Band 7 Manual Handling Advisor

NHS; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 58.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Manual/Health & Safety role to support the Health and Safety team across hospital sites. You will provide expert advice on manual/patient handling, conduct risk assessments, and lead training to maintain compliance with safety standards.

You will deliver training, develop audits, and work with managers to promote a culture of safe practices across the Trust.

Formación

• Substantial experience of delivering manual/patient handling training in NHS settings.
• Experience auditing manual handling standards and practices.
• Knowledge of current manual handling risk management and legislation in NHS environments.

Responsabilidades

• Provide advice and support on manual handling issues for Trust staff, including risk assessments.
• Use the Trust Risk Management Database to interrogate incident data and identify trends.
• Develop compliance audits and deliver and evaluate manual handling training across sites.
• Work with managers to promote safe working practices and staff safety.

Conocimientos

Manual handling training

Training delivery

Interpersonal skills

MS365

Educación

Relevant clinical qualification (e.g. OT, PT, Nurse) or equivalent

NHS environment experience

Health and safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH)

Herramientas

MS365

Descripción del empleo

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Main area NHS Acute and Community Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: full time 37.5hrs per week Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (flexible working, work across all sites under RFL NHS Trust) Job ref 391-RFL-8288359

Site Royal Free London ( Cross Site ) Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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The post holder will support the Senior Manual Handling Advisor/Service lead, throughout the whole range of manual handling service functions and act as subject matter expert for manual handling training supporting the Learning and Development team to ensure manual handling training is fit for purpose and reflects current best practice and industry standards.

The post holder will act as a key competent person for the Trust on Manual Handling, providing support, advice and training in all areas of manual handling, including standard patient handling as well as the handling of inanimate loads and objects. The post holder may also be required to provide general health and safety support from time to time. They will work proactively with managers to establish and maintain a system that promotes a culture of safe working practices across the hospital sites and provide direct support and guidance to the health and safety team, learning and development team and staff at all levels of the organization (both clinical and non-clinical).

The post holder will develop and support the delivery of manual handling training across the Trust as well as ensuring the quality of training from the Trust manual handling trainer and any other external manual handling contracted trainers.

Main duties of the job

To provide advice and support to the Health and Safety team and all Trust staff on manual handling issues including patient handling as well as the handling of inanimate loads and objects.Using the Trust Risk Management Database System to interrogate and analyze incident data to identify trends and areas of concern and provide practical solutions to protect staff and patients and improve the Trust’s safety performance. Undertake detailed manual handling risk assessments that culminate in robust risk reduction plans and implement them in a timely manner and monitored to ensure effectiveness and compliance.To develop and regularly undertake compliance audits using methodology to bring health and safety matters to the attention of the respective committees and working groups of the Trust.Attend Health and Safety committees Produce accurate reports and minutes as requested for meetings, committees and external agencies. Produce policies, procedures and communications, as directed by the Senior Manual Handling Advisor, that assist Trust management and staff to comply with Health and Safety legislation and best practice. Prepare, plan and deliver and continually evaluate Manual Handling training to all levels of Trust staff to ensure the Trust meets its statutory obligation to provide information, instruction, training, and where appropriate, supervision to clinical and non-clinical staff, to ensure they can work safely.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated team of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education and professional qualifications

• A relevant professional qualification e.g. Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, nursing or other discipline or equivalent relevant experience
• Membership of a professional body e.g. HCPC, NMC, IOSH
• NVQ/QCA level 4 teaching qualification (PTTLS, PGCert, Cert.Ed., LST-Level5) or equivalent experience
• A relevant professional health and safety qualification e.g. NEBOSH Certificate or suitable alternative
• Experience of managing members of staff

Royal Free shared commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.

Experience

• Substantial experience of delivering manual/patient handling training to a range of audiences, preferably acute NHS and Community settings
• Relevant clinical experience, in an Acute /Community Healthcare setting
• Substantial experience of delivering manual/patient handling training to a range of audiences, preferably acute NHS and Community settings
• Thorough working knowledge of current manual handling risk management and associated legislation in relation to NHS environments
• Experience of auditing Manual Handling Standards and practices

Skills and aptitudes

• Excellent written and interpersonal skills and the ability to challenge constructively
• Computer literate and skilled at using all applications associated with MS365 as required by the Trust
• Ability to use web-based systems
• Effective and efficient decision making and influencing skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines delivering high-quality results

Personal qualities and attributes

• Communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Has a caring, compassionate and professional nature
• Able to work as a team member and form professional relationships with wider Trust colleagues
• Diplomatic and inclusive
• Flexible in working arrangements to meet the needs of the Manual Handling service including working across all the sites under the Royal Free London Trust
• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
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