Pmva Instructor

Prevention & Management of Violence & Aggression (PMVA)

London Services

PMVA Senior/Specialist Tutor & Team Leader (Band 6)

A vacancy has become available for a PMVA Senior/Specialist Tutor, working as part of the existing team of full-time PMVA Instructors in the PMVA department, Emerson Training Centre, Ealing.

Applicants must meet the criterion as defined within the West London NHS Trusts’ Professional Code of Practice (PCP) for PMVA Senior / Specialist Tutors.

Applicants must be practicing PMVA tutors, able to deliver all West London NHS Trusts’ PMVA teaching programmes, as well as experienced team leaders able to teach, develop, support and supervise other instructors.

The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of Forensic and Local & Specialist Services, having a sound clinical knowledge of the needs and requirements of our patient & staff populations.

Also the successful applicant must have knowledge of national legislation and guidance in relation to violence reduction and the reduction of restrictive practices.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the required level of skills, knowledge and experience to manage the day to day planning, preparation and delivery of the PMVA training programme as well as working alongside our service users and multi-disciplinary teams within the clinical areas to assist with the development of proactive strategies & interventions to reduce violence, aggression and restrictive practices.

This role will require specialist personal protective equipment (PPE) knowledge & experience, and involve on-call duties as an PPE advisor.

Essential to this role is the ability to preserve the respect and dignity of service users and staff in relation to all aspects of PMVA & PPE interventions, acting as an ambassador for our service and organisation.

Applicants must have a good level of physical fitness & good attendance record.

The successful applicant must be prepared to travel as part of the role.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

Covid-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.

For the main detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the file attached to this vacancy, thanks.