Job summary
*Previous Applicants Need Not Apply*
The Facilities Training Service have an exciting opportunity to welcome a Training Facilitator to join their dedicated and highly motivated team.
The Facilities Teams play a vital role in supporting the smooth functioning of the hospital sites and ensuring a positive experience for staff, patients, and visitors alike.
This role will directly contribute to the development and growth of employees within the Division of Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess a strong passion for training and be dedicated to achieving the highest of standards of training excellence.
As a Training Facilitator, you will possess:
Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Excellent organisational and administrative skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Flexibility to work shifts, including nights, and travel between multiple sites. Valid UK driving license. Understanding of NHS training standards (advantageous). A background in healthcare or a related field, while not essential, could be beneficial
Benefits
Career opportunity and personal development. Competitive salary and benefits package. Great pension scheme. On-site parking and nursery. Employee discounts
If you are a highly motivated and experienced training professional with a passion for delivering exceptional training programs, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Main duties of the job
* Position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship *
Working closely with the Facilities Training Manager you will be responsible for:-
Onboarding New Starters: Responsible for welcoming and integrating new employees into the team. This includes conducting first-day inductions, covering essential information about the organisation, policies, and procedures. Delivering Functional and Mandatory Training: Providing specialised training for specific roles within the Facilities department, such as housekeepers, domestics, porters, and catering assistants. This training will cover the necessary skills and knowledge required for each role. Previous knowledge of these roles is not essential, however it would be advantageous. Working closely with the Facilities Training Manager to ensure the effective delivery of all training programs.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across ourthree hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the absence of the Facilities Manager, the post holder will monitorthe Facilities training inbox and respond and act upon any trainingrequirements in a timely manner.
Frequently deliver first day induction and functional training day twoand three for new employees, frequent requirement to demonstrate using physicaldemonstrations including lifting, pushing and pulling of wheelchairs, beds,trollies, scrubbing machines, regen trollies and any other equipment in linewith the moving and handling guidelines. At times, the Facilities Trainer willwork on wards mentoring new staff and staff with further training needs.
Design, develop and deliver refresher training including stop the job andtoolbox talks, daily cleaning/portering tasks on wards facilitating staffacross all three sites.
Deliver new training programmes in accordance with Trust guidelinesincluding the national standards of cleanliness and infection, prevention andcontrol.
Provide mortuary training which can be distressing when placing a patientin the mortuary fridge.
Provide training for resus and cardiac arrest situations which can bedistressing and emotional.
Provide support to colleagues being trained in circumstances that canrise from emotional or distressing situations.
Deliver customer care training in line with the Trust core values. Staffmay come across patients they are moving for diagnostic procedures when theyhave been given upsetting news.
To provide support and guidance to the other staff trainers includingcoaching and guiding newly trained trainers.
Excellent communication skills to motivate and mentor employees to ensurea supportive learning experience delivered to people with learning difficultiesand where English is not their first language.
Assist in developing the teams strategic plan.
Identify, implement and evaluate changes to training practices andprocedures in own working area, including training programmes and discussingthe reasons with the Facilities Training Manager.
Implement policies and propose practices and procedures for the FacilitiesTraining Department.
The Training Facilitator will be required to have the knowledge and technical ability to be able to undertake and teach staff the skills necessary to complete service delivery.
The Training Facilitator will be required to have the knowledge and technical ability to be able to undertake and teach staff the skills necessary to complete service delivery.
Ensure equipment used to deliver the service is of the standard required and is maintained to physical and technical standards.
Monitor the Facilities Training inbox and respond and act upon anytraining requirements co-ordinating with the line managers and organisationaldevelopment in a timely manner.
Process all onboarding passes for new operational Facilities teamemployees ensuring that the new employee has everything they need for day one.
To work without direct supervision and make day to day decisions withinown remit and to use own initiative when to refer to others.
Contribute to project activities in support of the Facilities Trainingteam objectives.
To be responsible for co-ordinating and booking venues and ensuringequipment is available for use.
To assist the Facilities Manager in all aspects of project implementationas needed.
Create and provide reports/training slides to the Training Manager usingMicrosoft packages.
Organise training with outside training providers specific to bespoketraining.
To support the Facilities Training Manager in planning and organisingtraining events within the operational services.
Take and prepare minutes for team meetings.
To maintain effective and efficient training documents and makerecommendations for improvement where appropriate.
Ensure all Facilitators are working and following all Trust policies andguidelines plus own departmental procedures.
Responsible for ordering non and stock items maintain and checking stocklevels to reduce financial resources.
Responsible for the safe and correct use of equipment used for trainingsuch as laptops, computers, scrubbing machines, steamers, beds, trollies,wheelchairs and regen ovens to reduce risk of damage.
Where facility services are busy, the Training Facilitators will berequired to support portering and domestic services either with cleaning ormoving patients.
The Training Facilitators need to be flexible with both office/VDU andtraining requirements of infrastructure staff. This may mean re-evaluation ofdaily schedules to be respondent to individual/manager and IPC needs on eithertraining or reports required.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
Microsoft suite including Excel, Outlook, Word, Power point, SharePoint and MS Teams.
Desirable
Awareness of Health & Safety issues Awareness of Moving & Handling issues
Qualifications
Essential
Level 3 award in education and training (RQF) IOSH Supervising safely Food Safety Level 3 Willingness to achieve essential qualification criteria within first 3 months of employment
Experience
Essential
Previous experience of successfully delivering training and or education Experience of working positively as part of a team Experience of demonstrating initiative and drive
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships. Able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills and successes
Personal Attributes
Essential
Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels
Other
Essential
Hold a full UK driving licence with ability to travel across multiple sites
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Essential
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