- Qualified Health Trainer and/or equivalent health improvement experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- GCSE (or equivalent) Literacy & Numeracy
- A recognised qualification in fitness instruction / physical psychological health training qualification (Diploma or Foundation degree)
- Knowledge and understanding about health determinants and barriers to good health
- Understanding of physical activity recommendations
- Understanding of healthy eating recommendations
- Understand how motivation works and how behaviour can change
- Know how to find out about local services and to support individuals to access
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
- IT keyboard skills
- Ability to record information clearly and accurately
- Good at listening to people with a desire to help and support
- Good organizational skills
- Team player
- Ability to be supportive and encourage people in difficult situations without being judgmenta
- Ability to always respect individuals' confidentiality
- Ability to respect and value people regardless of background
- Able to manage own time effectively and judge priorities well
- Demonstrate a commitment to respecting and displaying the Trust Values at all times
- Ability to travel across the Trust
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Health & Wellbeing Facilitator - Winwick, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our multidisciplinary Team within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Why?
We have recently completed a service redesign/re-structure to enable our focus to shift towards health promotion/wellbeing and the prevention of ill-health. This has seen significant investment by the Trust to support new ways of working and as such we are in the process of creating several new opportunities and roles.
This is an exciting opportunity to join and support us through this transition period and beyond allowing us to put staff health and wellbeing exactly where it belongs, at the heart of everything we do.
We have secured a new operational service based at Winwick, Warrington and satellite units in the Netherton / Knowsley areas of Liverpool to support delivery of the service across the Trust footprint. We will also support opportunities for remote working in line with operational demands.
Who do we want?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Wellbeing Facilitator to joinour team. The post holder will be responsible for the training and delivery of a range of health and wellbeing intervention within our Wellbeing Strategic Plan that will improve the health of NHS colleagues.
Shortlisting planned for 6 June 2024Interview planned for 13 June 2024
Main duties of the job
The role of Wellbeing Facilitator has been developed specifically to provide support to our colleagues to improve their physical wellbeing and their mental resilience. The post holder will act as a wellbeingchampion and an ambassador of wellbeing across our entire Wellbeing Facilitator will work as part of a team to support people to improve their health by coaching and training individuals and groups to lead a healthy lifestyle. The post holder will use behaviour changetechniques with individuals and groups across the workforce to empower them to identify, make and sustain positive lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Work alongside Merseycare colleagues to assess lifestyle risk factors and support them to develop relevant wellbeing improvement To support the delivery of a range of training intervention as a key component part of the Mersey Care To work along side the Occupational Health Team to identify and support new ways of improving workforce Deliver healthy lifestyle interventions to Mersey Care colleagues and those contracted to receive a Deliver multi component interventions to colleagues incorporating goal setting, physical activity, healthy eating, physical and mental health Monitor attendance and achievements of colleagues on courses or activities recording and documenting as Organise and facilitate groups and/or individuals to develop self-care Whilst working with colleagues, identify barriers and possible solutions to making sustainable lifestyle Support the development of new interventions within the Occupational health and wellbeing Support the development of new lifestyle initiatives which will offer peer support to clients trying to maintain lifestyle To assist the Occupational health and wellbeing services to continually review the development and improvement of the range of services To contribute to evaluation/research initiatives designed to generate data regarding the effectiveness of the Participate in wellbeing events across divisions and meetings as Support promotional activities and events for the Be responsible for co-ordination of a named designated Produce progress or activity reports as required in relation to To support Occupational health and wellbeing and its interests, and other public health teams as required at local and regional Alert line manager to any issues in work regarding specific areas of concern which may require specialist support including concerns about individuals or work in the Liaising with other team members in the production of reports, newsletters, and contact with the Undertake any other duties that may be required, and which are applicable to the grade of the To plan and organise time effectively to meet the needs of the individuals and the To understand and apply Health & Safety requirements in line with Mersey Care Policy & To help to build up strong links between the service and all organisations and other Required to operate as part of a team, sharing information and knowledge and To be responsible in developing and contributing to team support networks and join in team learning Facilitate and support individuals to develop their knowledge and skills about health and Build and maintain knowledge of key contacts within the Promote the equality and value the diversity issues and link to the relevant Keep accurate and confidential client records
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