Job overview
If you're looking for a fresh challenge and an opportunity to make a real impact, come and join our welcoming team!
A good restrictive intervention trainer has the potential to change practice, win hearts and minds and has an important role in supporting a systems wide approach to the reduction of unnecessary restrictive practices. They have a range of skills and are confident in their knowledge of all the training content, how it fits within the human rights framework and best practice for the sector and population they are training in. They can assess competence, encourage potential and appropriately challenge unhelpful attitudes. (Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards 2019)
We are currently expanding the PEACE (Positive Engagement and Caring Environments) Department to ensure we have the optimal team to meet the training needs of our staff. We are a small, friendly team offering BildACT certified training in restraint and restrictive practice reduction.
Main duties of the job
This post is a great fit for anyone interested in teaching and facilitating but would like to continue to use and develop their clinical skills. You will have a strong desire to provide compassionate and effective approaches to managing distress in the clinical environment. You will be directly involved in developing the training programme to ensure we are using evidence based approaches. You will be given great support to continue with your professional development and expand your knowledge and skills according to your interests.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
5. Competitive pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Mental Health First Aiders
10. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
11. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants must
12. have a valid driving license or be prepared to travel to all trust sites using alternative methods of transport.
13. have a reasonable level of fitness and evidence that they can perform all the required physical skills.
14. have relevant clinical experience of inpatient mental health or learning disability settings.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
15. Working at Band 5 with relevant registration or equivalent vocational qualification
Desirable criteria
16. Training qualification ( associated with the prevention and/ or management of restrictive practice
17. Qualification in related skills e.g. Moving and Handling, First Aid
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Direct care or user experience in a relevant clinical setting
19. Demonstrable knowledge of current national guidance in relation to reduction of restrictive practices in mental health and learning disability settings
20. Experience of working in NHS and a good understanding of its processes and systems
Desirable criteria
21. Relevant teaching experience
22. Experience in co production of training
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
23. Demonstrate a credible role model through example and motivation
24. Diplomacy applied to all working situations
25. Physically fit enough to train in all levels of PEACE training programme including during periods of covid restriction
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
26. Ability to supervise and develop PEACE Champions/Trainers/Coaches on a daily basis, referring to managers as appropriate
27. Ability to plan and implement training sessions
28. Ability to work without supervision, using own initiative and whilst under pressure
29. Ability to undertake and analyze surveys or audits as necessary
30. Ability to identify problems and deal with them or bring them to the attention of the manager if further action is required
31. Ability to deputise for the PEACE Learning Environment Leads as required
32. All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
33. Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
34. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
35. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
36. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
37. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
38. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
39. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing