Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Moving and Handling Team and its ever-growing service.
As the Moving and Handling Trainer you will be supporting both acute and community staff with training as well as delivering best clinical practise across wards, departments, and other trust locations.
There are opportunities to develop knowledge in standard and specialised practise and be a role model for our acute, community and non-patient handling teams.
A thorough induction will be provided as well as designated time with the Head of Moving and Handling and Display Equipment to enhance musculoskeletal and display screen equipment knowledge.
There will also be time spent with both Moving and Handling Advisors to learn different techniques and problem solve.
Come and join the team and make a difference.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be delivering both theory and practical Moving and Handling Training across the acute and community sector.
They will also be expected to support wards, departments and our many community settings.
A passion for teaching and excellent interpersonal skills are a must in creating a safe and comfortable teaching environment as well as assisting with management of complex patients in the acute and community.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
The purpose of this role is to support acute and community staff in the delivery of best practice techniques related to moving and handling, in order to promote a safety culture that enhances staff health and patient safety and maintains compliance with current legislation.
The post holder will deliver high quality moving and handling training as well as deliver clinical practice in wards, departments and across our community locations, contributing to the reduction of work-related musculoskeletal injury and moving and handling incidents across all staff groups.
The post holder will be expected to develop their knowledge and practise in standard and specialised areas, be visible and accessible providing clinical knowledge and expertise in best practice when training and supporting acute and community staff.
The post holder will act as an expert and role model throughout the organisation developing the workforce with the ability to provide a high standard of moving and handling across the organisation.
Job responsibilities:
- Communication, working relationships and behaviours
- Act as a role model for the prevention of incidents by personally adopting and implementing best manual handling practice.
- Demonstrate excellent inter-personal communication skills whilst sharing knowledge and expertise in moving and handling with a range of staff and patients in differing contexts and locations.
- Take a supportive and coaching based approach when working with newly qualified/qualifying staff.
- Maintain excellent working relationships with all colleagues, managers, and staff at levels at all times.
- Adopt a professional communication style verbally and in writing, including in emails, reports and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
- Planning and organising
- Take ownership for the co-ordination of own diary on a day-to-day basis, in consultation with the Moving and Handling team.
- Assist in meeting mandatory training targets set by the Trust.
- Monitor, document, and report appropriately incidents related to moving and handling.
- Be able to plan and work independently in the office, training room and in acute and community settings.
- Organise information and evidence, presenting these in a report format where required.
- Managing equipment and resources
- Audit, maintain, monitor and keep accurate records of the whereabouts of moving and handling equipment across clinical, non-clinical and community areas, including safety checks and replacement schedules.
- Audit and monitor the condition of equipment in the training room, ensuring it is up to date and functional.
- Assist in the installation of display screen equipment for staff across the Trust as directed.
- Training and staff support
- Deliver generic and bespoke programmes of moving and handling training which can be flexible and responsive to Trust needs.
- Contribute to the review, development and continual development of moving and handling training to ensure content remains up-to-date and relevant.
- Incorporate new technologies and learning techniques to enable engagement with, and accessibility of, learning.
- Working with colleagues, ensure training schedules are planned and managed in a timely fashion, including all travel arrangements, training venues and equipment are booked in sufficient time prior to training session.
- As part of training sessions, influence and encourage staff to change practices which have been identified as possible contributory factors in poor moving and handling practice.
- Adhere to delivering training in line with current best practice, meeting legal requirements.
- Provide instruction and supervision to staff in the workplace including wards, clinical support departments and community locations/settings.
- Evaluate training and staff support activities and act on outcomes accordingly, including documenting and escalating any concerns raised in training sessions.
- Develop and promote equality of access for all staff across all programmes and staff support activities.
- If required, assist in the delivery of Conflict-Resolution Training after relevant accredited training has been received.
- Clinical activities
- To support staff in clinical and community areas with complex patients.
- Support audits where appropriate, including monitoring and investigating trends in the implementation of moving and handling.
- Support the investigation of moving and handling incidents.
- Personal development
- Adopt a reflective practice approach and be able to identify professional and personal developmental needs.
- Take active responsibility for continuing personal and professional development, including highlighting any areas of additional support needed to manger.
- Attended department/divisional meetings as requested.
- IT systems
- Link with colleagues within the department to access and analyse data as required.
- Demonstrate competence in using the Trusts incident reporting system.
- Demonstrate competence in using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and other related office packages as required for use within the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
The purpose of this role is to support acute and community staff in the delivery of best practice techniques related to moving and handling, in order to promote a safety culture that enhances staff health and patient safety and maintains compliance with current legislation.
The post holder will deliver high quality moving and handling training as well as deliver clinical practice in wards, departments and across our community locations, contributing to the reduction of work-related musculoskeletal injury and moving and handling incidents across all staff groups.
The post holder will be expected to develop their knowledge and practise in standard and specialised areas, be visible and accessible providing clinical knowledge and expertise in best practice when training and supporting acute and community staff.
