Pat Alexander

MSc LPD PGCE MCSP CMIOSH

I have worked in a variety of health care settings, a general hospital, with children with cerebral palsy under Dr Bobath, in a mental health hospital, in the community and as a Back Care Adviser for the NHS, and now as a Consultant Back Care Adviser.

I have studied and gained a post-graduate award in Physiotherapy in Occupational Health and an  MSc in Physiotherapy with my research on Risk Management of manual handling in Community Nursing, I have gained a post graduate certificate and Diploma in Back Care from Loughborough University and a post-graduate certificate in Education. I am also a Registered Member of National Back Exchange.

I devise courses at all levels, for care staff, assessors, Key Trainers and Management. I have been involved in writing manual handling policies and in strategic planning in manual handling matters. I provide a service of manual handling risk assessments in hospital and the community and provide training in risk management and manual handling to teach staff  strategies to ensure that their safety is compatible with the safety and needs of their clients. I teach on  under and post-graduate at several universities and am a tutor for the Disabled Living Foundation in London and the British Safety Council.  I have contributed to several authoritative texts in manual handling. I also work as an expert witness in lifting injuries, including for the HSE..

Publications include:-

Contributed to Interprofessional curriculum , (National Back Exchange 1994)

Adviser on  Interprofessional Curriculum Framework for Back Care Advisers (National Back Exchange 1997)  

Chapter 19  Handling Babies and Young Children in Guide to the Handling of Patients, 4^th Edition 1997 (RCN/NBPA)

Risk Management in manual handling for community nurses.  Contemporary Ergonomics 1998 (Taylor and Francis)

Co-author Guidance on manual handling for Chartered Physiotherapists for CSP, February  2^nd edition2002.,  editor 3^rd edition ( 2008)

Co-author Evidence Based Patient Handling: Tasks, Equipment and Interventions. Routledge 2002

Co-author Guide to the Handling of People (5^th edition2005, 6^th Edition 2011) RCN/BackCare

Co-author Manual handling of children (National Back Exchange 2011)