Manual Handling Team leader

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust seeks a Manual Handling Service Lead to oversee safe manual handling practices across the Trust. In this dynamic role, you will provide expertise, drive innovation, and ensure compliance, directly impacting patient and staff safety.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with expertise in manual handling.
• Strong communication skills with a proactive approach.
• Experience in service delivery and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Manual Handling Service and ensure compliance.
• Develop sustainable Bariatric Care services.
• Design and deliver specialist training programs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Risk Assessment

Innovation

Education

Registered Professional Qualification

Job description

Manual Handling Service Lead UHL Trust | Leicester, UK

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping safe and effective manual handling practices across UHL? We’re looking for a dynamic registered professional to drive innovation, ensure compliance, and champion best practices in patient and staff safety.

Your Impact

As a trusted specialist, you’ll provide expert moving and handling advice, training, and support to teams across the Trust. Your leadership will directly influence the health, safety, and welfare of employees, patients, contractors, and stakeholders, ensuring manual handling operations are carried out safely and efficiently.

Why You?

You’re a forward-thinking leader with expertise in manual handling, risk assessment, and service development. With strong communication skills and a proactive approach, you'll drive positive change and uphold the highest safety standards.

Join us and make a lasting impact on patient and staff well-being.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Oversee the Manual Handling Service, ensuring a high standard of service delivery.
• Bariatric Care Innovation: Continue developing a sustainable Bariatric Service that benefits both the Trust and the wider health community.
• Operational Excellence: Collaborate with the UHL Bed and Equipment Management Team to optimise patient care and resource utilization.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyse and interpret data to produce governance reports, ensuring compliance and informed strategic planning.
• Training & Development: Design and deliver specialist training programs that empower staff and enhance patient outcomes.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We Have Four Primary Goals

• High-quality care for all,
• Being a great place to work,
• Partnerships for impact, and
• Research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do—taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values, and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• We are compassionate,
• We are proud,
• We are inclusive, and
• We are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

For further details / informal visits contact:

• Name: Kerry Tebbutt
• Job title: Matron
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]