Band 6 (£41,608 - £50,702)
Department: Manual Handling Service (MHS)
Directorate: Lothian Occupational Health and Safety Service (LOHSS)
Location: Pan Lothian
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic registered clinical professional, AHP or Nurse with a degree (or professionally equivalent clinical qualification), with recent relevant clinical experience who is highly passionate and motivated to contribute their specialist knowledge towards delivering our flexible MHS. Our service delivers a high-quality manual handling education programme, including onsite competency assessments, covering every job family in NHS Lothian; both clinical, non-clinical and Estates and Facilities staff groups.
The successful candidate will represent the team/service as an accountable and approachable professional who is committed to their continuous professional development and who promotes safer systems of work to benefit both patient/client and staff safety. The successful candidate should be aware that this role requires strong core skills of organisation, flexible working and planning.
The post will require a working knowledge of safer manual handling practice and the application of the principles around Ergonomics and Human Factors (HFE). Our service is committed to providing development and education to the successful candidate in these areas as part of the induction and development process.