Operational Lead
Band 7
- Manual Handling Advisory Service
- Band 7
- Permanent
-
- Full time
- Flexible working
- 319-7466752LH
- Wansbeck General Hospital
- Ashington
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum
- Yearly
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
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Job overview
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen to join the Trustwide Manual Handling Advisory Service for an appropriately qualified Nurse or AHP, although based at Wansbeck this role will involve travel to other sites, community bases, schools and patients homes dependent on service demands.
Main duties of the job
To implement an agreed ergonomic strategy to all employees, patients, visitors / families on Manual Handling issues within both the community and acute as required under the current legislation to minimize any work related musculoskeletal disorders.
To undertake a senior role within the Moving and Handling Advisory Service (MHAS) and to assist in the provision of an expert specialised service of training, advice and support regarding moving and handling of people and objects.
To assist in the development of moving and handling services and delivering exemplary clinical practice in all areas of the Trust, contributing to the reduction of moving and handling incidents across the Trust and to patient and staff safely.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To have a highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of acute and community work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience
To have significant experience and evidence of post registration / post graduate study and continuing development.
Hold a healthcare qualification to degree level or equivalent with evidence of registration of a professional body
Have evidence of appropriate presentation skills and/or teaching experience
To support head of service with any action on manual handling development
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Healthcare qualification to degree level or equivalent
- • Membership of a professional body (RCN, NMC, HCPC etc.)
- Relevant teaching qualification e.g. PTTLS/DTTLS/ PGCE/ENB7318 / Teaching certificate
- • Evidence of teaching and/or presentation skills
- • Evidence of study at post graduate level e.g Post Grad Certificate/Diploma (or modules towards) in a relevant discipline
- Membership of National Back Exchange.
Desirable criteria
- • M&H Instructor Course Or equivalent
- Current membership of local and national relevant interest group(s) e.g. National Back Exchange
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant postgraduate experience in healthcare setting
- Specialist knowledge of health and safety law and risk management of a whole range of ergonomics / back and musculoskeletal health issues.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Certificate of Sponsorship
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Aamir Yousaf
- Job title
- Strategic Lead
- Email address
- aamir.yousaf@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 0781 7111 191
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