health educator Suffolk
Job description
Are you interested in a new role as a Cervical Screening Nurse Health Educator?
We are looking for registered cervical screening sample takers who are highly motivated and enthusiastic to take our programme forward.
What’s the role?
- You’ll work as part of a team, working towards the uptake of cervical screening through our local engagement project.
- Your primary focus will be to educate and change the mindsets of patients and general practice to increase the uptake of cervical screening amongst specific groups including women who have never had a smear, LD & Mental Health patients, LGBTQ+ community and Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) patients.
- You’ll deliver trustworthy information about cervical screening and the barriers.
The project is run by Suffolk GP Federation CIC, a not-for-profit community interest company.
Is it for me?
We will make sure you are fully inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It’s important to us that you feel safe and supported in your role.
- You’d be suited to this role if you’re self-motivated, enthusiastic and consider yourself an innovative team player who enjoys a varied workload.
- You will need to be a registered cervical screening sample taker
- You will be passionate about making a change to health inequalities.
- You’ll have excellent communication and negotiation skills
Contract type:
This is a fixed term-contract from August 2023 – March 2024, with the possibility to extend depending on project funding. 15 hours per week to be worked as two full days: we are flexible on days and will discuss options to suit you at interview.
What we can offer you:
- A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance
- Agile working, enabling us to work from a variety of bases, interacting with your teams at the most appropriate location
- Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard
- A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that ‘get it’
- Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and ‘no wait’ responses
- A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service cover
- Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
- 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years’ service
- Blue light card employer – Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street
Interested? Have questions? Just wondering? Get in touch with our Project Manager: [email protected] - we’d love to hear from you.
