Healthy Lifestyle Practitioner inHinckley inHinckley PUBLISHED 31 OCT 2024

Exciting entry level opportunities are available to join our Healthy Lifestyle and Stop Smoking Team. The role will have a special interest in delivering Stop Smoking Services and supporting health promotion within the Healthy Communities Integrated Lifestyle Service in Southend.

The Stop Smoking Service offers support for eligible adults through virtual or face-to-face clinic either 1to1 or group settings. Offering 12 weeks of support with free NRT and guidance to support residents of Southend to Quit for good.

The ideal candidate will be based at one of our Southend bases nearest to their home address, however the candidate needs to be open to travel across Southend to support the delivery of the Stop Smoking Service.

This position will require the successful applicant to be competent working alone as well as with others. You will be responsible for the front-line delivery of the service and supporting clients on a one-to-one basis. You will be responsible for maintaining and replenishing your own equipment and communicating across the team and with the Stop Smoking Coordinator to ensure a quality service is delivered.

This can be a fast-paced role and will require a pro-active, versatile approach and can-do attitude to succeed. You must be able to manage your appointment time and be able to respond quickly to change. Additional duties may include admin support, one to one patient support calls and other events promotion.

The Ideal Candidate will

• Have strong time management, empathy, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to take responsibility for own quality delivery needs and provide proactive communication.
• Have experience of, or a strong interest in delivering Stop Smoking Services or public health service delivery.
• Display an awareness of key health messages around the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and managing key risk factors: smoking cessation, diet, physical activity, social isolation, weight management and alcohol consumption.
• A competent individual who enjoys working at community events both indoor and outdoor.
• Ideally possess a minimum of 1 year experience working in community-based services or public health.
• Training will be provided however NCSCT training as well as a health degree or equivalent is advantageous.

Applicants with other health qualifications or degrees may be considered for split service roles.

About us

JOB DESCRIPTION

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PRACTITIONER Smoking Cessation

MAIN PURPOSE

The Healthy Lifestyle Practitioners key responsibilities are to be functional within the Smoking cessation team and to deliver Stop Smoking services across Southend.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

The post holder will

Support the contract team to ensure the Smoking service is of high profile and there is strong awareness in relation to the Gateway of entry in the service.

Identify and engage with individuals from agreed target groups and communities to facilitate communication regarding promoting their health and wellbeing, and the service.

Develop and maintain relationships with individuals who are experiencing the greatest inequalities in health and provide information to individuals about the relationship between behaviours and health.

Make contacts, develop, and maintain professional links within communities including promoting the Smoking Service and your health role to contact groups where there may be barriers to understanding.

To champion and adhere to processes and procedures to identify and strive for continuing improved quality throughout the client/patients pathway, together with robust data management.

To meet internal and external performance management requirements given to you by the Stop Smoking Coordinator and Service Manager.

Be responsible for ensuring rigorous and regular data inputting to ensure accurate records are maintained in accordance with EH procedures, to ensure compliance with Information Governance and Data Protection in relation to patient information.

The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 Cs Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.

Support at local in-person and sometimes virtual events, helping to set up and close-down as appropriate.

Collate accurate clinical records in line with national PHE NCSCT requirements and inputting data into the service web-based database in a timely and professional manner.

Responsible for accurate uploading of own client data onto database whilst ensuring client confidentiality.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

SKILLS and ABILITIES

Have strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Able to plan and be flexible with good time management skills.

Be an excellent communicator, able to express to other organisations the benefits of working together.

Excellent written, verbal, non-verbal communication, and presentation skills.

Computer literate ability to maintain and monitor information systems in line with the national minimum dataset and adapt to reflect local needs.

Able to take specific deliverables and use appropriate policies, principles, and guidelines to ensure successful delivery.

Friendly, supportive, and encouraging to people in difficult sometimes frustrating situations.

Organised, flexible and adaptable approach to working.

Confident and competent at monitoring, managing and reporting own screening equipment needs.

Value and respectful of other people regardless of background or circumstances.

Able to respect confidentiality.

Good empathy skills.