Physical Activity Specialist inHinckley inHinckley PUBLISHED 24 DEC 2023

JOB DESCRIPTION

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SPECIALIST

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

MAIN PURPOSE

Our Physical Activity Specialists support our service users to improve their health and wellbeing through

safely increasing their levels of activity, through Weight Management programmes, through a thorough

process of individualised and tailored care, from assessment, delivery and evaluating progress.

This post holder will:

In line with NICE guidance, be responsible and accountable for the delivery of a high quality, evidence based

Physical Activity, and prescribed exercise service for adults aged 18 and over to achieve the

patients goals for weight loss and increase physical activity levels.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), provide specialist prescribed exercise and support

in a group regarding the benefits of, and opportunities to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase

habitual levels of physical activity, to ensure excellent patient healthcare and contractual outcomes.

Support and contribute to the development of all community physical activity delivery as a part of the

weight management groups, including any additional physical activity groups to support the groups.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

To plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate the physical activity and prescribed exercise element of the

Adult Integrated Community Health Service to adults over 18 years of age.

Accept and take responsibility for self-referrals or referrals for those who would like to lose weight

and want to become more physically active.

Provide comprehensive assessment and provision of individual physical activity advice and exercise

prescription, together with on-going support to patients, in group and 1to1 settings implementing

skills and knowledge of behaviour change theories.

Ensure exercise prescription is continually monitored and progressed regressed, to reflect individual

needs.

Support the physical activity development, delivery, evaluation, and quality assurance of the

integrated service and provide key physical activity expertise to the MDT and other colleagues within

and across the wider Lifestyle services, ensuring excellent service delivery.

Facilitate and empower patients to change behaviour and adopt positive lifestyle changes by

providing health education and evidence-based advice regarding increasing habitual physical activity,

helping patients to address barriers to change.

To conduct on-going specialist physical activity support for those accessing the service including

patient reviews and on-going case management, through 1 to 1 support where required, or support

delivery of group sessions, for those who require this level of intervention.

Accountable for ensuring programme delivery is monitored using validated tools to collect and

analyse patient performance outcome measures and evaluation, to ensure that the contractual KPIs

are achieved, and an excellent service is demonstrated; critical and rigorous implementation of all

physical activity and functional capacity measures at key milestones across the services, ensuring

excellent recording, monitoring, and reporting on patient outcomes.

Utilising relevant systems and internal reporting procedures to ensure rigorous data collection, to

evidence service efficacy through generation of outcome data, contributing to an internal qualitative

and quantitative evidence base, and demonstrate best practice and value for money.

Keep accurate records and written reports, ensuring patient personal information is recorded in

accordance with Everyone Healths and Local Authority policies; Caldicott Guardian, Information

Governance, GDPR, Data Protection and Data Sharing compliance.

Work with the Service Manager, Adult Weight Management Operations Manager, Professional Lead

for Physical Activity and Clinical Governance manager to achieve continual service improvement and

client and patient-centred services in accordance with participant feedback, NICE guidance, national and

local recommendations, professional competences and EH policies and procedures, ensuring the

service is delivered in line with CQC and HSCICs regulations.

Be compliant with all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines including the appropriate codes

of conduct associated with this post; maintain awareness of safeguarding issues, report and acting on

concerns in accordance with Everyone Health and Local Authority policies and procedures.

Ensure the safety of all patients by undertaking: risk assessments, health and safety checks,

equipment checks etc., as directed by the Service Manager and contract safety co-ordinator. Respond

to any relevant clinical or colleague issues and incidences to manage a mitigate risk and maintain best

practice.

To have sound knowledge of common co morbidities associated with obesity and the ability to liaise

with the GP and other health professionals / agencies, as necessary.

Work as a cohesive member of the Healthy Communities services workforce, through regular

communication and liaise with community partners and referrers to ensure the successful of the

service.

To be responsible and accountable for achievement of relevant contractual targets including referrals,

uptake, completion percentage targets and effective outcome measures, through delivery of high

standard care.

Support community engagement: build a network of key contacts and undertake networking publicity

and promotional activity to raise the profile of the service and to identify and engage with target

populations.

Respect colleagues professional roles and scope of practice, ensuring a supportive and proactive

member of the multi-disciplinary team.

Take responsibility for own CPD and participate in Everyone Healths induction, training and continual

professional development as required; recognise and work within own competence and professional

code of conduct as regulated by professional body.

Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

Ensure that commitment to equality and diversity is reflected at all stages of project planning,

delivery, and evaluation, in line with agreed service standards.

Support in administrative duties related to the patients where necessary, for example letters to

referrers, follow up phone calls, motivational text messages as required.

Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes high quality.

Be an ambassador for Everyone Health, promoting the Healthy Communities service to members of

the public and other stakeholders/ partners, where appropriate.

Contribute to the growth of Everyone Health by working collaboratively with Managers / colleagues

to develop and have some responsibility for an expanding portfolio of services and products.

JOB DESCRIPTION

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SPECIALIST

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

MAIN PURPOSE

Our Physical Activity Specialists support our service users to improve their health and wellbeing through

safely increasing their levels of activity, through Weight Management programmes, through a thorough

process of individualised and tailored care, from assessment, delivery and evaluating progress.

This post holder will:

In line with NICE guidance, be responsible and accountable for the delivery of a high quality, evidence based

Physical Activity, and prescribed exercise service for adults aged 18 and over to achieve the

patients goals for weight loss and increase physical activity levels.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team MDT, provide specialist prescribed exercise and support

in a group regarding the benefits of, and opportunities to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase

habitual levels of physical activity, to ensure excellent patient healthcare and contractual outcomes.

Support and contribute to the development of all community physical activity delivery as a part of the

weight management groups, including any additional physical activity groups to support the groups.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

To plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate the physical activity and prescribed exercise element of the

Adult Integrated Community Health Service to adults over 18 years of age.

Accept and take responsibility for self-referrals or referrals for those who would like to lose weight

and want to become more physically active.

Provide comprehensive assessment and provision of individual physical activity advice and exercise

prescription, together with on-going support to patients, in group and 1 to 1 settings implementing

skills and knowledge of behaviour change theories.

Ensure exercise prescription is continually monitored and progressed regressed, to reflect individual

needs.

Support the physical activity development, delivery, evaluation, and quality assurance of the

integrated service and provide key physical activity expertise to the MDT and other colleagues within

and across the wider Lifestyle services, ensuring excellent service delivery.

Facilitate and empower patients to change behaviour and adopt positive lifestyle changes by

providing health education and evidence-based advice regarding increasing habitual physical activity,

helping patients to address barriers to change.

To conduct on-going specialist physical activity support for those accessing the service including

patient reviews and on-going case management, through 1 to 1 support where required, or support

delivery of group sessions, for those who require this level of intervention.