(PMVA) Tutor

Job summary

Were looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person with a passion for not only keeping our people safe, but also for ensuing that the public and our patients are receive a high quality of care. The correct person will directly influence frontline NHS staff in how they manage vulnerable persons, particularly when restrictive interventions are required, but more than that, they will support and educate our people to ensure they are able to recognise the signs that a person may present a risk to themselves or others. You will help our teams to take a holistic approach to reduce that risk, only utilising physical force when necessary and ensuring that it is the least restrictive intervention.

Main duties of the job

We have an established and award winning prospectus of training for the whole Trust to not only keep them safe, but their most vulnerable patients and members of the public by ensuring that we deliver effective, high quality, evidence-based training. This includes physical restraint, and also theoretical components linked to this such as de-escalation strategies, warning signs of aggression, physical health implications and other's.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 29 May 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 000472
• Job locations: St James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

We’re looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person with a passion for not only keeping our people safe, but also for ensuing that the public and our patients are receive a high quality of care. The correct person will directly influence frontline NHS staff in how they manage vulnerable persons, particularly when restrictive interventions are required, but more than that, they will support and educate our people to ensure they are able to recognise the signs that a person may present a risk to themselves or others. You will help our teams to take a holistic approach to reduce that risk, only utilising physical force when necessary and ensuring that it is the least restrictive intervention.

We have an established and award winning prospectus of training for the whole Trust to not only keep them safe, but their most vulnerable patients and members of the public by ensuring that we deliver effective, high quality, evidence-based training.

This includes physical restraint, and also theoretical components linked to this such as de-escalation strategies, warning signs of aggression, physical health implications and other's.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust we take violence and abuse directed towards our staff seriously. Across our hospitals, we are committed to ensuring staff feel safe, and we firmly believe that they should be able to come to work without fear of violence, abuse, or harassment.

We’re looking for an individual to join an established award winning and progressive violence reduction team at LTHT, to not only deliver high quality training in the Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression but to help continue to improve the training which we offer to our people in the future.

In this role, you’ll be pivotal in supporting the aims of our Violence Reduction Strategy, inline with the requirements of the NHS England Violence Reduction Standard.

Within this strategy we identified clear key ambitions in line with the Leeds Way Methodology, of which one of these was to deliver high quality targeted and risk-based training to help our staff feel safer at work, and that's where you’ll come in.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team where we’re actively making change to support our staff and improve their wellbeing at work, all while helping them feel safe.

General Services Association (GSA) tutors certificate at grade A

Teaching Qualification such as 998 PTLLS or Level 3 Award in Learning and Development or equivalent

Immediate Life Support (ILS) provider

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent/higher qualification

Current First Aid at Work Certificate

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.