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Non Clinical - Manual Handling Assessor (Estates and Facilities)
Band 4: (£30,353 - £33,016) Pro-rata
Department: Manual Handling Service (MHS)
Directorate: Lothian Occupational Health and Safety Service (LOHSS)
Hours: 30.0
Permanent post:
* Part time, 4 days per week, undertaken flexibly to support/cover various Estates and Facilities job families and staff working patterns; including out of hours work at times: evenings, weekends and nightshift
* Pan Lothian Role, based at the RIE/RHCYP, Edinburgh
* Covering NHS Lothian wide Estates and Facilities job roles
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Estates and Facilities Non-Clinical Manual Handling Assessor position within the MHS. The role requires you to have good communication/inter-personal skills, work well within a team governance structure and have the ability to motivate, guide and educate staff.
The post holder should have knowledge of manual handling legislation, together with a good understanding of ergonomics and risk assessment.
The postholder will be responsible for assessing the Manual Handling practice of Estates and Facilities staff and providing Manual Handling education, coaching and advice to those job families.
The successful candidate will represent the MHS as an accountable and approachable team member, who promotes safer systems of work and staff safety. The successful candidate should be aware that this role requires strong core skills of organisation, flexible working and planning.
It is an exciting time to join the MHS, to support NHS Lothian Estates and Facilities employees in the field of manual handling, by providing education, raising awareness and improving safe working practices.
The post will require a working knowledge of safe manual handling practice and the application of the principles around ergonomics. Equally, our service is committed to providing development and onboarding of MHS processes as part of the induction process.
The successful candidate will be subject to a robust probationary period which will involve monitoring of key learning objectives and in turn, routine performance indicators/targets to deliver Estates and Facilities manual handling education across NHS Lothian, as well as our service specific processes. Examples include: onsite competency assessments and day to day team procedures; such as reporting to their MHS Line Manager and/or other MHS Site Area Leads as required.
This role is an integral part of our greater MHS covering NHS Lothian, which is embracing innovation through several ongoing projects to drive the MHS forward in terms of service development.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
Information on the role and what skills/experience/values would be applicable is outlined in the job description and person specification.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for please refer to the job description and person specification.
Interviews: in addition to interview questions, the process will also include assessed practical elements, undertaken face to face; with details provided to the candidates selected for interview.
Candidates: are encouraged to contact the hiring manager to learn more information about the role, what skills/experience/values would be applicable (as outlined in the job description and person specification), as well as understanding the role from a ‘day to day’, ‘week to week’ perspective and what that typically looks/feels like.
If you require further information please contact the hiring manager;
Lisa Olsson (Work mobile) 07973 668481 or via email lisa.olsson@nhs.scot
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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes .
Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Lisa Olsson on 07973 668481.