Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Moving and Handling Team at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will be based on the St Peter's site but will need to work cross-site at Ashford and Woking Hospitals when required. You will work as part of the Trust Harms Free Care Team.
This post is ideally suited to an experienced health care professional, Physiotherapist, Nurse, or Occupational Therapist with a current professional registration.
If you have experience in moving and handling of patients, a passion for teaching, and a desire to support the health and wellbeing of staff and patients within our trust, we would be delighted to have you on board.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead on updating, facilitating, and implementing a moving and handling strategy that will eliminate or minimise moving and handling risk activities.
2. Interpret and disseminate existing, and new, moving and handling legislation ensuring Trust compliance and best practice.
3. Ensure Moving and Handling Policy and Bariatric Handling Guidance is contemporaneous reflecting national guidance and best practice.
4. Be responsible for the design, organisation and delivery of innovative and engaging clinical and non-clinical moving and handling training in line with Skills for Health framework and National Health Litigation Authority (NHSLA) standards relevant to moving and handling.
5. Promote a safe, secure, and healthy environment for patients and staff in line with agreed Risk and Occupational Health Strategies.
6. Monitor, analyse and action all moving and handling incidents, identifying trends and escalating these to the Nurse Consultant Harms Free Care.
7. Set, review and implement agreed control measures to eliminate/minimise associated musculoskeletal ill health and provide ergonomic advice and consultancy in liaison with occupational health.
8. Liaise with suppliers, purchasing Managers, and Procurement on provision and maintenance needs, including the writing of business cases to ensure handling equipment meets the needs of the Trust.
9. Lead on multidisciplinary projects related to moving and handling.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
1. Undertake specialised holistic moving and handling assessments for the Trust including those with complex presentations or environmental challenges.
2. Manage risk reduction through redesign, training and/or equipment provision as required under current legislation.
3. Provide specialist advice and make decisions with due respect for the rights and dignity and cultural needs of the individual patients and the health and safety needs of staff.
4. Communicate often highly complex information to senior management and general staff to inform them of the range of solutions and management of risks.
5. Provide moving and handling assessments to all hospital staff, as required, formulating a solution and appropriate plan based on sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and risk management.
6. Assess and evaluate the safe ergonomic practice of moving and handling across the Trust and be actively involved in initiating changes in line with evidence-based practice and clinical governance.
7. Evaluate staff practice, analyse reassess and intervene as required.
Work alongside staff in the clinical areas to promote safe moving and handling. To be highly competent in assessing a wide range of complex moving and handling based on advanced theoretical knowledge of legal requirements, risk assessment in situations where conflicting evidence is present.
1. Keep professionally up to date with clinical and moving and handling practice, through post-registration educational studies, networking, conferences, and be proactive as a manager to other staff in this respect.
To be aware of other interventions that can be used in conjunction with health and safety practice to maximise staff and patient benefit and work collaboratively with other health professionals and the health and safety committee.
Leadership Support
1. Lead the Moving and Handling Team.
2. Interpret and disseminate existing and new moving and handling legislation ensuring that the Trust is made aware and understands necessary actions for compliance.
3. Investigate all moving and handling incidents and near misses reported via Datix. Monitor, analyse and action through identification of trends and make recommendations to resolve issues.
4. Liaise with colleagues from other disciplines within and external to Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring effective communication and networking.
5. Advise and work with Senior Staff in the management of Occupational Health staff referrals following musculoskeletal absence and returning to work.
6. Research, assess and evaluate ergonomic equipment and products with manufacturers.
7. Ensure risk assessments and care plans on the electronic patient record reflect current best practice and national guidance.
8. Identify and manage challenging behaviours which may create a barrier to optimal manual handling in the clinical setting.
9. Support with PSIRF investigations in relation to moving and handling incidences.
Encourage others to seek advice and solutions to problems in relation to moving and handling.
1. Ensure Trust compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (amended 2002) for all aspects of moving and handling.
Information and reporting
1. Maintain accurate and up to date records on staff training and risk assessment in accordance with Trust Policies.
2. With the Nurse Consultant Harms Free Care report to the Health and Safety Committee any clinical concerns in relation to moving and handling.
3. Provide reports for legal and risk purposes as requested.
4. Undertake audits outlining compliance of the Moving and Handling Policy, including moving and handling assessment documentation, handling techniques, training compliance for the National Health Litigation Authority (NHSLA) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) as required.
Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to moving and handling.
Support in setting and maintaining optimal standards of clinical practice and training in relation to moving and handling.
Keep up to date and act consistently with quality standards and guidelines within moving and handling.
Monitor the quality of work in own area, raise quality issues and related risks and bring to the attention of the Nurse Consultant for Harms Free Care.
Research and development
1. Lead the evaluation of clinical practice within the Moving and handling service, through clinical audit and/or research projects. Implement changes in line with evidence-based practice.
Service improvement
1. Identify opportunities, and participate in initiatives to improve the moving and handling service in order to provide the best possible patient care and staff experience within available resources.
2. Provide Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust advice on the planning and remodelling of departments, applying moving and handling principles and experience.
3. Develop and implement the Moving and Handling Policy and Bariatric Handling Guidelines throughout the Trust.
4. Work in clinical areas alongside staff to develop their understanding.
Education and training
1. Monitor compliance with mandatory training and alert areas of concern to the Nurse Consultant Harms Free Care.
2. Advise Managers and Learning Development Team with the moving and handling training needs analysis for Trust staff.
3. Responsible for the design, organisation and delivery of clinical moving and handling training Trust wide to minimise risk for all staff in relation to moving and handling of patients and objects.
4. Ensure that specialist moving and handling training is current, contemporary, based on best practice, meets legislative and local policy guidance and is appropriate to all staff needs.
5. Design and deliver manual handling training programmes for local Moving and Handling Facilitators.
Provide Care Enhanced training to supplement mandatory training for example Bariatric complex handling workshops. Check knowledge with skills drills for emergency complex handling situations.
1. Maintain accurate training records.
2. Contribute to multidisciplinary training programmes, including the development of E-learning packages.
General responsibilities
1. Maintain active status on professional register.
2. Act always in accordance with professional code and guiding documents.
3. Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
4. Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
5. Maintain a professional portfolio.
6. Participate in the appraisal process.
7. Identify, report and address poor performance issues to the Nurse Consultant Harms Free Care and feedback to the clinical area(s).
8. Support the Harms Free Care Team and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.
Person Specification
Experience
1. Relevant professional experience in moving and handling.
2. Proven management experience of a professional service at a senior level, including staff responsibility.
3. Experience of undertaking risk assessment and clinical audit.
4. Ability to work independently.
5. Experience as a Moving and handling advisor in the NHS.
Qualifications and Further Training
1. Healthcare Professional registration in nursing, physiotherapy or occupational therapy.
2. Degree or equivalent.
3. Recognised teaching/training qualification.
4. Active Member of National Back Exchange.
5. Healthcare Professional registration in nursing, physiotherapy or occupational therapy.
6. Has or is working towards a degree in back care and ergonomics or relevant subject.
Skills
1. Demonstrate leadership skills including the ability to lead on ergonomic projects.
2. Able to formulate, write and present business cases for service development and ergonomic interventions.
3. Able to facilitate better understanding of ergonomic issues for all levels of staff including senior managers.
4. Able to analyse and resolve complex moving and handling problems, review, evaluate and complete complex risk assessments.
5. Able to analyse ergonomic risks and hazards in relation to clinical and non-clinical environments.
6. Experience of business planning.
Attitude, Behaviours and values
1. Demonstrates passion for excellence.
2. Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives.
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.
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