CSTF - Health & Safety

Health & Safety Online Training

Build a safer healthcare workplace with essential health and safety training designed for healthcare professionals, care staff, and support workers across the UK.

This CSTF Health & Safety course provides learners with the knowledge needed to recognise workplace hazards, reduce risks, follow safe working practices, and support patient and staff safety within healthcare environments.

Online Health & Safety Training for Healthcare Staff

This online CSTF Health & Safety training module helps healthcare workers understand their legal responsibilities, workplace safety procedures, and the importance of reporting hazards, incidents, and concerns.

The course supports safer healthcare environments by promoting risk awareness, communication, prevention measures, and compliance with workplace health and safety standards.

Who Should Complete This Course?

This course is suitable for:

• Healthcare Assistants
• Nurses
• Support Workers
• Senior Carers
• Care Home Staff
• Clinical Support Staff
• Agency Healthcare Workers
• Allied Healthcare Professionals
• Administrative Staff
• Domestic and Facilities Staff
• Any healthcare worker requiring CSTF aligned training

Course Duration

• Approximately 1 hour online learning
• Self-paced training
• Accessible on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• 1 CPD point awarded
• Certificate issued on successful completion
• 6 months access from the date of purchase

Course Aim

The aim of this course is to provide healthcare staff with the knowledge and understanding required to maintain safe working practices, recognise workplace hazards, manage risks effectively, and support patient and staff safety within healthcare settings.

What You Will Learn

By the end of the course learners will be able to:

• Understand the organisation’s commitment to delivering services safely
• Recognise the importance of following health and safety legislation, policies, and procedures
• Understand consultation arrangements relating to workplace health and safety
• Locate and understand workplace health and safety policies
• Understand the meaning of hazards, risks, and risk assessments
• Recognise common healthcare workplace hazards
• Understand how risks are managed using preventive and protective measures
• Apply safe working practices relevant to their role
• Understand actions required to support patient safety
• Recognise the importance of reporting health and safety concerns
• Understand incident and near miss reporting procedures
• Know how to raise workplace health and safety concerns
• Understand individual responsibilities relating to workplace safety

Course Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Health and Safety

Understand the importance of health and safety within healthcare environments and the responsibilities of employers and employees.

Topics include:

• Importance of workplace health and safety
• Legal responsibilities in healthcare settings
• Safe working environments
• Duty of care responsibilities
• Workplace safety culture

Module 2: Organisational Commitment to Safety

Learn how healthcare organisations promote and maintain safe services.

Topics include:

• Organisational safety commitments
• Workplace safety responsibilities
• Health and safety policies
• Procedures for maintaining safe environments
• Staff involvement in workplace safety

Module 3: Legislation, Policies, and Procedures

Develop an understanding of the laws and workplace procedures that support healthcare safety.

Topics include:

• Health and safety legislation
• Workplace policies and procedures
• Importance of compliance
• Consequences of non-compliance
• Professional responsibilities

Module 4: Consultation and Communication

Explore the importance of communication and staff consultation in maintaining workplace safety.

Topics include:

• Employee consultation arrangements
• Workplace communication procedures
• Reporting concerns
• Team communication
• Supporting a safe work environment

Module 5: Health and Safety Policy

Understand how workplace policies are implemented and maintained.

Topics include:

• Locating workplace health and safety policies
• Understanding organisational procedures
• Policy implementation arrangements
• Staff responsibilities
• Workplace compliance

Module 6: Hazard, Risk, and Risk Assessment

Learn how hazards and risks are identified and managed in healthcare settings.

Topics include:

• Definition of hazards and risks
• Risk assessment processes
• Hazard identification
• Managing workplace risks
• Preventive and protective measures

Module 7: Workplace Hazards

Recognise common hazards found within healthcare workplaces.

Topics include:

• Electricity hazards
• Slips, trips, and falls
• Chemicals and hazardous substances
• Stress and wellbeing risks
• Physical and verbal abuse
• Traffic routes
• Display screen equipment (DSE)
• Workstations and working environments

Module 8: Risk Management

Understand how healthcare organisations reduce workplace risks through safe systems and procedures.

Topics include:

• Managing identified risks
• Preventive control measures
• Protective measures
• Balanced risk management approaches
• Maintaining workplace safety standards

Module 9: Safe Working Practices

Learn how to apply safe working practices within healthcare roles.

Topics include:

• Safe working procedures
• Role-specific safety responsibilities
• Following workplace protocols
• Reducing workplace risks
• Promoting safe behaviours

Module 10: Patient Safety

Understand the importance of protecting patients within healthcare environments.

Topics include:

• Supporting patient safety
• Following healthcare protocols
• Reporting patient safety concerns
• Safe care practices
• Reducing avoidable risks

Module 11: Reporting Health and Safety Concerns

Learn the correct procedures for reporting workplace concerns and hazards.

Topics include:

• Importance of reporting concerns
• Workplace reporting systems
• Escalation procedures
• Communicating concerns effectively
• Supporting workplace improvements

Module 12: Incident Reporting

Understand individual responsibilities relating to workplace incidents and near misses.

Topics include:

• Reporting incidents and accidents
• Near miss reporting
• Reporting ill health concerns
• Importance of accurate reporting
• Supporting organisational risk management

Module 13: Raising Health and Safety Concerns

Learn how to raise workplace safety concerns appropriately and professionally.

Topics include:

• Internal reporting channels
• Escalation pathways
• Organisational procedures
• Staff responsibilities
• Supporting a culture of safety

Module 14: Information Management

Explore how healthcare organisations use safety information to manage and reduce risks.

Topics include:

• Managing workplace safety information
• Accurate reporting requirements
• Risk monitoring
• Continuous improvement
• Importance of timely documentation

Assessment and Certification

Learners will complete an end of course assessment to test their understanding of workplace health and safety principles within healthcare environments.

Upon successful completion, learners will receive a CSTF Health & Safety Training certificate.

CPD Information

• 1 CPD point awarded
• Supports Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) continuing professional development requirements

Why Choose This Course?

• CSTF aligned online training
• Designed specifically for healthcare settings
• Flexible self-paced learning
• Supports safer workplaces and patient care
• Improves hazard awareness and risk management knowledge
• Helps organisations meet workplace safety responsibilities
• Instant certification on completion

Nursing and Midwife Council (NMC) CPD Requirements

It is necessary to complete 35 hours of relevant CPD within the three-year period since your last registration renewal or since joining the register.

Of these 35 hours, a minimum of 20 hours should be participatory learning, involving activities that support interaction with other professionals.

Additional Information

If you need more information about this course, please contact Train Healthcare directly:

Telephone: 0208 3266 704
Email: contact@trainhealthcare.com

Please note that refunds are not available for online training purchases.

Enrol Online Today

Strengthen your understanding of workplace health and safety, improve risk awareness, and help create safer healthcare environments with CSTF Health & Safety Training online today.
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