Moving and Handling Adviser (Band 6) - Moving and Handling Practitioner - Manchester University[...] - #1641689

The moving and handling team have several important initiatives to deliver. An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a Moving and Handling Adviser within the Trust’s Risk Management Team to support managers at all levels and across all areas of the organisation in improving standards of moving and handling.

You will deliver training to staff regularly, but this is a varied role and you will also be assisting in: providing advice to staff and managers; direct support and advice in the management of complex M&H cases; advice on procuring and using M&H equipment appropriately; monitoring moving and handling practice in the workplace.

Preferably a registered healthcare professional (or with significant relevant experience and qualifications), you will have a sound knowledge of legislation and healthcare issues as they apply to moving and handling to enable you to provide competent advice. The role is diverse, and you will need excellent communication skills to liaise with managers and staff at all levels, as well as other specialist advisers and external bodies. Experience, or a qualification, in the delivery of workplace training would be an advantage.

On occasion working on your own initiative, you will need to understand the dynamic challenges within a complex healthcare environment and use your judgement in managing sensitive and multifaceted situations.

1. To assist the Group Moving and Handling Lead and Senior Moving and Handling Advisers with all matters concerning moving and handling (or manual handling), back care and ergonomics across the Group.


2. To provide advice and support to all Hospitals and Managed Clinical Services across the Group. Liaising with other moving and handling or back care specialists within the group.


3. To provide specialist advice, information and guidance on moving and handling, back care and ergonomics for activities across all Hospitals and Managed Clinical Services. Provide specialist advice on moving and handling of people and loads based upon expert knowledge and current evidence based best practice. Assist clinical staff with patient handling assessments.


4. Promote awareness of safer techniques and a positive safety culture that aids the reduction in musculoskeletal disorders arising from work related activities.


5. To keep up to date with and appropriately apply relevant current and proposed health & safety legislation, case law, Acts of Parliament and new and emerging professional guidelines.


6. Work with other stakeholders to play a key role in promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of employees and patients.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

The role is multi-sited with offices bases at the Oxford Road Campus, Wythenshawe Hospital, Trafford General Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital. There is a need to travel between sites and access to your own transport is essential.

We are passionate about protecting our staff, but also about promoting safer patient handling and mobility to improve outcomes for our service users. You will bring enthusiasm, energy and vision to support continuing improvements in moving and handling standards and promote a positive patient safety culture across the organisation.

Name: Drayton O'Connor Job title: Head of Moving & Handling Email address: ***************@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 276 4006

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at **********@mft.nhs.uk .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

• Registered Healthcare Professional


• Teaching/Training qualification

• Substantial experience in a M&H advisory role in healthcare


• Practical experience in delivering M&H training in a variety of settings


• Specialist knowledge of current M&H practice, issues and legislation


• Detailed knowledge of a range of M&H equipment for moving people and loads

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.