Mandatory Skills Trainer

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Rishton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Mandatory Skills Trainer to join the Preston Mandatory Training Team. You will deliver and evaluate core programmes to ensure workforce compliance with national healthcare safety standards, embedding policy and collaborating with subject matter experts to drive effective training across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Recognised Teaching Qualification.
• Experience delivering training in NHS or healthcare settings.
• Knowledge of the UK Core Skills Training Framework.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate core mandatory training programmes to ensure staff safety and compliance with national standards.
• Embed the Mandatory Training Policy within the team and organisation.
• Collaborate with the Mandatory Training team to provide planned activity and coverage.
• Support subject matter experts in developing, delivering and evaluating training.
• Provide a range of training including Moving & Handling, Resuscitation, Physical Health and job-mandated training.

Skills

Teaching

Presentation skills

Policy compliance

Education

Recognised Teaching Qualification

Tools

Resuscitation techniques

Moving & Handling training

Hoists and slings training

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping healthcare staff develop the essential hands-on skills they need to stay safe and effective in their roles? We are seeking a motivated, dynamic, and organised Mandatory Skills Trainer to join our established Mandatory Training Team Preston. In this role, you will deliver, and evaluate core training programmes, ensuring our workforce remains fully compliant with national healthcare safety standards.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a range of Mandatory Training subjects to ensure patient, client and staff safety to meet Healthcare and Risk management standards such as Moving & Handling, Basic Life Support and Conflict Resolution.
• To support the embedding of the Mandatory Training Policy
• To work in collaboration with Mandatory Training team in providing agreed programme of activity
• To support the subject Matter experts in the development, delivery and evaluation of Mandatory Training.
• To provide a range of Moving & Handling, Resuscitation, Physical Health and Job Mandated training to ensure patient, client and staff safety to meet Healthcare and Risk management standards.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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Job responsibilities

For more information about this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Teaching Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• Competent working knowledge of current Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines (adult)
• Specific knowledge of current moving & handling techniques and training delivery, including the use of hoists and slings.
• Awareness of the UK Core Skills Training Framework

Personal

Essential

• Experience of practical resuscitation in an NHS setting
• Experience of teaching in a classroom setting or equivalent
• Evidence of developing programmes/ or training packages

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.