Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Glanrhyd Hospital Town Bridgend Salary £39,263 - £47,280 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/08/2025 23:59
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.
Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Health Care Professional to join the Health, Safety & Fire Team of CTMUHB as a Corporate Manual Handling Trainer (CMHT).
As well as delivering all aspects of Manual Handling Training the successful candidate will also be providing clinical support in our hospitals and communities. This is a full time, Band 6 post, based in Glanrhyd and covering the Bridgend area for the majority of the time but the post holder may occasionally be required to work in any area of the HB to cover staff sickness or leave.
The CMHT will also be responsible for the day to day management of the Band 3 Training Assistant.
Main duties of the job
To plan and deliver corporate patient and inanimate load handling training courses and updates for staff
To liaise with the Risk & Safety Officer in the planning of training courses.
To deliver practical training and provide advice to staff on issues such as risk assessment, moving and handling, provision and use of equipment etc. Patient handling training sessions will be delivered with the assistance of the Manual Handling Training Assistant.
To line manage the Manual Handling Training Assistant, including ensuring that standards of practice are maintained.
To ensure that identified training needs are addressed during training sessions.
To liaise with Directorate key trainers and ward / dept workplace assessors on training and assessment matters.
To assess the competence of staff during training and if required in the workplace e.g. on commencement of employment if previously trained.
To provide advice to staff on issues raised during training sessions and/or seek expert advice on such matters if required. These may be issues relating to moving and handling practice in general, specific patients or staff risk assessment, provision and use of equipment etc.
To be able to travel to other Health Board sites to undertake duties, and also provide office cover at Tonteg when required.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered healthcare professional e.g. nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, radiographer
* A recognised teaching qualification
* Have, or be working towards an accredited post-registration course in patient handling
* Relevant health & safety management course
Experience
* Sufficient experience as a registered healthcare professional in a healthcare setting where patient moving and handling activities and equipment were required.
* Experience of planning and delivering patient and inanimate load handling training programmes that meet the requirement of the All Wales NHS Manual Handling Passport Scheme.
Skills/Knowledge
* Excellent presentation, verbal, written and demonstration skills.
* Knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation and the risk assessment process and their application to manual and patient handling in the workplace.
* Previous NHS experience and knowledge of ESR
* Knowledge of the care and use of patient handling equipment.
Welsh Language Skills
* Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.
Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.
Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.
All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.
We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
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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.
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