Health and Lifestyle Practitioner Beverley, England
Job description
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Health and Lifestyle Practitioner to join the ‘Be Well’ Health and Wellbeing team within primary care. The practitioner will work across the Beverley PCN covering the areas of Beverley and Cottingham.
The ‘Be Well’ team consists of Heath & Lifestyle Practitioners, Community Link Workers and a Trainee Health Psychologist. This will be a central role within the team providing support to both practice staff and patients within all GP practices across the entire Beverly PCN.
The aim of this role is to provide 1-1 support to patients within Primary Care who have been identified as being at an increased risk of developing CVD/Type 2 Diabetes in the future, by advising on how best to reduce this risk through appropriate lifestyle change e.g. increasing physical activity levels, smoking cessation etc. All patients will complete an initial needs assessment followed by regular review appointments and can access support for up to 12 months. Motivational interviewing techniques and SMART goals will be used to empower patients to identify and eliminate barriers, improve confidence, and initiate long term behaviour change. Experience of delivering behaviour change techniques in a holistic and patient centered way is essential to ensure the best health outcomes for the patient are achieved. Timely feedback to the referring professional will be provided via SystmOne notes, and MDT’s if required.
This is an innovative role designed to work in an outcome focused way to improve the quality of life, and health and wellbeing of local patients, by recognising that this can be affected by a wide range of social, economic and environmental factors. The post holder will support patients to achieve their personal aspirations and participate in their local and wider communities, enhancing effective personal support networks, and enabling individuals to maintain healthy lifestyles. The post holder will be expected to identify regular signposting and referral opportunities for additional support. This may include to other roles within the ‘Be Well’ team but may also include referring/signposting to other services and outside agencies, utilising key elements of the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) national agenda.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring accurate and up to date data is added to our computerised systems (SystmOne, Excel and other databases as required). You must have an excellent knowledge of Microsoft packages and be confident to use these on a daily basis, therefore good keyboard skills are essential. In addition to IT experience, there is a need for excellent customer service and good communication skills as well as a confident telephone manner. The post holder will also play in an important role in supporting an ongoing service evaluation.
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You will need to have an understanding of confidentiality and data protection, and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail is paramount. You must have a flexible approach to work in order to deal with set deadlines and varying workloads, and the ability to prioritise your own caseload. You will be working at the GP practices across the Beverley PCN, so the ability to travel around within your dedicated area is essential.
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for the main responsibilities associated to the role.
