Health Equity and Inclusion Wellbeing Lead (7) - SASS - Sirona care & health CIC

Health Equity and Inclusion Wellbeing Lead

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Job overview

Equity, Health Inclusion and Wellbeing Leads are experienced practitioners with a working knowledge of reducing health inequalities and increasing proactive care.

Focusing on ensuring services provided by Sirona are able to identify and improve access and delivery to underserved populations and groups and promote a proactive care approach for people on the caseload, working in partnership with local communities using a strengths-based model, such as Asset Based Community Development.

Equity, Health Inclusion and Wellbeing Leads support the delivery of the personalised care agenda and the development of community capacity in each locality.

Main duties of the job

(this list is not complete please see job description for full details)
Line Management

• Line Manage Support Workers and community navigator (Health Link) workers working within the team.
• Provide supervision and support ongoing professional development.

Providing Advice and Support

• Provide advice in relation to complex professional matters and specifically relating to the impact of inequality in service access and delivery.
• Carry out a range of specialist duties, including providing professional, data gathering, analysis and reporting, recording, interpreting and recommending further courses of action for Sirona community services.

Reducing Barriers to Access

• Work across Sirona services to remove barriers relating to access to care and service delivery to support people from underserved communities and groups to access community services, developing solutions taking into consideration protected characteristics.
• Design and deliver place-based services to improve service access and delivery in identified underserved communities and groups.

Evaluating Impact and Sharing Learning

• Evaluate the impact of initiatives in terms of anticipated benefits and actively share the learning from initiatives across the organisation. Actively seek feedback from services and communities/groups on the impact and benefit of the Equity and Health Inclusion team.
• Scope, develop and implement the educational development requirements in relation to proactive care and health inequalities.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Current registration with NMC /HCPC/Social Work England or other relevant professional body of registration/or extensive experience of community development.
• Hold a UK Driving License and have access to a vehicle during working hours.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.

Skills & Experience

• Experience of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Advanced skills and experience of supporting people with complex conditions.
• Recent experience of partnership working across organisational, professional and community boundaries.
• Ability to use and interpret complex data and intelligence.
• Experience of working within Safeguarding, Data Protection, Continuing Health Care and Mental Capacity Act framework.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Deanna Berry
Job title: Health Equity & Inclusion Wellbeing Team Lead
Email address: Deanna.berry@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07469411393