For Irish healthcare
Healthcare ergonomics & patient handling
Specialist movement, handling and musculoskeletal risk services for Irish hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, disability services and primary-care networks. HSE Framework provider since 2010.
QQI Level 6 · HSE Single-Supplier Framework · HSE Lot 8 · Galway HQ, nationwide delivery
HSE Framework Provider
Specialist Ergonomic Assessments
Lot 8 · SAP Vendor 10013281
Single Supplier for the HSE Framework Manual Handling and People Handling Training
Official Supplier of Display Screen Assessments under Lot 8 of the Framework for Health and Safety Consultancy and Training
Usafety is the Irish specialist on workplace movement, handling and musculoskeletal risk in healthcare. We are appointed under the HSE Single-Supplier Framework for Manual and People Handling Training and under Lot 8 of the public-sector Framework for Specialist Ergonomic Assessments. Our centre of gravity since 1995 has been Irish healthcare — most of our work is delivered into hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, disability services and primary care. Programmes are clinically led by our specialist ergonomics team, including the Specialist Healthcare Ergonomist to the HSE.
Why specialist matters
Healthcare ergonomics is a clinical practice
Patient transfers, bariatric handling, hoist competence, clinical posture and screen-based reporting all sit in one risk picture. A horizontal H&S provider treats this as a course; we treat it as a clinical programme.
HSE Single-Supplier Framework provider
Manual and people handling training delivered under the HSE Single-Supplier Framework to healthcare bodies nationwide since 2010.
HSE Lot 8 Specialist Ergonomic Assessments
Official supplier of specialist ergonomic assessments to the HSE under Lot 8 of the public-sector framework.
Specialist Healthcare Ergonomist to the HSE
Our senior ergonomist is an IES-member ergonomist with 25+ years of healthcare practice. Every framework engagement runs through our specialist team in Stage 1.
Single integrated stack
Training, assessment, software and clinical sign-off on one provider relationship. No fragmented vendor stack to manage.
What we deliver
Services for Irish healthcare
Patient handling, healthcare ergonomic assessments, DSE for healthcare admin, and FCE for return-to-work.
Patient handling training
Specialist people moving and handling training for nurses, healthcare assistants and care staff. QQI Level 6 accredited.
See patient handlingHealthcare ergonomic assessments
Stage 1 phone/virtual consultation (our senior ergonomist) and Stage 2 onsite assessment for clinical, ward, theatre, lab and admin roles.
See ergonomic assessmentsDSE assessments for healthcare admin
Workstation assessments for administrative, clerical, records, telephony and management roles in healthcare organisations.
See DSE assessmentsFunctional Capacity Evaluation
Return-to-work and workplace accommodation assessments for healthcare workers recovering from injury or illness.
See FCEWhere we work
Clinical and care settings
Hospitals
Acute, community, voluntary and private hospital groups. Ward staff, theatres, radiology, ED, admin.
Nursing homes
Residential and dementia care. Refresher cadences aligned with roster cycles.
Disability services
Residential, day-services and supported-living. Service-user dignity built into curriculum.
Primary care & hospices
Community nursing, public-health nursing, primary-care networks, hospices.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Why work with a healthcare-specialist provider for handling and ergonomics?
Healthcare ergonomics is a clinical practice, not a checklist. The risk picture in a hospital ward, nursing home, hospice or disability service differs fundamentally from an office or warehouse — patient transfers, bariatric handling, falls assistance, hoist competence, clinical posture, screen-based reporting and clinical equipment all sit in the same risk picture. A horizontal H&S provider treats this as one course; a specialist provider treats it as a programme.
What makes Usafety different in healthcare?
Usafety is the HSE Single-Supplier Framework holder for manual handling and people handling training, and the supplier of specialist ergonomic assessments to the HSE under Lot 8 of the Framework for Health and Safety Consultancy and Training. Our senior ergonomist is the Specialist Healthcare Ergonomist to the HSE. Since 1995 our centre of gravity has been Irish healthcare — most of our work is delivered into hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, disability services and primary care.
Which healthcare services do you serve?
HSE statutory services, voluntary hospital groups, private hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, residential and day-care disability services, Section 38 and Section 39 organisations, primary-care networks, community-care providers and laboratories. Our team scales from one-off assessments to multi-site framework programmes.
Do you work under the HSE Framework?
Yes. Usafety is appointed under two HSE frameworks: the Single-Supplier Framework for Manual & People Handling Training, and Lot 8 of the Framework for Health and Safety Consultancy and Training (Specialist Ergonomic Assessments). HSE bodies can draw down directly. We also serve healthcare organisations outside the framework on a direct-engagement basis.
How does the engagement work?
For ergonomic services: a Stage 1 telephone or virtual consultation is delivered by our senior ergonomist, followed by a Stage 2 onsite assessment by the assigned ergonomist or assessor, then a draft report for sign-off and a final report. For training: we agree dates, roster sizes, locations and equipment with you; instructors travel on site with all materials. We can be in-touch with a quotation within 4 working hours.
Talk to our healthcare team
Tell us about your setting and what you're trying to solve. We'll come back to you with the right service, available dates and framework drawdown options.
- Quotation + dates within 4 working hours
- HSE Framework drawdown available
- Nationwide onsite delivery