Manual Handling Team leader

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Manual Handling Service Lead, where you'll spearhead safe manual handling practices. This pivotal role involves training, compliance, and influencing staff and patient safety. Bring your expertise to innovate while ensuring the highest standards are upheld across the trust.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of safety legislation and risk assessment processes.
• IT literate and competent.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and Manual Handling in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Manual Handling Service and ensure a high standard of service delivery.
• Design and deliver specialist training programs for staff.
• Analyse and interpret data to ensure compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Risk assessment

Training and development

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Registered professional (Nurse/OT/PT)

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Manual Handling Team leader

The closing date is 13 July 2025

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.

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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/

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

Support and Manage the Manual Handling Advisors and administrative team

Plan and evaluate Moving and Handling Training

Lead and support the bariatric workstream

Support, as required the UHL Bed and equipment contract

Write and present data and reports, as required, to summarise team performance against agreed KPI's

Have oversight of staff referrals all Musculoskeletal disorders

Manage datix incidences related to Musculoskeletal disorders / Moving and handling incidents

Oversee contract tenders for all identified moving and handling related equipment

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Registered professional eg Nurse / OT / PT

Desirable

• ROSPA Level 3 and / or 4
• Formal teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive understanding of safety legislation and risk assessment processes
• IT literate and competent
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and Manual Handling in relation to healthcare

Desirable

• Experience of working in a safety related role in the healthcare sector
• Experience / evidence of teaching and presenting skills

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Time management skills to meet deadlines

Desirable

• Experience in collecting, analysing and producing reports

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Leicester

LE1 5WW

Employer's website

https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)