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Lead Moving & Handling Advisor
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £51,883.00 to £58,544.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51883.00 - £58544.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | kingston, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9396-25-0165 |
Summary
To design, lead and monitor moving & handling training programmes for all clinical staff including Doctors, Nurses, Allied health professions across the Trust. To provide highly specialised expert advice and support to clinical staff at all levels in matters relating to Moving & handling equipment and patient safety. To design, manage and perform moving & handling training needs analysis for all clinical areas within the Trust. To design, manage and evaluate clinical moving & handling equipment trials in the clinical areas working closely with the Medical Devices Training Coordinator. Demonstrate highly developed physical and practical manual handling skills in line with current guidelines. Provide advice and support to all managers in order that they can produce meaningful manual handling risk assessments within their work area. Provide handling advice on patient handling / inanimate load handling issues including staff members who have returned to work after a period of sickness or muscular-skeletal problems. Integrate theory and practice and challenge current practice constructively. Other skills must include the ability to support those who have muscular-skeletal problems, those who have a hearing deficit and any other disability. The post holder must have a level of fitness to be able to move equipment, support staff with moving patients with complex moving & handling needs within the clinical setting and set up training rooms with appropriate equipment/beds. Visit the clinical areas and advise staff patients and relatives with complex moving issues. To take a strategic lead to ensure that KRFT has in place safe working practices in relation to moving & handling. **Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**