Lone Worker Training

If a situation arises where you are required to work on your own with a member of the public, try and follow the suggestions below:

Always carry a means of contact, i.e. mobile phone or pager and let someone know where you are going, how long you will be, how you are getting there and getting back, a means of contact
If you are in a building on your own, use the door lock to ensure no one could enter the premises without your knowledge. Make security staff aware you are in the premises
If you will be working in a Trust where no other member of staff would be situated let someone know where you are and what you are doing, how long you are going to be on your own and try to carry a means of contact i.e. mobile phone. Consider pre-planning an incoming mobile call to check you are alright

Before beginning your post, check the hospital procedures.

Further information and guidance can be found at www.hse.gov.uk/violence/index.htm