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Manual Handling Coordinator/Trainer – NHS Jobs with Visa Sponsorship

Visa sponsorship: Available – applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. The employer states that applicants must have current UK professional registration. Check the registration requirements and your eligibility before applying.

Job Overview

  • Employer: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Job Title: Manual Handling Coordinator/Trainer
  • Salary: £32,073–£39,043 per year (pro rata)
  • NHS Band: Band 5
  • Location: Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working Pattern: Full-time, part-time or flexible working
  • Work Arrangement: Predominantly on-site, with the possibility of working from home one day per week
  • Closing Date: 24 October 2026
  • Reference Number: 234-26-K1130
  • Date Posted: 15 October 2026

About the Role

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals is recruiting a Manual Handling Coordinator/Trainer to deliver patient and non-patient manual handling training to new and existing staff across the Trust.

Reporting to the Health and Safety Lead Advisor, you will help colleagues develop the practical skills and knowledge needed to handle patients, equipment and supplies safely. You will also support other health and safety training activities when required.

Patient manual handling training includes six-hour induction sessions and two-hour refresher sessions. Strong communication and presentation skills are essential, particularly when demonstrating the safe use of equipment such as slide sheets and hoists.

The role may occasionally require work outside normal working hours, including evenings.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver patient and non-patient manual handling training to new and existing employees.
  • Demonstrate the safe use of manual handling equipment, including slide sheets and hoists.
  • Provide specialist, evidence-based advice on patient handling and manual handling to staff at all levels.
  • Help protect patients, employees and visitors by promoting safe working practices.
  • Contribute to the development and review of manual handling and health and safety policies and procedures.
  • Communicate and collaborate with relevant stakeholders on health and safety matters.
  • Deliver additional training, such as Prevention and Management of Aggression and fit testing, when required.
  • Demonstrate the Trust’s PRIDE values: People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
  • Support a safe, inclusive and compassionate healthcare environment.

Qualifications and Requirements

Essential Requirements

  • A teaching or training qualification, such as City & Guilds 730 or an equivalent qualification.
  • Significant experience with patient-handling systems, ideally within an NHS environment.
  • Effective communication skills when working with staff, patients and members of the public.
  • Confidence presenting information to both small and large groups.
  • Ability to contribute to the development of relevant policies and procedures.
  • Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Ability to demonstrate the Trust’s PRIDE values.

Desirable Requirements

  • A recognised manual handling training qualification, particularly in patient handling.
  • Experience developing and delivering training programmes.
  • Experience in an acute healthcare setting.
  • Clinical care experience, which would be a significant advantage.

Visa Sponsorship Information

The employer welcomes applications from candidates who require current Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

The advert confirms that such applicants will be considered alongside other candidates. However, sponsorship is not a guarantee of appointment or visa approval.

Before applying, check that you meet the role’s qualification, experience and UK professional registration requirements. You should also confirm with the recruitment team whether the position can be sponsored under the applicable immigration rules.

Overseas applicants may need to provide criminal record certificates for countries where they have lived for the required periods. The advert also states that the role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Benefits of Working for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals

The Trust employs more than 10,000 staff and provides acute healthcare services to approximately one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas.

Benefits listed in the advert include:

  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • NHS pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.
  • Discounted gym memberships.
  • Free Park & Ride service to the Colney Lane hospital site.
  • Confidential counselling support available 24 hours a day.
  • Fast-track staff physiotherapy service.
  • On-site nursery and staff-discounted cafés.
  • Wagestream, providing access to up to 40% of earned pay as you earn it.
  • Career development opportunities.
  • Flexible staff bank.
  • Salary sacrifice schemes, including lease cars, Cycle to Work and home electronics.

Application and Selection Process

Interested candidates should review the full job description and person specification before submitting an application.

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Closing date: 24 October 2026

Apply online through NHS Jobs

For questions about the role, contact:

  • Contact: Rachel Walding, Health and Safety Lead Advisor
  • Email: Rachel.Walding@nnuh.nhs.uk
  • Telephone: 01603 287029

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