Moving and Handling Trainer

Their main duties will be in the delivery of evidence-based Moving and Handling training programmes for clinical staff. They will be classroom-based based majority of the time with some office desk work and assisting with Risk Assessments. We are looking for a post holder who will need to be able to demonstrate that they have excellent written and verbal communication skills and good IT skills. The ability to work as an individual as well as part of a team is essential. They will be physically capable of demonstrating a variety of patient-handling equipment and support safe moving and handling practices.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and confident Moving and Handling Trainer to become a team member of the Barts Health Moving and Handling Ergonomics Service. We are currently looking for a full-time Band 5 Moving and Handling Trainer for the delivery, teaching and evaluation of patient and inanimate Moving and Handling training. The post holder will also provide advisory services to managers and employees on Moving and Handling issues when requested. The post holder will be primarily based at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and you will be a member of the wider Moving and Handling Ergonomics team supporting patient safety and staff health and well-being and as such will be expected to contribute to service provision across the whole of Barts Health Trust and to visit the other sites as required.

The post holder will need at least a minimum of 6 months post qualification experience of working in a moving and handling environment providing teaching experience and formulating and delivering moving & Handling training courses within Health or Social Care Sector. This post is offered as a permanent contract.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.