Physical Activity Clinical Champion

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

The closing date is 01 May 2025

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Job summary

Are you passionate about improving health and wellbeing through physical activity? Would you like to help tackle inequalities in physical activity levels and support healthcare professionals to integrate this into patient care? If so, this is your opportunity to make a difference in TowerHamlets.

We are seeking a Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC) to join an exciting Sport England-funded initiative piloting a place-based approach to the national PACC training programme. This role will focus on organising and delivering clinician-to-clinician training, empowering healthcare professionals to promote physical activity as a key intervention for the prevention and management of long-term conditions.

This is a part time role 15 hours per week.

This is an initial1 year fixed term contract.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

As a PACC, you will:

  • Organise and deliver free face-to-face or online training sessions for healthcare professionals in Tower Hamlets.
  • Work closely with Tower Hamlets Public Health, GPCG, and the central PACC team to build relationships with local and regional organisations.
  • Address Tower Hamlets physical activity challenges, including low activity rates among children and young people, women, people from global majority backgrounds, and older adults.
  • Foster an online network of healthcare professionals, encouraging the sharing of knowledge and resources to sustain momentum.
  • Help develop and refine this new role, contributing to the long-term success of the programme in Tower Hamlets.
  • Note that we are recruiting one PACC at 15 hours (0.4 WTE) per week. This role will focus on professionals working with children and young people, in addition to delivery of the core adult slideset as required.

About You

We are looking for clinicians who are:

  • Currently clinically active
  • Passionate about physical activity as a key tool for improving health outcomes.
  • Experienced in healthcare delivery and confident delivering peer-to-peer training.
  • Skilled in collaboration and building relationships with stakeholders.
  • Knowledgeable about the challenges and opportunities in promoting physical activity, particularly among children and young people.
  • Proactive, innovative, and eager to contribute to a ground-breaking pilot programme.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

Innovation and support for primary care

Being a great place to work

Integrating primary and community care

Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people

Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£56,000 a year pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-25-0030

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To deliver physical activity clinical champions educational training and resources for community and patient-facing healthcare roles across the borough, with an active focus on physical activity for children and young people.

2. To work across the multi-disciplinary, multi-professional healthcare sector in Tower Hamlets to improve awareness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of long-term conditions

3. To build relationships and engage with local networks, including healthcare and community providers, to explore opportunities for collaboration, promote the role of physical activity and promote training for relevant workforces.

4. To work closely with the Tower Hamlets public health team to gain local intelligence and insight from across the team to inform decision making and determine priority areas to target, and build a workplan around local objectives and priorities. This will include working closely with the communications team to develop relevant messages and marketing material.

5. To develop a local online community of practice with, if necessary, small group forums to encourage sharing of ideas, learning and knowledge using Moving Medicine community of practice infrastructure.

6. To encourage healthcare professionals in Tower Hamlets to continue to develop their knowledge and skills and, where appropriate, be willing to encourage others to deliver education using PACC and other Moving Healthcare Professional resources.

7. To evaluate delivery of the PACC training against local public health priorities and objectives based on coverage of sessions across different aspects of the healthcare sector.

8. Link with training leads in NHS trusts to identify training opportunities with their respective health professional cohorts and deliver a standard training package (which you will be trained to deliver) to groups of NHS HCPs in hospitals or in the community / primary care setting, with a particular focus on children and young people in addition to delivery of core teaching focused on adults.

9. Provide leadership to the expansion of the PACC programme within Tower Hamlets and work strategically with Tower Hamlets Public Health to support effective delivery of local physical activity pathways.

10. Engage with and promote collaborative partnerships and projects designed to support implementation of evidence- based interventions to reduce inactivity and promote physical activity across the life course at health-enhancing levels at local, and where appropriate, regional levels.

It is expected that the PACC will:

11. be clinically active

12. Strengthen local capacity and leadership for physical activity by delivering and supporting the development of training, and upskilling clinicians through PACC delivery.

13. Work to support the Tower Hamlets place-based PACC objectives

14. Help to develop and support the national PACC programme advocating at local, and where applicable, national events as required and able.

