Opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team with experienced healthcare professionals, enhancing collaborative skills and gaining insights from various specialties.
Flexible working conditions, including hybrid work settings and part-time hours, allowing for a better work-life balance.
Direct impact on patients' lives by supporting adults with severe and complex obesity, fostering a sense of fulfillment and purpose.
Comprehensive training provided to build confidence and competence in the role, equipping you with valuable skills for professional growth.
Engagement in diverse activities including home visits, metric clinics, and user feedback collection, ensuring a varied and dynamic work experience.
Access to resources such as a laptop and smartphone for remote access and effective communication, enabling seamless workflow.
Involvement in innovative programs such as the GLP-1 medication pathway, keeping you at the forefront of advancements in weight management.
The Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Weight Management Facilitator to join their Tier 3 Weight Management Service in Leeds. This permanent role, offering flexible hybrid working, involves supporting adults with severe obesity (BMI of 35 and above) through a comprehensive 12-month program led by a multi-disciplinary team. The facilitator will engage in multidisciplinary teamwork, conduct home visits for housebound patients, and run metric clinics to assess patient health metrics. Responsibilities also include facilitating patient feedback, offering information about the service, and contributing to the development of resources and training.
Candidates should possess experience as a healthcare assistant and a willingness to provide sensitive and professional care. The role emphasises strong communication skills and collaboration with the wider team to ensure the delivery of effective weight management services. Full training will be provided, and staff will be equipped with the necessary technology for remote work.
Candidates should possess experience as a healthcare assistant and a willingness to provide sensitive and professional care. The role emphasises strong communication skills and collaboration with the wider team to ensure the delivery of effective weight management services. Full training will be provided, and staff will be equipped with the necessary technology for remote work.
Opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team with experienced healthcare professionals, enhancing collaborative skills and gaining insights from various specialties.
Flexible working conditions, including hybrid work settings and part-time hours, allowing for a better work-life balance.
Direct impact on patients' lives by supporting adults with severe and complex obesity, fostering a sense of fulfillment and purpose.
Comprehensive training provided to build confidence and competence in the role, equipping you with valuable skills for professional growth.
Engagement in diverse activities including home visits, metric clinics, and user feedback collection, ensuring a varied and dynamic work experience.
Access to resources such as a laptop and smartphone for remote access and effective communication, enabling seamless workflow.
Involvement in innovative programs such as the GLP-1 medication pathway, keeping you at the forefront of advancements in weight management.
Do you have experience as a healthcare assistant?
Are you looking or a new challenge?
Are you a team player who works with others to deliver a high-quality service, embrace innovation and would like the opportunity of variety that community settings offer?
We are looking for a B3 Weight Management Facilitator who is passionate about supporting the delivery of an effective, responsive and caring service.
This post is permanent, flexible (hybrid working), part time 18.75 hours. Our service runs 8:30-4:30 Monday to Friday.
Leeds Tier 3 Weight Management Service is a specialist service offering support for adults with severe and complex obesity offer a 12-month programme led by a multi-disciplinary team of experienced healthcare professionals, including:
- consultant physician (who specialises in obesity medicine)
- physiotherapist
- dietitians
- mental health specialists
During the programme, the team support patients make sustainable diet and life changes to improve your health.
Duties relating to your role include:
- MDT working
- Home visits for patients that are housebound
- Metric Clinics to support Service Key performance indicators
- Supporting staff with resource/leaflet development
- Supporting the team with student training
All staff are provided with a laptop and smart phone for hybrid working and remote access to SystmOne.
Full training will be provided to allow you to ensure you are comfortable and confident in the role.
You will work with adults who are living with complex obesity BMIs of 35 and above. Here is an overview of your daily/monthly work activities:
- You will work as part of multidisciplinary team providing using systmOne to communicate with our wider MDT.
- You will be involved in obtaining user feedback. Examples include collecting Friends & Family Test (FFTs) to ensure effective patient care and accountability.
- You will offer 1:1 Metric clinics at designated health centres. Within these clinics you will be measuring patients height, weight, body composition and blood pressure. At current these are ran at Chapeltown and Parkside Health Centres.
- To provide relevant information regarding the service and our pathways.
- You will be involved in supporting our newly developed GLP-1 medication pathway.
- You will attend relevant Team meetings, and other meetings as necessary to discuss care of patients
- You will occasionally provide home visits for housebound patients following Trust home visit policy
- You will liaise with the Team Leader, Clinical Lead & MDT to provide a comprehensive Weight Management service.
Skills and Qualities
- Previous experience as a health care assistant/associate or similar
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience ensuring patients and carers are dealt with in a way that maintains their privacy and dignity and any distressing issues are approached sensitively and professionally.
- Experience or special interest in weight management.
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