Assistant Moving and Handling Advisor (RSH)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Main area Moving and Handling Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours available) Job ref 223-AMH-099
Site The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Town Shrewsbury Salary £28,392 – £31,157 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59
Job overview
We are looking for new members of the Trust’s established Moving and Handling Team. The successful applicant will work alongside the Moving and Handling Advisors, supporting the team to provide excellent training programmes focused on patient handling and high risk load handling skills for staff working at SaTH and in the wider Integrated Care System in Shropshire.
The successful applicant will have relevant experience of working in an acute clinical setting, or domiciliary care including care homes and nursing homes.
The base will be The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
We welcome telephone calls or emails with enquiries, and may be able to host visits on site by prior appointment.
Main duties of the job
We deliver classroom-based and workplace-based training, guidance and support with the aim of ensuring that our patients are handled in accordance with best practice, and that the risk of injury and ill-health to our staff members is reduced. This means that your work may take you into classrooms at PRH and RSH, supporting Trust and ICStaff members and students undertaking T-Levels and the IC Healthcare Support Worker programme.
In addition, you will undertake tasks in Trust clinical and non-clinical workplaces with the aim of supporting excellent handling practices.
Working for our organisation
You will join an established team of experienced Moving and Handling Advisors, who will fully support your development in post. We will support you to achieve appropriate teaching qualifications at Level 3, and expertise in patient-handling and load-handling via RoSPA training and ongoing continuing professional development.
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
- NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent prior training and experience.
- ROSPA Level 3 Award for Safer People Handling Trainers or equivalent, or a willingness to undertake the training in post
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training, or equivalent, or a willingness to undertake the training in post.
Experience
- Proven relevant experience of working for an acute clinical setting, or domiciliary care including care homes and nursing homes
- Experience of delivering and evaluating manual and patient handling training interventions for adults at work, or a willingness to undertake the training and development in post
- Proven relevant experience of giving advice on safe working practices to adults at work.
Skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels within an acute NHS Trust including staff members, patients, multidisciplinary teams and ward/ department managers
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills including sensitivity
- Excellent practical skills in patient handling and manual handling techniques.
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If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
If you require the application form in an alternative format, please call the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402 or email us at sath.recruitment@nhs.net
We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Our Commitment to Safety and Respect – The Trust is a signatory to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter and is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace, free from sexual misconduct, harassment and discrimination. We expect everyone working, training or learning within the Trust to uphold appropriate professional boundaries, demonstrate respectful behaviour and contribute to a culture in which colleagues feel safe to speak up.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury Business Park1 Douglas CourtAnchorage AvenueShrewsburyShropshireSY2 6LGTelephone 01743 492402
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