needle stick injury, Disease, HIV, HEP C, High
HEP B,
Staff,
Patients,
Never over fill a Sharps box. Wear PPE gear at all times.
Always wear 2 pairs of gloves, and gown when dealing
with blood/needles. Always have sharps box to hand when
dealing with needles to avoid walking with needle to
locate the box.
Spillages
Contamination, Falling, Minor personal
injury
Medium
Staff,
Patients
Nursing equipment and materials, tools and small surfaces
are cleaned with 70% alcohol. Large surfaces such as floors
are disinfected with a chlorine solution 10000 ppm. Always
wear PPE gear (Gloves) when cleaning spillages containing
bodily fluid. Seal off the area after cleaning and toughly
disinfect.
Cables and sockets
Slips, Trips, Falls, Minor Personal Injury,
Low
Staff
Patients
Ensure no cables or leads are trawling along the floor.
Plugs should be checked to ensure that they are correctly
fused for the appliance that connects to it, i.e. desk lamp3amps, electrical heaters-13 amps, VDU’s- 13 amps. Plug
casings should be regularly checked and replaced if
defective. Sockets should not be overloaded.
Monitor and Review
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Consultation with employees
Inform workers on their duties
Implementation and Enforcement
Updates yearly or when conditions change
Avril Clinch
MBS, BSc, Dip. Emp Law
Are you Employment Law
Complaint???
Contracts of Employment
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001
 8 weeks
Permanent Contract
Fixed Term
Casual Contract
Specific Purpose
Written Policies and Procedures
 Code of Practice: Grievance and Disciplinary
Procedures
 Bullying and Harassment
 Equality Procedure
 Internet and Electronic Communications
Policy
Written Policies and Procedures
 Drug and Alcohol Policy
 Telephone triage/Medical advice
 Prescriptions
 Patient records
 Billing Protocol
 Dress Code
Annual Holidays & Public Holidays
Annual Leave Entitlements
 4 working weeks (1365 hours)
 1/3 Working week (117 hours)
 8% of all hours worked (max 4 weeks)
 Timing of annual leave
 Payment of annual leave
Public Holidays
 9 Statutory Public Holidays
 Different to Bank Holidays
 Full-time v Part-time
Records
Hours of Work
Maximum average working week is 48hrs and 13hrs daily
Rest Periods
 Daily: 11 consecutive hours
 Weekly: 24 hours
Rest Breaks
 A 15-minute break if working 4.5 hours
 A 30-minute break if working six hours
Double Employment
Records
Leave Entitlements
 Compassionate leave*
 Force Majeure Leave
 Maternity/Adoptive leave
 Parental Leave
 Carers Leave
 Jury Service
Records
 Recruitment
 Training
 Working hours
 Holidays and Public holidays
 Statutory Breaks
 Wages Records
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