Positive and Safe Care Trainer

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization in Tees Valley is looking for a Positive and Safe Care Trainer to deliver essential training on restrictive interventions and clinical practices. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in health and social care education, particularly in mental health, and must demonstrate experience with clinical training and risk assessment. This role is pivotal to ensuring safe practices across the Trust's services, with an emphasis on the development of important training programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical risk assessment and management.
• Significant experience in secondary care mental health services.
• Ability to assist in restrictive intervention training delivery.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe and effective training across Trust services.
• Provide clinical guidance regarding restrictive interventions.
• Deliver important clinical training sessions.

Skills

Clinical risk assessment

Restrictive interventions

Effective training principles

Education

National Vocational Qualification Level 3

Educational development in health or social care

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Positive and Safe Care Trainer

The closing date is 15 January 2026

This post is only open to current employees of TEWV. Any applications received from non-TEWV employees will not be considered.

To deliver and support the development of programmes of training required to meet RRN, NICE, Department of Health and Safety Management and Security Services Guidelines on safe and effective restrictive intervention training/moving and handling/BLS/CPR

Main duties of the job

To promote the safe and effective restrictive intervention training/moving and handling training, across Trust services

To provide specialist advice, clinical guidance and support regarding restrictive interventions, to the service areas.

About us

This is a great opportunity to work in a team delivering important clinical training to the clinicians in the Trust. The courses delivered by this role involve detailed theory and practice sessions to develop the skills and techniques to safely manage complex interactions with our patients who may have complex support needs and possibly display behaviours that challenge. As such it involves a wide range of training skills and will involve you in the ongoing development of this training.

We are an experienced and supportive team who will support your development into the role and who are passionate about developing these important skills to meet the needs of our patients.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description, which is attached to this role as a separate attachment, and covers this in full detail.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience and insight into clinical risk assessment and management.
• National Vocational Qualification Level 3 or equivalent competency based accredited training in health and social care within the fields of mental health and/or learning disability.
• Educational development within a health or social care related subject
• Experience of assisting within the delivery of restrictive intervention training.

Experience

• Can demonstrate significant experience of clinical practice within secondary care mental health or learning disability services.
• Can demonstrate significant experience in the prevention and safe management of restrictive intervention within clinical practice
• Can demonstrate experience in the delivery within training programs in the use of restrictive interventions.
• Can demonstrate experience of participation in the delivery of instructional, educational and training programmes

Knowledge

• To be fully literate and able to communicate clearly complex information verbally, in legible writing and electronically in appropriate formats.
• To have knowledge and understanding of confidential information management.
• To be able to follow procedures and protocols and effectively apply work systems.
• To be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theory and process of restrictive interventions.
• To have an understanding of the processes of clinical care and the use of restrictive interventions in a clinical situation.
• To be able to demonstrate an understanding of systems of appraisal, supervision and support and show ability to participate in those systems

Skills

• To be able to demonstrate the range of skills/interventions used in restrictive interventions.
• To have an insight into principles of effective training and education
• To be able to assist in providing advice on the promotion of safe and therapeutic services.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust