Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Clinical Trainer

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Job summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for healthcare support workers/assistants to develop their career through becoming a clinical trainer. If you are passionate and motivated to teach and educate others, and promoting best practice, this may be the perfect job for you. It would be beneficial to have recent mental health care clinical experience.

Good communication, interpersonal and training skills are essential for the post, as these are required to provide high quality clinical teaching. As is the ability to travel around our city and counties as training is provided in bases local to the providers. The successful applicant will benefit from having significant health care experience to be able to refer to this during training.

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.

if you would like to know more information please contact lpt.learninganddev@nhs.net and ask to speak with Alison or Helen.

We are planning to hold interviews on Monday 5th February, notifiying successful applications on Monday 29th January.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Trainer will provide specialised education and training to all groups and levels of staff and students. This will include mandatory and non-mandatory clinical training provision. The core topics delivered are, clinical skills, 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 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.

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.

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9313-24-0048

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

N S P C C

3 Gilmour Close

Leicester

LE4 1EZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for assisting in the delivery of a broad range of mandatory and non-mandatory clinical training topics including but not limited to Moving and Handling, prevention of violence and agression, Resuscitation. The purpose of the job is to support Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in achieving and attaining compliance with the mandatory training register

If you like what you have read in this advert and would like to see more, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you have read in this advert and would like to see more, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

1. Knowledge of relevant subject areas; moving and handling, MAPA, resuscitation and first aid.
2 Knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
3. Effective training skills
4. Ability to work with minimal supervision and to act on own initiative.
5. An awareness of confidentiality and what this means in a training situation
6. Understanding of different learning styles and ability to adapt own approach to meet learner needs.

Qualifications

Essential

1. A training qualification such as a relevant NVQ at level 3, DTLLS or equivalent experience of teaching practical clinical skills

Desirable

1. Current licence to deliver 1 safety intervention training.
2. Current qualification to deliver Moving and Handling training.
3. Current qualification to deliver Resuscitation training to a minimum of Basic Life Support.

Experience

Essential

1. Experience of providing care to patients in community and hospital environments.

Desirable

1. Experience of delivering MAPA/Safety Intervention training.
2. Experience of delivering moving and handling training.
3. Experience of delivering resuscitation training.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

1. Knowledge of relevant subject areas; moving and handling, MAPA, resuscitation and first aid.
2 Knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
3. Effective training skills
4. Ability to work with minimal supervision and to act on own initiative.
5. An awareness of confidentiality and what this means in a training situation
6. Understanding of different learning styles and ability to adapt own approach to meet learner needs.

Qualifications

Essential

1. A training qualification such as a relevant NVQ at level 3, DTLLS or equivalent experience of teaching practical clinical skills

Desirable

1. Current licence to deliver 1 safety intervention training.
2. Current qualification to deliver Moving and Handling training.
3. Current qualification to deliver Resuscitation training to a minimum of Basic Life Support.

Experience

Essential

1. Experience of providing care to patients in community and hospital environments.

Desirable

1. Experience of delivering MAPA/Safety Intervention training.
2. Experience of delivering moving and handling training.
3. Experience of delivering resuscitation training.

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.

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)

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)