Senior Ergonomics Advisor (Senior Manual Handling Advisor)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £50,008 - £56,908 per annum ( Incl of HCAS) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Maidenhead, SL6 6DU |
| Cwmni: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7418227/371-CS291 |
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A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Interview will be held on 8th Sept 2025
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist? Do you have an interest in staff wellbeing? Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist tolead oursmallergonomics team on aone yearcontract
Our ergonomics service aims to reduce and prevent musculoskeletal injuries within our staff group andsit as part of the wider Health and Wellbeing Service. This role is an excellent opportunity to impact and influence staff wellbeing and direct patient care.
You will deliver manual handling education and training for all levels of staffandprovidespecialist manual handling advice and support to clinical and non-clinical teamsas well as conducting ergonomic assessments for staff. In addition to this, you will lead the team, making improvements to processes and leading on policy updates.
This role is a full time Band7SeniorErgonomic Advisor (Manual Handling Advisor). The office base for the role is at St Marks Hospital but you will be travelling across our Berkshire Healthcare sites and there is some flexibility to work from home when the service allows.
Berkshire Healthcare is committed to compassionate care and was recently rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC. It offers the full range of mental health and community services, and psychologists contribute to these as integrated members of all teams.
• Lead the ergonomics team
• Deliver evidenced based moving and handling training and education.
• Undertake individualised employee assessments on ergonomics and manual handling both virtually and face to face.
• Perform individualised risk assessments for patients with complex moving and handling needs.
• Undertaking advanced assessment of difficult and complex workplace issues. Subsequently, implement appropriate and evidence-based equipment provision,in order toreduce the risk of harm to patients, theircarer’sand staff.
• Assist with risk management, includingdatixincident management support and policy development.
• Promote health and wellbeing for trust employees.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• You will be aregistered health professional(e.g. nurse, OT, physiotherapist) withpost-registration experience in a clinical setting.
• You must have knowledge of the principles of safe manual handling and ergonomics know how to apply these within a healthcare environment.
• Training is a key component of the role and previous experience of teaching or training delivery is highly desirable.
• You will work autonomously and must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to influence and motivate others, and possess good planning and organisational skills.
• A manual handling and ergonomic qualificationisdesirable however, support to complete a relevant qualification will be provided if required.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’thesitate to contact us viasteph.moakes@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025
Interview will be held on 8th Sept 2025
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist? Do you have an interest in staff wellbeing? Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist tolead oursmallergonomics team on aone yearcontract
Our ergonomics service aims to reduce and prevent musculoskeletal injuries within our staff group andsit as part of the wider Health and Wellbeing Service. This role is an excellent opportunity to impact and influence staff wellbeing and direct patient care.
You will deliver manual handling education and training for all levels of staffandprovidespecialist manual handling advice and support to clinical and non-clinical teamsas well as conducting ergonomic assessments for staff. In addition to this, you will lead the team, making improvements to processes and leading on policy updates.
This role is a full time Band7SeniorErgonomic Advisor (Manual Handling Advisor). The office base for the role is at St Marks Hospital but you will be travelling across our Berkshire Healthcare sites and there is some flexibility to work from home when the service allows.
Berkshire Healthcare is committed to compassionate care and was recently rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC. It offers the full range of mental health and community services, and psychologists contribute to these as integrated members of all teams.
• Lead the ergonomics team
• Deliver evidenced based moving and handling training and education.
• Undertake individualised employee assessments on ergonomics and manual handling both virtually and face to face.
• Perform individualised risk assessments for patients with complex moving and handling needs.
• Undertaking advanced assessment of difficult and complex workplace issues. Subsequently, implement appropriate and evidence-based equipment provision,in order toreduce the risk of harm to patients, theircarer’sand staff.
• Assist with risk management, includingdatixincident management support and policy development.
• Promote health and wellbeing for trust employees.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• You will be aregistered health professional(e.g. nurse, OT, physiotherapist) withpost-registration experience in a clinical setting.
• You must have knowledge of the principles of safe manual handling and ergonomics know how to apply these within a healthcare environment.
• Training is a key component of the role and previous experience of teaching or training delivery is highly desirable.
• You will work autonomously and must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to influence and motivate others, and possess good planning and organisational skills.
• A manual handling and ergonomic qualificationisdesirable however, support to complete a relevant qualification will be provided if required.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’thesitate to contact us viasteph.moakes@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025
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