Moving and Handling Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Moving and Handling Team at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will based on the St Peter’s site but will need to work cross site at Ashford and Woking Hospitals when required. You will work as part of the Trust Harms Free Care Team., Lead on updating, facilitating and implementing a moving and handling strategy that will eliminate or minimise moving and handling risk activities

Interpret and disseminate existing, and new, moving and handling legislation ensuring Trust compliance and best practice.

Ensure Moving and Handling Policy and Bariatric Handling Guidance is contemporaneous reflecting national guidance and best practice

Be Responsible for the design, organisation and delivery of innovative and engaging clinical and non-clinical moving and handling training in line with Skills for Health framework and National Health Litigation Authority (NHSLA) standards relevant to moving and handling

Promote a safe, secure and healthy environment for patients and staff in line with agreed Risk and Occupational Health Strategies

Monitor, analyse and action all moving and handling incidents, identifying trends and escalating these to the Nurse Consultant Harms Free Care

Set, review and implement agreed control measures to eliminate/minimise associated musculoskeletal ill health and provide ergonomic advice and consultancy in liaison with occupational health

Liaise with suppliers, purchasing Managers, and Procurement on provision and maintenance needs, including the writing of business cases to ensure handling equipment meets the needs of the Trust

Lead on multidisciplinary projects related to moving and handling

This post is ideally suited to an experienced health care professional, Physiotherapist, Nurse or Occupational Therapist with a current professional registration.

If you have experience in moving and handling of patients, a passion for teaching and a desire to support the health and wellbeing of staff and patients within our trust we would be delighted to have you on board.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

• On-site Nurseries

• On-site staff cafes

• On-site parking

• Support in career development

• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org, Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford Road

Chertsey, surrey

KT16 0PZ, https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab), sue.harris17@nhs.net

01932723818