About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident Senior Moving and Handling Advisor to join our established small, dynamic team. You will have experience of working in a clinical environment in an acute or community setting, and have substantial experience of people handling. You may come from a Nursing, Allied Health Professional or similar background, with a sincere interest in supporting people to work safely and to promote excellent people handling practice across the Trust.
You will have experience of delivering advice and training to adults at work, and we will support you in your ongoing professional development with training, risk assessment and development of safer systems of work, audit and inspection across Trust workplaces, and supporting clinical colleagues with complex handling matters.
Main duties of the job
Based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and with cross-site working to all Trust sites across Shropshire, the post holder will contribute to the team's work by delivering training, undertaking audits and inspections, supporting wards and clinical departments with complex handling problems and risk assessments/ safe systems of work.
About us
Our Poppy's Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Hospital Transformation Programme (HTP)
This programme will bring specialist services together in a modern, purpose-built facility to improve patient care and team experience.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for details of the full range of duties required of this post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
oProfessional registration e.g. Registered nurse, Physiotherapist, other Allied Health Professional (or equivalent which includes significant experience of people handling). oROSPA Level 3 Award for Safer People Handling Trainers (plus evidence of Level 4 Safer People Handling Trainers Refresher course in the past 3 years) or equivalent, or willing to undertake on appointment. oROSPA Level 3 Award for Manual Handling Trainers (plus evidence of Level 3 Manual Handling Trainers Refresher course in the past 3 years) or equivalent, or willing to undertake on appointment. oLevel 3 Award in Education and Training, or equivalent, or willing to undertake on appointment. oIOSH Managing Safely, or willing to undertake on appointment.
Desirable
oNEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent. oMembership of the National Back Exchange.
Skills Essential
oProven relevant experience of developing, writing, delivering and evaluating manual and patient handling training interventions for adults at work. oProven relevant experience of working in an acute or community clinical setting. oProven relevant experience of giving advice on safe working practices to adults at work. oAbility to communicate at all levels within an acute NHS Trust including staff members, patients, multidisciplinary teams and ward/ department managers. oStrong interpersonal and influencing skills including sensitivity. oAbility to collect, collate, analyse and report on data from incidents, inspections and audits. oExcellent practical skills in patient handling and manual handling techniques oAbility to undertake the full range of manual and patient handling duties taught and practised within the Trust. oAbility to travel across the health community to facilitate cross-site working across the county.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Address Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8XQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)