Manual Handling Trainer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 06 November 2024
Job summary
- Assist the Back Care Advisors to reduce the incidence of muscular skeletal injury in specific areas of the Trust through supporting a bespoke programme of training, assessment, education and support.
- Use professional experience and subject knowledge to advise clinical staff in appropriate manual handling techniques for the speciality, acknowledging limitations and seeking support from the Back Care Advisors as required.
- Provide advice under guidance to departmental and clinical staff in manual handling situations through planned meetings or within local training sessions. In clinical areas this involves discussions with clinical staff, advising on generic patient assessment and the implementation of manual handling care plans.
- Keep abreast of clinical developments and research that will have implications for safe practice and to regularly visit clinical areas/ National back exchange meetings to maintain awareness of current patient handling techniques.
- Be involved and support specialist manual handling practice by networking with other external manual handling specialists and or development groups.
Main duties of the job
- Work within and support the back care specialist team to promote best practice and safe systems of work for back care and manual handling across the Trust.
- Work with the team to deliver a strategy aimed at reducing musculoskeletal injuries within the Trust under the guidance and support of the Lead Back Care Advisor / nominated deputy.
- Deliver trust-wide mandatory manual handling training as part of the strategy to reduce manual handling and ergonomically related injuries.
- Provide support to unit-based Back Care Facilitators giving advice and guidance on manual handling update training at departmental/clinical level.
- Assist in the development, delivery and evaluation of manual handling training and education programmes and participate in audit activity as required.
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with the appropriate professional code / Trust values.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with the Manual Handling Training Coordinator and other Manual Handling Trainers to ensure the effective and efficient running of the manual handling training centre.
- Be responsible for the delivery of all mandatory central manual handling training to staff, both clinical and non clinical, and support the back care facilitator training system.
- Support, supervise and, where necessary, train with the unit-based Back Care Facilitators at departmental level, working with the back care advisors to adapt techniques to prevent back injuries and promote safe handling techniques.
- Promote recommended standards of practice, in line with professional bodies, during training, ensuring all measures are taken to promote the safety of staff and that any incidents/near misses are reported in a timely manner.
- Promote risk assessment within the training sessions as a tool to develop safe practices, safeguard staff, and to effectively communicate advice on back care and moving and handling to multidisciplinary teams.
- During training utilise creative approaches to meet learning needs of different staff groups, identifying and effectively managing barriers to safe practice through discussion, reassurance and problem-solving, acknowledging participants knowledge and skills within their speciality area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with the Manual Handling Training Coordinator and other Manual Handling Trainers to ensure the effective and efficient running of the manual handling training centre.
- Be responsible for the delivery of all mandatory central manual handling training to staff, both clinical and non clinical, and support the back care facilitator training system.
- Support, supervise and, where necessary, train with the unit-based Back Care Facilitators at departmental level, working with the back care advisors to adapt techniques to prevent back injuries and promote safe handling techniques.
- Promote recommended standards of practice, in line with professional bodies, during training, ensuring all measures are taken to promote the safety of staff and that any incidents/near misses are reported in a timely manner.
- Promote risk assessment within the training sessions as a tool to develop safe practices, safeguard staff, and to effectively communicate advice on back care and moving and handling to multidisciplinary teams.
- During training utilise creative approaches to meet learning needs of different staff groups, identifying and effectively managing barriers to safe practice through discussion, reassurance and problem-solving, acknowledging participants knowledge and skills within their speciality area.
Person Specification
Interview / Demonstration
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Interview / Demonstration
Essential
Desirable
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).
