Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner

Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner

37.5 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Wellbeing Team to reduce health inequalities amongst the most disadvantaged in our City. The Wellbeing team deliver public health services within Plymouth, including a wide range of activities under the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

As part of the national drive towards a smoke-free nation, this newly created post will focus on smoking cessation, particularly amongst marginalised groups and those with complex needs. You will seek to influence, improve and promote positive lifestyle choices and behaviours, leading to better health outcomes and a reduction in preventable ill health.

The post will involve working with a diverse range of clients in various settings using different interventions and modalities to identify possible risks to health. The focus will be on smoking cessation, but the successful post holder will be expected to work across all the prevention workstreams as required.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7-day service.

Main duties of the job

As a fully integrated member of the Wellbeing team, the post holder requires experience of partnership working, negotiation skills, excellent communication skills and project planning. You will be required to undertake health needs assessments, be responsive to emerging public health priorities and engage in research.

You will be expected to have a sound knowledge of health inequalities and the wider determinants of health. You should be flexible, innovative and enthusiastic about working within the context of public health.

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out specialist one-to-one and group interventions for behaviour change.
• 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 Wellbeing training and who can help deliver brief interventions and referral to the Wellbeing Team.
• Income generate through training programmes and explore other areas for income generation.
• 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 to deliver health promotion and brief interventions - signposting into the One You service or partner services such as Options and Harbour.
• Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy.
• Develop resources.
• Develop and deliver training programmes.
• Contribute to research and development.
• Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.
• Be up-to-date with a range of health improvement topics through competency based learning.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum of 6 months experience of community work.
• Minimum of 6 months experience of health promotion.
• Experience of motivating participants to effect behaviour change.
• Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groups using a strength based approach.
• Experience of working with statutory, public and voluntary sector bodies.
• Experience of delivering training to a varied group of delegates.
• Minimum of 6 months experience working with individuals with mental health issues.
• Group work leadership and facilitation skills.
• Multimedia communication, marketing and presentation skills.
• Training skills including training needs analysis and evaluation.
• Demonstrate project planning and management skills/experience including monitoring and evaluation of projects.

Qualifications

• Registered with professional body (e.g. NMC or HCPC) or has UK Public Health registration (UKPHR).
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public health.
• Evidence of competency in IT skills/ECDL or equivalent.
• Health promotion certificates such as Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Mental Health First Aid.
• Training Qualification.
• Motivational Interviewing qualification.

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.