An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Manual Handling Educator to join our friendly team. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join the Manual Handling Training team as a Manual Handling Educator.
You would provide face-to-face hands-on practical training and education to all staff groups on moving and handling of patients and loads. Training includes mandatory, non-mandatory, bespoke specialized training, and onsite training sessions to specific staff groups. There will also be the opportunity to assist with the provision of external training based.
The Manual Handling Educator will assist the service to promote musculoskeletal health at work and reduce injury. This will contribute to the health and wellbeing of staff at work and prevention of harms to patients.
Good communication, IT, interpersonal, and training skills are essential for the post, which will be used to proactively deliver support, advice, and training to all staff groups within the Trust.
The service operates across all Trust sites, and it is essential that the Manual Handling Educator travels to different locations for the start of their shift, including external sites, where their role requires them to do so.
Main duties of the job
This is a practical training post; skills taught are hands-on practical, and you will be involved in the physical aspects of moving people and objects on a daily basis.
When not training, you will support staff in the delivery of safe manual handling in patient care, working alongside staff in clinical areas. Experience in moving and handling of people in a healthcare setting would be valuable.
Successful candidates who are non-clinical or have limited clinical exposure will be assigned to a ward to gain patient handling skills in the first month in post. There will also be the opportunity to work alongside non-clinical staff with inanimate object handling.
There are excellent opportunities for Learning and Development in this specialty. The successful applicant must be prepared to:
1. successfully complete external trainer/education courses during the first 18 months in post
2. study at post-graduate certificate or diploma level at university within 2-3 years
If you have the necessary skills and abilities and would like to join our team, we would love to hear from you. For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Virgie Soriano, Senior Manual Handling Educator (internal 41347 / external 0121 424 1347) or Susan Ryan, Deputy Head of MHAE and Training Lead (internal 41347/ external 0121 424 1347 mobile 07407 790006).
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity, removing all barriers, including discrimination, and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions, and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected, and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Health profession qualification (Nursing, Allied health professional (AHP), Ergonomist) or equivalent qualification
* and/or
* Education qualification (e.g., for education Level 4 Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CET) or higher).
* and/or
* Training / assessing / education qualification specific to Manual Handling (e.g., Equivalent to RoSPA/EDGE level 3 qualifications).
* and/or
* General education to A level standard (or equivalent).
Desirable
* Ability to work at post-graduate level education for ongoing study at University or willingness to achieve this
* Award in Education and Training (AET) -- minimum
* IOSH.
* Coaching and/or Mentorship qualifications.
* Evidence of continuous professional development in current area of work.
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate experience of working in healthcare and/or with dependent people/significant carer responsibilities.
* Demonstrate experience of practical patient/load manual handling.
* Experience of delivering training/education.
* Knowledge and experience of IT packages e.g. Microsoft (Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Office 365/Teams.
Desirable
* Prioritisation skills with the ability to manage multiple strands of work.
* Knowledge of manual handling procedures and equipment.
* Experience of patient handling preferably in an acute care setting.
* Experience of development of training programmes.
* Knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation.
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Punctual
* Reliable
* Desire to further their skills and develop and continually improve specialist skills including agreement to study at post-graduate level after approximately 2 years in post
* Adaptable to meet service needs and work within a team.
* Ability to work flexibly. This includes working out of hours and at weekends as part of a 7-day working pattern (when appropriate service delivery allows and commences)
* Able to commute from home to allocated sites for the start of shifts; the team may be asked to travel to different locations during the day by trust transport.
Desirable
* Able to take a proactive approach in problem solving.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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