Job summary
Are you ready to shape the future of restrictive practice training at Oxford Health?

We are seeking an exceptional Training Manager to lead, inspire and transform PEACE ( Positive Engagement and Caring Environments ) which is our training model for preventing and safely managing restrictive interventions.

You will lead a skilled and friendly team of Learning Environment Leads, Clinical Trainers and ward-based coaches, champion innovative simulation, digital, blended and workplace learning, and turn evidence and incident learning into safer, trauma-informed and least restrictive practice.

You will play a pivotal role in achieving and maintaining certification against the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards, driving outstanding governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

Working alongside the Clinical Lead for Reducing Restrictive Practice, you will connect learning with clinical practice and the Trust's wider ambition to bring an end to all preventable restriction.

If you are a registered nurse or allied health professional with a recognised teaching or training qualification, relevant mental health or learning disability experience, and your passion is rooted in inclusive and compassionate leadership please apply for this post.

Main duties of the job
You will provide strategic and operational leadership for the Trust-wide PEACE Training Programme, leading and developing the training team and ensuring staff are equipped to prevent, reduce and safely manage restrictive interventions.

They will maintain the programme's alignment and certification against the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards; lead curriculum development, quality assurance, evaluation and innovative learning approaches; and use evidence, incident learning and service feedback to strengthen the transfer of learning into practice.

The role will monitor compliance, competence and training impact, provide specialist advice and clear governance reports, manage delegated budgets and external learning contracts, and work with the Clinical Lead for Reducing Restrictive Practice and partners across the Trust to deliver agreed quality and improvement priorities.

About us
Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Oxford Health delivers physical, mental health and social care services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our vision is "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team", and our values are Caring, Safe and Excellent.

We are proud to offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression, learning and development, generous annual leave, pension benefits, wellbeing initiatives and staff networks.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Detailed working knowledge of RRN Training Standards.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, national guidance and professional expectations governing restrictive interventions.
• Advanced specialist knowledge of restrictive practice prevention and safe management.
• Knowledge of adult learning, competency assessment, training evaluation and quality improvement methods.

Desirable

• Knowledge of PCREF, inclusive practice and approaches to reducing health inequalities.

Qualifications
Essential

• Current professional registration as a Registered Nurse with the NMC or as an Allied Health Professional with the HCPC.
• Recognised teaching, training or education qualification.
• Evidence of relevant, sustained CPD, including participation in relevant programmes and updates.

Desirable

• Relevant postgraduate qualification in education, healthcare practice, leadership, quality improvement or a related subject.
• Coaching, simulation, quality improvement or advanced trainer qualification.

Experience
Essential

• Experience in mental health or learning disability inpatient healthcare services.
• Experience managing a complex training programme across multiple services or locations.
• Experience producing compliance and quality reports through established governance routes.
• Experience evaluating training and using findings to improve learning and practice.
• Significant experience working with quality standards and preparation of evidence to meet regulatory requirements.

Desirable

• Experience of developing blended, simulation-based or workplace learning.

Skills
Essential

• Leadership and people-management skills appropriate to a specialist operational service.
• Excellent teaching, facilitation, coaching and practical assessment skills.

Location: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 4XY
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum (Agenda for Change, Band 8a)
Closing date: 15 November 2026

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Apply through our website.