That’s a phrase you’ll be hearing a lot at the TCI hospitals in Provo and Grand Turk.
A group of InterHealth Canada TC staff have successfully completed a high level Manual Handling Key Trainer course.
The eight participants, whose roles vary from physiotherapists to engineering assistants, are now fully-qualified to advice colleagues on the correct way to lift, push, pull and carry in the workplace.
Head of education at InterHealth Canada TC, Linda Gill, explained: ‘Firstly congratulations to the eight members of staff who took part.
“Being qualified means they are now able to support their colleagues in any given manual handling task.
“This means any job that requires pushing, pulling, carrying or lifting has to be assessed, planned and operated efficiently and effectively, but most of all safely.
“It’s an approach that affects every single member of staff throughout the hospital from lifting a ream of photocopying paper or moving a patient from one place to another.”
Group tutor was Jan Crawford from Centaur Training, based in the UK.
“Jan is a leading authority when it comes to manual handling and we were very lucky to have her here”, added Mrs Gill.
“Again it underlines our commitment to provide the very best qualified staff here in the TCI.”
The successful candidates were Kadesha Fletcher, Constance McLaughlin, Pheona Brown, Onia Jackson, Stephen McDonnell, Natoy Dilworth, Nicki Mullins and Peggy Samuels
