Job summary
Moving and Handling Practitioners are responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating safe moving and handling procedures for patients and staff. This role involves training and supporting staff in best practices to prevent injuries and ensure the safe movement of our patients. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of ergonomics, risk assessment, and the latest moving and handling techniques as well as a enthusiasm for teaching.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role can be divided into 3 core functions:
Training
The post holder will be expected to deliver high quality and relevant training for all staff, developing training opportunities using technology to improve how we deliver both simulated and digital MH learning resources across Buckinghamshire. The post-holder will be involved in the design, creation and uptake of MH learning resources and educating staff in relation to safe manual handling across all disciplines within both the community, acute and specialist service provision.
Patient Care
The role will support the delivery of high quality, safe patient care in a variety of clinical settings. This includes both giving advice on complex cases, patient safety and equipment, and undertaking patient care visits within their normal residences, involving multidisciplinary working with a variety of both internal and external staff and care givers, liaising directly with patients, their relatives and chosen care givers.
Staff Support
To conduct workplace assessments in conjunction with the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team and departmental managers, in order to assess individuals on their ability to undertake workplace activities as required. This will include a range of audits, investigations, risk assessments, report and recommendation writing to eliminate or reduce MH hazards and risks within the workplace. To ensure the service meets with the required policy and legislative requirements for MH.
About us
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support senior staff in direct delivery of the Manual Handling Service face to face or virtually at an operational level, inclusive of case load management including provision of advice on the management of action plans for adverse incidents or change of work requirements to reduce musculoskeletal ill health.
- Collaborate in developing proactive working procedures and strategies to reduce manual handling risk. This will include reactive and proactive monitoring and examining trends in occurrence.
- Support MHSL to make recommendations including writing reports to managers at all levels to reduce risk.
- Contribute to Trust risk assessments and be able to make independent judgements and recommendations based on risk assessment, recognising conflicting views and professional differences of opinions. This will include producing reports to managers at all levels.
- Promote health, safety and wellbeing of employees in line with the organisations objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support senior staff in direct delivery of the Manual Handling Service face to face or virtually at an operational level, inclusive of case load management including provision of advice on the management of action plans for adverse incidents or change of work requirements to reduce musculoskeletal ill health.
- Collaborate in developing proactive working procedures and strategies to reduce manual handling risk. This will include reactive and proactive monitoring and examining trends in occurrence.
- Support MHSL to make recommendations including writing reports to managers at all levels to reduce risk.
- Contribute to Trust risk assessments and be able to make independent judgements and recommendations based on risk assessment, recognising conflicting views and professional differences of opinions. This will include producing reports to managers at all levels.
- Promote health, safety and wellbeing of employees in line with the organisations objectives.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong selfawareness with a desire to grow.
- Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
- Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist / Nurse / Midwife
- Recognised teaching & assessing qualification and teaching experience
- Nationally recognised manual handling / inanimate Load Handling certificate or relevant experience and the willingness to undertake
- Evidence of Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- Clinical credibility with experience of working within the healthcare arena across acute and community settings
- Quality focussed with high standards for education, learning and development
- Evidence of ability to work within a team of individuals to achieve a shared goal
- Experience delivering learning and development programmes
- Experience of supporting organisational change programmes
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation relevant to moving and handling and its role in a large and complex organisation
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential
- Professional and confident With well-developed listening and interpersonal skills
- Experience of applying risk management principles to work areas
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills ? Report writing ? Negotiating skills ? Influencing skills
- IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office packages including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy, sensitivity & integrity
- Resourceful and demonstrable experience of problem solving and creative thinking
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Quality focussed with high standards for education, learning and development
Desirable
- Be an active member of the National Back Exchange
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong selfawareness with a desire to grow.
- Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
- Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist / Nurse / Midwife
- Recognised teaching & assessing qualification and teaching experience
- Nationally recognised manual handling / inanimate Load Handling certificate or relevant experience and the willingness to undertake
- Evidence of Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- Clinical credibility with experience of working within the healthcare arena across acute and community settings
- Quality focussed with high standards for education, learning and development
- Evidence of ability to work within a team of individuals to achieve a shared goal
- Experience delivering learning and development programmes
- Experience of supporting organisational change programmes
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation relevant to moving and handling and its role in a large and complex organisation
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential
- Professional and confident With well-developed listening and interpersonal skills
- Experience of applying risk management principles to work areas
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills ? Report writing ? Negotiating skills ? Influencing skills
- IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office packages including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy, sensitivity & integrity
- Resourceful and demonstrable experience of problem solving and creative thinking
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Quality focussed with high standards for education, learning and development
Desirable
- Be an active member of the National Back Exchange
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