The post holder will act as an expert and role model throughout the organisation developing the workforce with the ability to provide a high standard of moving and handling across the organisation.
Job responsibilities:
- Communication, working relationships and behaviours
- Act as a role model for the prevention of incidents by personally adopting and implementing best manual handling practice.
- Demonstrate excellent inter-personal communication skills whilst sharing knowledge and expertise in moving and handling with a range of staff and patients in differing contexts and locations.
- Take a supportive and coaching based approach when working with newly qualified/qualifying staff.
- Maintain excellent working relationships with all colleagues, managers, and staff at levels at all times.
- Adopt a professional communication style verbally and in writing, including in emails, reports and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
- Planning and organising
- Take ownership for the co-ordination of own diary on a day-to-day basis, in consultation with the Moving and Handling team.
- Assist in meeting mandatory training targets set by the Trust.
- Monitor, document, and report appropriately incidents related to moving and handling.
- Be able to plan and work independently in the office, training room and in acute and community settings.
- Organise information and evidence, presenting these in a report format where required.
- Managing equipment and resources
- Audit, maintain, monitor and keep accurate records of the whereabouts of moving and handling equipment across clinical, non-clinical and community areas, including safety checks and replacement schedules.
- Audit and monitor the condition of equipment in the training room, ensuring it is up to date and functional.
- Assist in the installation of display screen equipment for staff across the Trust as directed.
- Training and staff support
- Deliver generic and bespoke programmes of moving and handling training which can be flexible and responsive to Trust needs.
- Contribute to the review, development and continual development of moving and handling training to ensure content remains up-to-date and relevant.
- Incorporate new technologies and learning techniques to enable engagement with, and accessibility of, learning.
- Working with colleagues, ensure training schedules are planned and managed in a timely fashion, including all travel arrangements, training venues and equipment are booked in sufficient time prior to training session.
- As part of training sessions, influence and encourage staff to change practices which have been identified as possible contributory factors in poor moving and handling practice.
- Adhere to delivering training in line with current best practice, meeting legal requirements.
- Provide instruction and supervision to staff in the workplace including wards, clinical support departments and community locations/settings.
- Evaluate training and staff support activities and act on outcomes accordingly, including documenting and escalating any concerns raised in training sessions.
- Develop and promote equality of access for all staff across all programmes and staff support activities.
- If required, assist in the delivery of Conflict-Resolution Training after relevant accredited training has been received.
- Clinical activities
- To support staff in clinical and community areas with complex patients.
- Support audits where appropriate, including monitoring and investigating trends in the implementation of moving and handling.
- Support the investigation of moving and handling incidents.
- Personal development
- Adopt a reflective practice approach and be able to identify professional and personal developmental needs.
- Take active responsibility for continuing personal and professional development, including highlighting any areas of additional support needed to manger.
- Attended department/divisional meetings as requested.
- IT systems
- Link with colleagues within the department to access and analyse data as required.
- Demonstrate competence in using the Trusts incident reporting system.
- Demonstrate competence in using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and other related office packages as required for use within the role.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- ROSPA qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience in training/teaching delivery
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience including individual and group work
- Extensive knowledge of moving and handling techniques
- Experience of implementing moving and handling in a range of varied contexts and locations
- Proven track record of the development and delivery training programmes
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application to manual handling activities
Desirable
- Experience in staff support
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to demonstrate a practical, problem-solving approach to moving and handling issues
- Ability to prioritise and manage workloads effectively in accordance within agreed deadlines
- Excellent time management skills
- IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Innovative with a flexible approach to working duties/hours
- Passionate approach to teaching
- Willingness to learn and develop
- Respect for confidential and sensitive information
- Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-changing environment
- Positive attitude towards diversity in general, and specifically towards the rights, independence, inclusion and choice for patients who may have complex needs
- Be able to work independently, using own initiative whilst working as part of a team
- Occupational Health Clearance to carry out the duties of this role
Desirable
- Experience in supporting the wellbeing and emotional needs of colleagues
Other
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of TRUST values
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- ROSPA qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience in training/teaching delivery
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience including individual and group work
- Extensive knowledge of moving and handling techniques
- Experience of implementing moving and handling in a range of varied contexts and locations
- Proven track record of the development and delivery training programmes
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application to manual handling activities
Desirable
- Experience in staff support
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to demonstrate a practical, problem-solving approach to moving and handling issues
- Ability to prioritise and manage workloads effectively in accordance within agreed deadlines
- Excellent time management skills
- IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Innovative with a flexible approach to working duties/hours
- Passionate approach to teaching
- Willingness to learn and develop
- Respect for confidential and sensitive information
- Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-changing environment
- Positive attitude towards diversity in general, and specifically towards the rights, independence, inclusion and choice for patients who may have complex needs
- Be able to work independently, using own initiative whilst working as part of a team
- Occupational Health Clearance to carry out the duties of this role
Desirable
- Experience in supporting the wellbeing and emotional needs of colleagues
Other
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of TRUST values
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
Employer's website
https://www.wsh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
