Manual Handling Trainer

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Manual Handling Trainer to join our friendly team. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join the Manual Handling Training team as a Manual Handling Trainer.

This is a really good opportunity for a non-registered candidate with significant health care experience to be able to develop and grow into this role (e.g. Therapy Assistants and HCA's).

You would provide face to face hands on practical training and education to all staff groups on moving and handling of patients and loads. Training includes mandatory, non-mandatory, bespoke specialised training and onsite training sessions to specific staff groups. There will also be the opportunity to assist with provision of external training based.

The Manual Handling trainer will assist the service to promote musculoskeletal health at work and reduce injury. This will contribute to the health and wellbeing of staff at work and prevention of harms to patients.

The service operates across all Trust sites across Cheshire and Merseyside and also involves travelling to individual patient homes, therefore it is essential that the Manual Handling Trainer is able to travel to and from the wide variety of different locations as required for this role.

Shortlisting planned for: 14 November 2024

Interview planned for: 22 November 2024

Main duties of the job

This is a practical training post, skills taught are hands on practical, and you will be involved in the physical aspects of moving people and objects on a daily basis.

When not training you will support staff in the delivery of safe manual handling in patient care working alongside staff in clinical areas and home settings . Experience in moving and handling of people in a health care setting would be valuable.

In addition to training, the post holder will be expected to support with undertaking audits, site visits and support with incident reviews.

It is an interesting and varied role, with lots of opportunity for the right candidate to develop and progress.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

07 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-TWS6680298

Job locations

Hollins Park Hospital

Hollins Lane, Winwick

warington

WA2 8WA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver face to face training on manual handling
Support clinical teams with complex manual handling cases
Complete equipment audits
Support with DSE and return to work assessments
Maintain up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation, manual handling equipment and current best practice.
Support with the completion of clinical audits, visiting sites to check what equipment is in place and following up where necessary to ensure repairs and maintenance is completed.
Review incident data and support the Trust lead to develop action plans to address any concerns.
Assist with return to work manual handling assessments.
Engage with the wider Health and safety and clinical Skills teams, supporting where necessary.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver face to face training on manual handling
Support clinical teams with complex manual handling cases
Complete equipment audits
Support with DSE and return to work assessments
Maintain up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation, manual handling equipment and current best practice.
Support with the completion of clinical audits, visiting sites to check what equipment is in place and following up where necessary to ensure repairs and maintenance is completed.
Review incident data and support the Trust lead to develop action plans to address any concerns.
Assist with return to work manual handling assessments.
Engage with the wider Health and safety and clinical Skills teams, supporting where necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Certificate of Education or equivalent professional qualification in delivering learning e.g. PTTLS

Desirable

NEBOSH Certificate or other equivalent qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Proven experience of delivering moving and handling or other type of training in a health care/patient setting
Knowledge of safer moving and handling practice
Specialist knowledge of a range of hoists and manual equipment required in clinical practice

Desirable

Experience as a Moving and Handling Link Worker
Good presentation skills

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Skills

Essential

An engaging and competent trainer and presenter
Physically able to demonstrate moving and handling techniques
Effective communication skills - both oral, written and presentation skills
Proven organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
Computer literate
Ability & willingness to travel across the Trust

Desirable

Ability to collect, collate and analyse data in order to evaluate training needs and interventions
Observation skills for assessing competency
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills including sensitivity

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Certificate of Education or equivalent professional qualification in delivering learning e.g. PTTLS

Desirable

NEBOSH Certificate or other equivalent qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Proven experience of delivering moving and handling or other type of training in a health care/patient setting
Knowledge of safer moving and handling practice
Specialist knowledge of a range of hoists and manual equipment required in clinical practice

Desirable

Experience as a Moving and Handling Link Worker
Good presentation skills

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Skills

Essential

An engaging and competent trainer and presenter
Physically able to demonstrate moving and handling techniques
Effective communication skills - both oral, written and presentation skills
Proven organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
Computer literate
Ability & willingness to travel across the Trust

Desirable

Ability to collect, collate and analyse data in order to evaluate training needs and interventions
Observation skills for assessing competency
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills including sensitivity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.