Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for aClinical Skills Senior Tutor to assist in the development of programmes of training required to meet NICE, Department of Health and Safety Management and Security Services Guidelines on the safe and effective use of positive & safe care approaches and Resus.
The postholder will be leading and monitoring the Positive & Safe Care, Basic Life Support & CPR training across Trust services. Assisting in the collaborative working enabling specialist advice, clinical guidance and support regarding Positive & Safe Care Trustwide.
The post holder will be assisting in the management of the Clinical Skills Training Team, providing effective leadership and development of Trust training priorities and embedding safe practices. Creating and maintaining the training rota on Excel for both clinical skills trainers and ensuring courses meet capacity and demand. Leading on Team meetings, supervision and appraisals.
The post holder will be required to have strong IT skills, utilising excel, ESR and CMS Training booking system.
The Clinical Skills team within TEWV deliver restrictive interventions training in line with the RRN standards, Resus training in line with the Resus Council and Moving & Handling.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa..
Main duties of the job
To ensure continued links with clinical care staff in the development of specialist intervention plans for patients, to embed the principles of positive and safe care approaches by the provision of specialist advice across various standards and guidance
To ensure continued links with clinical care staff in the development of specialist intervention plans for patients, to embed the principles of positive approaches by the provision of specialist advice across various standards and guidance.
To assist with the implementation of the required standards of training practice to meet registration as a General Services Association (GSA) provider and to provide GSA updates to tutors
To demonstrate a high level of professional expertise in positive and safe care training in the safe management of aggression and violence.
To be able to provide and deliver complex, sensitive or contentious information orally, in writing or electronically within a leadership role.
To promote the safe and effective restrictive intervention training and Resus training, across Trust services
To provide specialist advice, clinical guidance and support regarding restrictive interventions, to the service areas.
To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
To promote at all times a positive image of the People and Culture Department and the wider Trust.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Details
Date posted
09 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
37,338 to 44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-CORP-045-25-A
Job locations
Flatts Lane Centre, Middlesbrough
Flatts Lane Centre, Flatts Lane, Normanby
Middlesbrough
TS6 0SZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
For further information please contact Susan Coulson, susan.coulson@nhs.net or Mark Carney, markcarney@nhs.netThe post will be based across two sites- Lanchester Road Hospital and Flatts Lane Centre. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
For further information please contact Susan Coulson, susan.coulson@nhs.net or Mark Carney, markcarney@nhs.netThe post will be based across two sites- Lanchester Road Hospital and Flatts Lane Centre.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• GSA Trained Tutor and a continued member of GSA body
• Certificate in Education or equivalent teaching qualification.
• Leadership qualification or experience of leadership within role, and understanding of principles within leadership and management, or willingness to undertake qualification.

• Experience of leading and demonstrating the range of skills/interventions used in the prevention and safe management of violence and aggression and Resus.
• Evidence of 450 hours experience in training within GSA interventions and practice.

• To be able to demonstrate the range of skills/interventions used in restrictive interventions
• To have an insight into principles of effective training and education
• To be fully literate with the ability to communicate effectively both verbal and written.

• GSA Trained Tutor and a continued member of GSA body
• Certificate in Education or equivalent teaching qualification.
• Leadership qualification or experience of leadership within role, and understanding of principles within leadership and management, or willingness to undertake qualification.

• Experience of leading and demonstrating the range of skills/interventions used in the prevention and safe management of violence and aggression and Resus.
• Evidence of 450 hours experience in training within GSA interventions and practice.

• To be able to demonstrate the range of skills/interventions used in restrictive interventions
• To have an insight into principles of effective training and education
• To be fully literate with the ability to communicate effectively both verbal and written.