Keeping patients, visitors and staff safe from harm in care settings through risk checks and safe practice.
Good work shows: Completes risk assessments for key tasks; reports incidents and near misses; keeps walkways, equipment and exits safe.
Health and safety in care settings is one of the healthcare skills on FinderK.
The job simulations and Skill Paths below include work that is checked for this skill. You do the work in an original fictional company and get feedback on it.
Nurse in charge, night shift at St Aldhelm's Hospital
About 54 minutes. Included in Plus.
A registered nurse has called in sick and a confused patient now needs someone with him all night. Work out what the ward needs, get cover through the escalation route, and allocate the night safely.
Skills: Calculate safe staffing from patients' care levels; Escalate a staffing gap in writing with SBAR; Allocate patients within load and competency limits; Plan for the time before cover arrives