Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner

Job responsibilities

1.JOB DETAILS

Job Title:

Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner

Band:

Band 5 AfC

Locality:

Mental health and wellbeing

Base:

Admin Block, Mount Gould Hospital

Hours of work:

30 hours (0.8 wte) permanent position

Responsible to:

Health Improvement Manager

2. JOB PURPOSE

The Wellbeing Team is the provider service for the Office of the Director of Public Health within Plymouth City Council. The Team is responsible for a variety of health improvement outcome measures. It provides a One You service to the public around the key lifestyles which contribute to health outcomes, for example: Smokefree, Drink Less, Eatwell, Move More and Stress Less. As a team within Livewell Southwest they are responsible for other elements of health promotion such as supporting the Smokefree Policy and some CQUINs (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation measures); they also assist with the annual Flu Campaign. The team run an extensive programme of wellbeing-related training with an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing. They also facilitate the Wellbeing at Work Programme and Workplace Wellbeing Champion Scheme and in-house workplace wellbeing training. The team support and develop student placements from various health care disciplines.

Deputy Director of Mental Health and Wellbeing

3. DEPARTMENTAL POSITION

Health Improvement Practitioners Band 4

Health Improvement Assistants Band 2

Health Improvement Managers Band 7

Wellbeing Service Lead 8a

Health Improvement Advisers Band 3

Specialist Health Improvement Practitioners Band 6

Advanced Health Improvement Practitioners Band 5

4. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Carry out specialist one-to-one and group interventions for behaviour change after appropriate training.

Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.

Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in health lifestyle initiatives.

Develop and deliver health improvement training programmes for other professionals /interested parties internally and externally.

Contribute at network meetings and team events.

Monitor and evaluate outcomes through specified processes, procedures, and systems.

Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to lead manager and head of service.

Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.

Develop, promote and co-ordinate health activities and other community engagement events and activities to deliver health promotion and brief interventions and facilitate signposting into the One You service or partner services.

Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.

Develop fact sheets and resources.

Contribute to research and development as directed.

Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.

Be the Student Placement and Champion Lead; acting as central point of contact between practice placement lead and colleagues and to oversee and assist with student placement planning, induction, and assessment processes.

As a clinician, the post holder may be required to participate in the occupational flu vaccination campaign.

4.1 Responsibility for People Management

The post holder will be responsible for the induction of new team members.

The post holder will be responsible for the line management of junior staff, providing day-to-day management and supervision, absence management and appraisal.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinics run smoothly.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of training to groups of people.

4.2 Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources

• Collect data regarding purchasing and invoicing to support managers budgetary requirements.

Responsible for stock control and security as appropriate. e.g. training resources, nicotine replacement therapy.

4.3 Responsibility for administration

Ensure records are up-to-date and stored as per record keeping policy.

Responsible for developing training packs, presentation, leaflets and hand-outs.

4.4 Responsibility for people who use our services

Responsible for giving advice and support to members of the public over the phone, face-to-face and digitally.

Responsible for case load management.

Required to attend external events, speaking to members of the public or event administration.

May be required to present information at steering groups, forums, events, seminars and conferences.

4.5 Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments

The post holder will contribute to service development and implement changes to established working processes as appropriate.

The post holder may be responsible for writing policies, procedures and guidance documents.

4.6 Other Responsibilities

Share all data collection with Business Hub for data analysis, performance and audit purposes.

5. COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

The post holder will interact with the general public, work colleagues, external stakeholders, LSW employee at a variety of venues and workplaces.

Design and produce health promotion displays, presentations and publicity.

Establish, maintain, and seek opportunities to promote effective channels of communication across LSW and the wider community.

Market and promote the One You branding and underpinning health improvement messages with a particular focus on priority areas.

Seek opportunities to raise awareness of health, promoting message through the Comms team and wider partners.

6. PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB

This section should describe the nature, level, frequency and duration of the physical effort (sustained effort at a similar level or sudden explosive effort) required for the job. It takes account of any circumstances that may affect the degree of effort required, such as working in an awkward position or confined space. The physical skills required in the job should also be described e.g. requirements for speed and accuracy, keyboard, driving skills etc.

There is likely to be frequent sitting and standing.

Frequent effort to lift and manual handing of equipment.

Keyboard work will be used throughout the working day

The post holder will be required to maintain competencies relevant to the role.

Some training may inflame emotions e.g., Suicide Prevention and Mental Health First Aid. The post holder may need to seek support from colleagues or line manager on such occasions.

The post holder will use VDU for high proportion of time. However, all staff will be entitled to a workstation assessment and VDU check.

The post holder will be required to work across a range of different community and health care settings.

The service requires cover between 0800-1800 therefore some flexibility of working hours will be required to ensure the service is always covered. There will be some evening and weekend requirement.

7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ALL POSTS

The post holder is required to comply with all relevant policies and procedures pertinent to their post. Current versions can be found on the intranet or via your manager. The areas listed below are those Livewell Southwest currently places particular emphasis on. Failure to follow correct policies and procedures may result in disciplinary action.

7.1 Risk Management

In accordance with the Risk Management Strategy, employees will participate, whenever required, with the risk management process. They will support line managers by attending mandatory and statutory training, completing incident/accident forms for every adverse event or near miss that occurs, report all defects and complaints, and communicate any dangerous situation to individuals potentially at risk.

7.2 Health and Safety at Work

You must co-operate with those in authority and others in meeting the statutory requirements and in following policies and procedures. A copy of the Health and Safety Policy is available from the intranet or from the Risk Management Department.

You are reminded that in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 you have a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to yourself and to others affected by your work activities.

You will be notified where your post carries a requirement for immunisation.

You may be required to be able to undertake physical intervention training and participate in physical intervention as part of a physical intervention team and Basic Life Support (BLS).

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) and hold a professional registration as an RGN, RMN, Midwife.
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public health.
• Competent in IT skills/ECDL or equivalent.

Desirable

• NCSCT qualification.
• Health promotion certificates such as Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Mental health First Aid.
• Training Qualification.
• Motivational Interviewing qualification.
• Student mentorship qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 6 months experience of community work.
• Minimum of 6 months experience of health promotion.
• Experience of delivering training to a varied group of delegates.
• Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groups.
• Experience of supporting nursing students as an assessor and/or supervisor.

Desirable

• Experience of working with statutory, public and voluntary sector bodies.
• Experience of supporting student nurse placement development.
• Able to work with vulnerable groups.
• Experience of presenting to varied groups including healthcare professionals and service users.
• Demonstrate project planning and management skills/experience including monitoring and evaluation of projects

Specific Skills

Essential

• Able to drive across Plymouth & other geographical areas.
• Able to work out of hours with notice eg evenings and weekends
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team and manage own caseload

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the psychology of behaviour change.
• Knowledge of the benefits of health improvement interventions.
• Understanding of determinants of health and health inequalities.
• Understanding and commitment to community development approaches.
• Knowledge of NMC requirement for student nurses.

Desirable

• Knowledge of social marketing and health needs assessment.
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).