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Manual Handling Trainer

Employer
Finegreen
Location
South East England
Salary
£22.00 - £24.00 per hour
Closing date
31 Oct 2019
Reference
DL19863

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Job Details

A large NHS organisation is currently seeing to appoint an experienced Manual Handling Trainer to join their busy hospital team – this post is for an initial period of 3 months but is likely to extend.  

Main Responsibilities:
  • Assist in providing an evidence-based specialist moving and handling service across the organisation;
  • Must develop and maintain their own expertise relating to moving and handling; this role provides specialist skills and knowledge in moving and handling and back care awareness, and assists in the promotion of safer handling and postural practices to minimise work- related ill health;
  • Assist in the delivery of an organisation wide, specialised moving and handling education and training programme that minimises risk for staff and patients;
  • The programme will encompass requirements specific to individual work areas and be delivered in ward and community settings, to various professions and grades of staff;
  • Assist with review and monitoring of current training content and arrangements, to permit the development of training programmes and materials;
  • Deliver training in a variety of formats and at a variety of levels appropriate to staff needs;
  • Contribute to the training and support of other professionals who may in turn assist in the delivery of workplace manual handling training and provide support to staff in their locality/work area, i.e. the manual handling workplace ‘Key Trainers’;
  • Provide advice in the use of moving and handling equipment both in training venues and work areas;
  • Assist in the delivery of training and education for external agencies as part of the manual handling service income generation portfolio;
A successful candidate will have:
  • Knowledge of manual handling theory, procedure and equipment;
  • Hold relevant knowledge and experience of health and safety legislation, also risk assessment and risk reduction processes;
  • Must hold relevant Teaching/assessing/training qualification within Manual Handling in a healthcare/patient facing environment.
For further information on this role please contact Donna Larder on 0161 241 9674, alternatively email donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk

Company

Finegreen are a leading independent recruitment consultancy for both Interim and Permanent appointments in various disciplines and market sectors throughout the UK & overseas, with specific strength within the Healthcare and Education sectors.

Our Estates & Facilities division manages a database of immediately available, cost effective, fully referenced candidates with significant experience of the following ;

  • Executive & Director level
  • Soft Facilities Management
  • Hard Facilities Management
  • Surveying and Property Management
  • Engineering (including Building Services and Maintenance)
  • Health and Safety / CDM
  • Project Management
  • Energy & Environmental Management
  • Fleet & Logistics
  • Procurement
  • Bid & Contract Management
  • Compliance
  • Change Management
  • Consultancy
  • Business Development

Please visit our web-site to view brief candidate profiles or to view our latest vacancies.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 130 4006
Location
Universal Square
Devonshire Street North
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M12 6JH
GB

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