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[email protected]About The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Violence and Aggression Reduction Training team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
Based at our hospital in Dewsbury, the successful candidate will be an experienced trainer who will be responsible for delivering accredited Violence and Aggression Reduction training programmes in personal safety in order for the organisation to meet its statutory obligations.
If you have the expertise and passion for this essential role we would welcome your application.
This is a full time position with 37.5 hours per week, working Monday to Friday.
Main duties
The post holder will provide the workforce with specialist advice pertaining to personal safety and dealing with violence and aggression in the workplace. The post holder will undertake the role of delivering a comprehensive range of physical intervention and breakaway courses to clinical and non-clinical staff members.
The post holder will have responsibility for planning classes and deliver engaging training sessions to a set of agreed criteria using a range of approaches to learning and carrying out maintenance of records for ESR. They will continuously develop the courses based upon the feedback they receive from their delegates and audits and in line with changing trends, legislation and guidance from experts both externally through the HSE/CQC and within our own organisation.
Key Requirements
- Be a role model and uphold professional standards for the management of violence and aggression reduction.
- Develop and maintain professional links during training with other departments, organisations and individuals who conduct work within the field of personal safety.
- Attend meetings as directed by line managers to provide advice on personal safety and management and reduction of violence and aggression in the workplace.
- Utilise verbal and communication skills as appropriate to meet the learning styles of the individual trainee.
- To be able to communicate and influence people at all levels within the organisation.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Supports the Lead Trainer in engaging with managers, using tact, persuasion and negotiation skills to overcome barriers to enrolling staff in the training to ensure attendance.
- Under supervision, support the Lead Trainer in working with complex and sensitive information on patients and incidents to develop appropriate VART action plans for teams.
- Deputise for lead trainer as and when required to support the department.
- Supports management in the development of the VART project.
- Act as a first point of contact for queries for trainees.
Please review the job description and person specification for further information
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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