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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- Specialist Area
- Health & safety
- Job Level
- Consultant, Executive / Officer / Estimator
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Contract Type
- Interim, contract & temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
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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:
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;
- 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.
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
- http://www.finegreen.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0345 130 4006
- Location
-
Universal Square
Devonshire Street North
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M12 6JH
GB
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