Mav Link Trainer

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Great Opportunity to join Harvest Ward as our new MAV Link!

Harvest Ward is a 8 bed mixed gender Inpatient Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Bodmin Hospital.

This role will work an alternating shift pattern alongside another MAV Link on PICU, ensuring cover is provided across all shifts.

If you are interested in developing your skills and teaching others. If you are interested in restraint reduction and how you can support teams to think differently about approaching the management of challenging behaviours, then this role might be for you!

As part of your role you’ll be trained to deliver training in our new management of violence and aggression package (delivered by the General Services Association (GSA)), and will protected to deliver this training for the Trust on a regular basis. The rest of your time will be spent on your ward, supporting staff to embed new ways of working and restraint reduction techniques.

The post holder will be under the direction and guidance of the MAV Lead, and will be required to deliver educational programmes regarding the safe and effective management of patients. This will include MAPA.

You will act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism, using their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients. You will be flexible in your approach and support the ward in times of change.

You will be expected to deliver brief MAV training sessions within the ward environment and to monitor staff skills to avoid skill fade.

You will be required to deliver search training to inpatient staff.

You will be involved in new and developing training packages and assist in the delivery of these to the wider staff group.

You will be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the safety pod and other training equipment.

As a MAV link trainer, your working commitments will fall in line with the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and…