Job summary
Employer heading
Band 5 Manual Handling Trainer
Band 5
Job overview
Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so it may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible
The post holder will work as part of a team of trainers to deliver Manual Handling training.
In order to be shortlisted and invited to interview you must demonstrate in your application your knowledge/ skills, experience and qualifications specifically in relation to Manual Handling training delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for developing, delivering and maintaining a high standard of manual handling training in a classroom setting and across a number of workplaces both in and outside Birmingham Community Health Care bases. The manual handling training will be delivered to all levels of clinical staff.
To provide Manual Handling assessment of competence for individuals within the workplace.
Trainers will be responsible for developing and updating Manual Handling courses in accordance with best practice and current legislation.
Trainers will keep accurate Manual Handling training registers to assist the OLM team to maintain employee learning records.
To evaluate competency of all Trust staff on Manual Handling training courses to negate risk and ensure legislative compliance.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note that the responsibilities and duties stated are specifically in relation to Manual Handling training
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Teaching/ Training Qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development related to Manual Handling
Desirable criteria
- RoSPA Certified Training Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of delivering Manual Handling training to multi-disciplinary groups
- Relevant experience of assessing Manual Handling competence in the classroom and in the workplace
- Relevant experience of using a range of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of Manual Handling training
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with Patients in a Clinical setting using hoists etc
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Health Sector
- Ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge and application of training techniques.
- Ability to generate verbal and written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible at all levels.
- IT literate in the areas of Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and MS Teams
- Demonstrate an understanding of Regulations covering Statutory and Mandatory Training related to Manual Handling
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Team player
- Excellent communicator both verbally and in writing
- Flexible and adaptable
- Resilient and calm under pressure
- Organised and reliable
Other
Essential criteria
- Access to own car and able to travel across the Trust footprint
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mohib Ullah
- Job title
- Mandatory Training Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07725478184
- Additional information
Please note that the responsibilities and duties stated are specifically in relation to Manual Handling training
List jobs with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Administrative Services or all sectors