Job responsibilities
JOB DETAILS
Job
Title:
Health Improvement Practitioner
Band:
Band 4 AfC
Locality:
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Base:
Hybrid Working
Home/ Livewell Southwest
Responsible to:
Health Improvement Manager
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 number of
health improvement outcome measures. It provides a One You service to the
public around the key lifestyles which contribute to health outcomes, Eg.
Smokefree, Drink Less, Eatwell and Move More. The Team run an extensive
programme of training with an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing. They
also facilitate the Wellbeing at Work Programme and Workplace Wellbeing
Champion Scheme.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Carry out specialist one-to-one / 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.
Actively seek out Livewell Southwest teams who would benefit from
smoking cessation brief intervention training.
Develop and deliver training programmes for other professionals
/interested parties internally and externally.
Contribute at network meetings and team events.
Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures and
systems.
Give feedback on programme delivery to senior management team.
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 to deliver health promotion and brief
interventions.
Collect case studies and photos for promoting service.
Develop fact sheets and resources.
Contribute to team research and development.
Act as a Health Champion.
Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through
competency-based learning.
Responsibility for People Management
The post holder
will be responsible for the induction of new team members.
The post holder
may 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
may be responsible for the delivery of training.
Responsibility for
financial and/or physical resources
Collect
information regarding purchasing and invoicing to support managers budgetary requirements.
Responsible for
stock control and security as appropriate, e.g. training resources, nicotine
replacement therapy
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.
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
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.
Other Responsibilities
Share
all data collection with the Wellbeing Team Business Hub for data analysis,
performance and audit purposes
COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
The post holder will
interact with the public, work colleagues, stakeholders, Livewell Southwest
colleagues and workplaces.
Design and produce health promotion displays, presentations and
publicity.
Establish and maintain effective channels of communication across
Livewell Southwest and the wider community.
Support the promotion of the One You branding and underpinning
health improvement messages with a particular focus on priority areas.
Seek opportunities to raise awareness of health promoting messages
through the communications team and wider partners such as national campaigns.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF
THE JOB
This role requires the
post holder to engage in physical activity.
There is likely to be
frequent sitting and standing.
Frequent lifting and
manual handing of equipment for health events, clinics and training following
appropriate training.
Concentration required
when delivering client support and health improvement interventions.
Concentration required
for reading documents and assimilating knowledge.
Some training delivery
may be emotive 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.
Some one-to-one and
group interventions may be upsetting for the client. 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. All staff will complete a workstation
assessment and VDU check.
The post holder will be
required to travel to a variety of settings including Livewell sites,
University Hospitals Plymouth, community centres/settings.
Service core hours are
0800-1800 and there may be some evening and weekend requirement. Some
flexibility of working hours is required.
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.
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.
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).
Infection Control
LSW is
determined to eradicate healthcare-acquired infection and puts a great deal of
emphasis on the responsibility of all staff to ensure their own personal and
others compliance with Infection Control (including Hand Washing) Policies. All staff must comply with infection
control policies and guidance, attend relevant updates and report issues of
concern to their immediate line manager (if no action or explanation received,
then it is the individuals responsibility to escalate their concerns to the
Director of Operations or Chief Executives Office).
Safeguarding Children and
Adults
All employees have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of
children and adults and are required to act in such a way that at all times
safeguards their health and wellbeing. Familiarisation with and adherence
to national and local safeguarding adults and children policies is an essential
requirement upon all employees. LSW has specific safeguarding policies and in
addition, employees also have a responsibility to practice and work within the
multi-agency policy developed by the Safeguarding Adults Board and the
Safeguarding Children Board. Staff are also required to participate in related
mandatory/statutory training.
Research
For clinical
posts at bands 5 and 6, there is an expectation that engagement in research
will be part of this role. Therefore, an awareness of the value and relevance
of research is expected and the post holder should either support existing
research within their specialty area as appropriate or identify opportunities
to raise awareness of research possibilities.
For clinical posts at band 7 and above, the post holder will be required
to actively participate in complex audits using research methodology, or
participate as required in clinical trials or equipment testing, and will
demonstrate high level involvement in local ongoing research projects.
Sustainability and climate change
All staff
are expected to take responsibility for the reduction of carbon emissions
within their area of the organisation. In particular this may relate to
reducing energy consumption, making low carbon travel choices, consideration of
goods and services being purchased, and waste reduction.
Other
This Job Description is not exhaustive and may change as the post
develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the
post holder and their manager. Job descriptions should be reviewed at least
annually at the appraisal meeting.
