The Independent Health Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Staffing

18.—(1) The registered person shall, having regard to the nature of the establishment or agency, the statement of purpose and the number and needs of patients, ensure that there is at all times an appropriate number of suitably qualified, skilled and experienced persons employed in or for the purposes of the establishment or, as the case may be, for the purposes of the agency.

(2) The registered person shall ensure that each person employed in or for the purposes of the establishment or, for the purposes of the agency –

(a) receives mandatory training and other appropriate training, supervision and appraisal;

(b) is enabled from time to time to obtain further qualifications appropriate to the work he performs; and

(c) is provided with a job description outlining his responsibilities.

(3) The registered person shall ensure that each person employed in or for the purposes of the establishment, or for the purposes of the agency and any medical practitioner with practising privileges, receives regular and appropriate appraisal and shall take such steps as may be necessary to address any aspect of –

(a) a health care professional’s clinical practice; or

(b) the performance of a member of staff who is not a health care professional,

which is found to be unsatisfactory.

(4) The registered person shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any person working in an establishment or agency who is not employed by him and to whom paragraph (2) does not apply, is appropriately supervised while carrying out his duties.

(5) The registered person shall maintain a record of the rostered shifts for each employee and a record of the hours worked by each person.