Training Facilitator

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Jackie Callear - [email protected]

About The Role

*Previous Applicants Need Not Apply*

* Please note that this position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship *

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.

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. The working hours are Mon - Fri, 09.00am - 17.00pm with some weekends where required. Premium pay rates are applicable for weekend working. There are also many great benefits including a pension scheme, staff parking, retail discounts plus much more.

*Please note that this advert may close early*

Main duties

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.

Key Requirements

• In the absence of the Facilities Manger the post holder will monitor the Facilities training inbox and respond and act upon any training requirements in a timely manner.
• Frequently deliver first day induction and functional training day two and three for new employees, frequent requirement to demonstrate using physical demonstrations including lifting, pushing and pulling of wheelchairs, beds, trollies, scrubbing machines, regen trollies and any other equipment in line with the moving and handling guidelines. At times the Facilities Trainer will work on wards mentoring new staff and staff with further training needs.
• Design, develop and deliver refresher training including stop the job and toolbox talks, daily cleaning/portering tasks on wards facilitating staff across all three sites.
• Deliver new training programmes in accordance with Trust guidelines including the national standards of cleanliness and infection, prevention and control.
• Provide mortuary training which can be distressing when placing a patient in the mortuary fridge.
• Provide training for resus and cardiac arrest situations which can be distressing and emotional.
• Provide support to colleagues been trained in circumstances that can rise from emotional or distressing situations.
• Deliver customer care training in line with the Trust core values. Staff may come across patients they are moving for diagnostic procedures when they have been given upsetting news.
• To provide support and guidance to the other staff trainers including coaching and guiding newly trained trainers.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate and mentor employees to ensure a supportive learning experience delivered to people with learning difficulties and where English is not there first language.
• Assist in developing the team’s strategic plan.
• Identify, implement and evaluate changes to training practices and procedures in own working area, including training programmes and discussing the reasons with the Facilities Training Manager.
• Implement policies and propose practices and procedures for the Facilities Training 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.
• 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 any training requirements co-ordinating with the line managers and organisational development in a timely manner.
• Process all onboarding passes for new operational Facilities team employees ensuring that the new employee has everything they need for day one.
• To work without direct supervision and make day to day decisions within own remit and to use own initiative when to refer to others.
• Contribute to project activities in support of the Facilities Training team objectives.
• To be responsible for co-ordinating and booking venues and ensuring equipment is available for use.
• To assist the Facilities Manager in all aspects of project implementation as needed
• Create and provide reports/training slides to the Training Manager using Microsoft packages.
• Organise training with outside training providers specific to bespoke training.
• To support the Facilities Training Manager in planning and organising training events within the operational services.
• Take and prepare minutes for team meetings.
• To maintain effective and efficient training documents and make recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
• Ensure all Facilitators are working and following all Trust policies and guidelines plus own departmental procedures.
• Responsible for ordering non and stock items maintain and checking stock levels to reduce financial resources.
• Responsible for the safe and correct use of equipment used for training such as laptops, computers, scrubbing machines, steamers, beds, trollies, wheelchairs and regen ovens to reduce risk of damage.
• Where facility services is busy the Training Facilitators will be required to support portering and domestic services either with cleaning or moving patients.
• The Training Facilitators need to be flexible with both office/VDU and training requirements of infrastructure staff. This may mean re- evaluation of daily schedule to be respondent to individual/manager and IPC needs on either training or reports required.
  
  

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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