NHS WORKER - LONE WORKER DEVICE?

[Tryinghard19]

I’m about to start a job with the NHS, which will require some visits to patient’s addresses to assess them for their needs. I’ve been offered a loan worker device. Does anyone else use one of these? Is it purely if there is an issue that you press it or do you clock in and out with it? They said it’s up to me if I want one or not.

Take it, it will be a device that links to the police or your base to alert them your in danger.

I would take it. (At our place it is mandatory)

When you sign in and out on it depends on your workplace policy.

Where I am, staff sign into it when they are lone working - which could be at various times of the day (it isn't used as a clocking and out method)

Then, in an emergency, they press the panic button (and they would be already signed in).

All the people who are in the escalation route have to be signed in at all times (otherwise they would the distress signal would have nowhere to go, in terms of alerting soneone else. Ours are not connected to the police but there are three people in the escalation route above the lone worker who are expected to respond to the emergency appropriately).

Your particular workplace may vary on the details and policy.