North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

• Assist in developing and delivering effective work skills training to groups of staff with varying abilities. This includes cleaning skills, mandatory skills, catering support, and "Welcome to EFM" new staff inductions.
• Liaise and coordinate effectively with staff members, managers, and other division members to optimise learning opportunities in both the workplace and classroom.
• Observe new staff members' progress in the workplace after initial training to ensure they can effectively demonstrate and utilise their new skills.
• Contribute to the identification of training needs through analysis and assist in developing programmes in response.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes and contribute to assessing their impact on the service.
• Provide requested information to staff regarding their training requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all documentation to required standards. Maintain and appropriately use Trust resources, reporting faults and malfunctions when they occur.
• Stay updated on national and local priorities, policies, procedures, and training guidelines.
• Handle sensitive information professionally, seeking clarity when necessary.
• Report any unsafe practices observed.
• Assist with other aspects of the training department as needed.
• Report concerns to the EFM Training & Development Manager, identifying issues outside your level of competence.
• Ensure the training area is prepared and maintained to facilitate learning.
• Be familiar with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain respect for privacy, dignity, and confidentiality in all actions.
• Exhibit professional behaviour, demonstrating excellent customer care and supporting equality, diversity, and inclusion of all learners.
• Act within the limits of your competence, ensuring actions support the care, protection, and wellbeing of others.
• Maintain responsibility for identifying your own continuing development needs.
• Ensure all mandatory training is completed in line with Trust policy and maintain records of progression and achievement.

Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Minimum of Level 3 Education and Training Certificate (or equivalent experience)
• Working knowledge or willingness to develop knowledge of NHS Standards of cleanliness and local Trust cleaning standards/
• General knowledge of training delivery techniques including the use of presentation equipment.

Desirable criteria

• Level 4 CIEH Food Safety Certificate.

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Basic knowledge of working with staff who have basic skills needs &/or for whom English is not their first language.
• Evidence of recent learning training and/or facilitation experience.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of training in a variety of settings and group sizes.
• Experience of educationally supporting learners in the workplace
• Experience of planning, preparing and delivering workplace training programmes.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Proficient IT skills with confidence using Windows based applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with experience in planning, prioritising both self and learners

Desirable criteria

• Possess excellent presentation skills and ability to deliver training.
• Ability to research and evaluate different types of information from a variety of sources and present information in a straightforward and logical way.

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Flexibility in hours of work is required, as duties will include training, assessment, and observation of staff who may be on shift. This may occasionally include unsocial hours, such as evening, night, and weekend work, with prior notice.
• Adaptability in dealing with delays and unforeseen circumstances – being prepared for the unexpected.

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers. BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system. The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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