Manual Handling Trainer

The post holder will support the ULCH Head of Clinical Education to deliver the UCLH Education Strategy through collaboration with key stakeholders internal and external to the Trust, working in partnership to further develop stakeholder engagement and involvement in manual handling education and training to support a culture of learning and openness across professional groups.

The Manual Handling Advisor works as part of a multi-professional team to develop, implement and evaluate education designed to enhance patient safety and quality in health care delivery across specialities and professional groups. The Manual Handling Advisor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the manual handling course portfolio. They will report to and support the uclh Head of Clinical Education with operations services, including input to the budget, equipment and supplies procurement, scheduling of courses and staff, supervision of faculty, and supervision of any administrative staff and promotion of the service.

A key element of the role is to deliver high quality Clinical Education within the UCH Education Centre and in-situ off and across sites. There is a strong focus on quality assurance and faculty development, working in collaboration with multiple stakeholders and the UCLH Head of Clinical Education.

• Perform a senior role within the clinical education team, undertaking the responsibilities of an education specialist in moving and handling
• Lead the development, management and provision of in-house programmes with a focus on moving and handling training / interventions.
• Promote and facilitate Inter Professional Education (IPE) and partnership learning.
• Identify shortfalls in the provision and access of manual handling training across the Trust and improve access for multi-professional learning opportunities.
• Quality assure, evaluate and audit educational initiatives and approved research as indicated.
• Provide clinical expertise and advice to managers and staff in relation to manual handling problems.
• Undertake moving and handling assessments for both patients and staff in clinical settings as appropriate.
• Deliver training in a variety of settings covering most clinical areas and environments in accordance with a training needs analysis and appropriate risk assessments.
• Ensure all moving and handling training is based on the latest evidence available; adheres to Trust guidelines for moving and handling and complies with the Safer Handling Policy and requirements of relevant legislation.
• To develop, deliver embed and evaluate a sustainable link / key worker system for moving and handling.
• To assist in any trust wide review, audit and standardisation of moving and handling equipment under the guidance of the Head of Clinical Education and Head of Procurement.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the country. We provide academically-led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, throughout the UK and overseas. Ourmissionis to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research.

The Clinical Education Team at UCLH is a major provider of courses, programmes and events and has one of the best resourced Education Centres in the NHS, comprising a suite of well-appointed conference rooms and a leading edge learning hospital suite (http://www.ucheducationcentre.org/). We cater for both UCLH staff and external clients and deliver courses to all healthcare professionals utilising multi-modalities as an educational tool, with a particular focus on team training, multi-disciplinary working and inter-professional education.

The UCLH Clinical Education Team requires a focused, committed, enthusiastic individual with good management and leadership skills and specific knowledge and experience of Manual Handling and education in healthcare.

Design, Management and Delivery

• Plan, develop, deliver, and evaluate the portfolio of existing and novel education, faculty development and human factors training initiatives in both virtual and face to face environments, that is aligned to established educational principles and current evidence-based practice ensuring it is focused on patient safety and quality.
• Robustly determine training and development needs using recognised Training Needs Analysis (TNA) methodologies across staff groups at all levels, at an organisational, service and team level as required.
• Act as an expert resource when collaborating with local faculty groups, education leads, subject matter experts and multidisciplinary teams at all levels to facilitate the development and delivery of education that is both learner-centred and responsive to patient, service, and organisational needs and enhances cross boundary working.
• Develop and implement evidence-based approaches to Simulation Based Education (SBE), IPE, faculty development and human factors training across a range of settings.
• Prepare and produce resources and course/programme materials required to support training initiatives.
• Set-up and prepare for the delivery of education sessions. This can involve moving furniture and heavy or specialised training resources.
• Create a positive, supportive, and safe learning environment, where individuals take ownership for their own personal and professional development.
• Facilitating education using a variety of teaching and learning strategies.
• Promoting the application of human factors in practice.
• Provide role modelling, coaching, mentoring and supervision for multi-professional faculty ensuring that facilitation and debriefing is subject to reflection and evaluation processes promoting a culture of continuous professional development within the community.
• Confidently manage difficult or complex learning situations appropriately and sensitively.
• Provide pastoral and post-training support to individuals and teams addressing difficulties where possible and signposting or referring when necessary.
• Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of interventions using recognised learning evaluation methodologies on individuals, teams, and the wider organization.