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If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you’re looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
Job Specific Location/Base: The Orchards, St James Hospital, Portsmouth and remote
Hours per week: 37.5hrs
Job Summary
The Solent NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic PMVA (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression) trainer to join our Mental Health Services Team to plan and deliver training across the Trust and partner organisaitons.
Service Summary
Solent’s Mental Health Services cover a variety of different services including inpatient facilities for both adults and older persons, community services including rehab, crisis and health and wellbeing, IAPT Talking Change and learning disabilities. We are looking for people that work to the organisational Values of Honesty, Everyone Counts, Accountability, Respect and Teamwork (HEART), show in your behaviour that you value people and the care you give to them.
Job Responsibilities
You will have day to day responsibility for planning a training syllabus, based on the well-established training package from West London NHS Trust, to most appropriately meet the needs of staff. This will involve working within all identified areas of Trust and Trust related business ensuring that the level of training offered is appropriate, tailored to the needs of individual areas and will meet the differing learning styles of trainees and abilities, regardless of grade or experience. Ensuring that health and safety is maintained at all times. Along with other requirements of this post which can be found in the job description attached.
Personal Skills/Qualities
We require motivated and caring individuals to assist in our commitment to providing and maintaining high standards of quality care that is both evidence based and person centered. You will need to have good communication and people skills along with a flexible and responsive approach.
For more information on the post, please contact Jessica Hillman on either 0300 123 3922 or jessica.hillman1@solent.nhs.uk
Please note that should this post attract sufficient interest, we may choose to close at an earlier date. We strongly suggest that you apply at an early stage.If we have not contacted you within four weeks of the closing date of this post, please presume that you have not been selected.Candidates selected for interview will be contacted within 2-3 weeks; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders.
Note about shortlisting/interviews:
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated restrictions in place, we are currently unable to schedule interviews as we normally would. Therefore interviews will be held virtually until further notice. Please be assured that we will be in touch with details of the arrangements. We will endeavour to keep delays to a minimum but shortlisting may take longer than usual, dependant on staff availability.Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time.
The Rewards
Solent NHS Trust offers a competitive starting salary and access to a wide range of employee benefits:
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion starts with our people; shapes the way we deliver our services and the way we build our teams. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to help us deliver great care to all of our communities.
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.
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