15. Engage with PACC infrastructure (governance groups, stakeholder engagement, academic partnerships, networks, strategy, planning and guidance) and use this insight to enable clinicians and clinical networks to deliver coherent evidence-based information relating to physical activity to patients, and practical interventions in their everyday practice.

16. Support the evaluation of the programme by collecting data and ensuring timely completion of forms for each training session.

17. Attend public health cross-divisional physical activity meetings to develop a strategic overview of physical activity interventions across the borough

18. Attend relevant meetings: bi-monthly pilot site cohort meetings; and local quarterly steering meetings regarding progress and delivery, and to support the PACC evaluation

19. Travel as required and reasonable.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To deliver physical activity clinical champions educational training and resources for community and patient-facing healthcare roles across the borough, with an active focus on physical activity for children and young people.

2. To work across the multi-disciplinary, multi-professional healthcare sector in Tower Hamlets to improve awareness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of long-term conditions

3. To build relationships and engage with local networks, including healthcare and community providers, to explore opportunities for collaboration, promote the role of physical activity and promote training for relevant workforces.

4. To work closely with the Tower Hamlets public health team to gain local intelligence and insight from across the team to inform decision making and determine priority areas to target, and build a workplan around local objectives and priorities. This will include working closely with the communications team to develop relevant messages and marketing material.

5. To develop a local online community of practice with, if necessary, small group forums to encourage sharing of ideas, learning and knowledge using Moving Medicine community of practice infrastructure.

6. To encourage healthcare professionals in Tower Hamlets to continue to develop their knowledge and skills and, where appropriate, be willing to encourage others to deliver education using PACC and other Moving Healthcare Professional resources.

7. To evaluate delivery of the PACC training against local public health priorities and objectives based on coverage of sessions across different aspects of the healthcare sector.

8. Link with training leads in NHS trusts to identify training opportunities with their respective health professional cohorts and deliver a standard training package (which you will be trained to deliver) to groups of NHS HCPs in hospitals or in the community / primary care setting, with a particular focus on children and young people in addition to delivery of core teaching focused on adults.

9. Provide leadership to the expansion of the PACC programme within Tower Hamlets and work strategically with Tower Hamlets Public Health to support effective delivery of local physical activity pathways.

10. Engage with and promote collaborative partnerships and projects designed to support implementation of evidence- based interventions to reduce inactivity and promote physical activity across the life course at health-enhancing levels at local, and where appropriate, regional levels.

It is expected that the PACC will:

11. be clinically active

12. Strengthen local capacity and leadership for physical activity by delivering and supporting the development of training, and upskilling clinicians through PACC delivery.

13. Work to support the Tower Hamlets place-based PACC objectives

14. Help to develop and support the national PACC programme advocating at local, and where applicable, national events as required and able.

15. Engage with PACC infrastructure (governance groups, stakeholder engagement, academic partnerships, networks, strategy, planning and guidance) and use this insight to enable clinicians and clinical networks to deliver coherent evidence-based information relating to physical activity to patients, and practical interventions in their everyday practice.

16. Support the evaluation of the programme by collecting data and ensuring timely completion of forms for each training session.

17. Attend public health cross-divisional physical activity meetings to develop a strategic overview of physical activity interventions across the borough

18. Attend relevant meetings: bi-monthly pilot site cohort meetings; and local quarterly steering meetings regarding progress and delivery, and to support the PACC evaluation

19. Travel as required and reasonable.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Proven knowledge of role of physical activity as a tool for primary and secondary prevention, and management of long-term conditions.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of healthcare provision to children and young people.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Must be an effective organiser, influencer and networker.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of Leadership.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with staff across a range of disciplines and levels.
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Proven knowledge of role of physical activity as a tool for primary and secondary prevention, and management of long-term conditions.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of healthcare provision to children and young people.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Must be an effective organiser, influencer and networker.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of Leadership.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with staff across a range of disciplines and levels.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Dean O'Callaghan

d.ocallaghan@nhs.net

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£56,000 a year pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-25-0030

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


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