Band 5 Clinical Trainer

Job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, skilled individual with ideally in-patient mental health clinical care experience to come and join Learning and Development as a Clinical Trainer. We are seeking passionate individuals who are able to work within a team, act as a role model, empower staff and promote best practice.

Good communication, interpersonal and training skills are essential for the post, which will be proactive in the delivery of support, advice and training to all staff groups within the Trust. The successful applicant will have significant health care experience and be able to refer to this during training. Mental health experience is preferable but not essential.

There are excellent opportunities for learning and development available in the Trust and the successful applicant will be well supported and encouraged to develop in their role. Should the successful applicant have equivalent experience to a training qualification, they will be expected and supported to complete a minimum level 3 qualification in training and education. Train the trainer development will be required as part of the role.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Trainer will provide specialised education and training to all groups and levels of staff across the Trust. This will include mandatory and non-mandatory training provision. The core topics delivered are moving and handling, Safety Intervention, FFP3 Mask Fit testing and resuscitation. There will also be the opportunity to provide bespoke specialised training sessions / onsite training sessions to specific staff groups showing flexibility in approach based on assessment of need.

This role requires occasional travel to other training venues. There will be occasions when the post holder is required to attend meetings. The post-holder will also be required to spend significant periods of standing delivery training sessions and moving furniture for preparing training venues.

The nature of the training to be provided requires a significant degree of physical exertion, such as that required to restrain a person or move a dynamic load.

The post-holder may be required to carry a laptop and project to training sites.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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