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MPFT is a health promoting Trust supporting our patients to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing. We believe that alongside providing high quality clinical care we should support our patients with the broader non-medical and holistic needs that impact on their mental and physical wellbeing.

Enabling patients to be active participants in their care and to take positive steps through better lifestyle choices, improving their health knowledge, enabling them manage their own health conditions and access the services and help they need to support their social wellbeing.

Thesenew roles work with a number of MPFT services as part of wider multi-disciplinary team under the supervision of clinical, public health and social care colleagues. The role is varied, and may include elements of supported self-management, patient education, case management and facilitating group consultations all under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.

MPFT are seeking people from a diverse range of backgrounds with highly developed people skills and a strong desire to improve people's lives. You will have experience of motivating and supporting people to make positive behavioural changes. All successful candidates will be supported through a comprehensive programme of training and development, including undertaking national accredited health coaching training.

The post holders will work under the supervision of clinical, public health and social care colleagues, to ensure the role delivers the best possible outcomes for our patients. The role is varied, and may include elements of supported self-management education, case management and facilitating group consultations all under the supervision of a qualified practitioner Post holder will take an approach that is non-judgemental, based on strong communication and negotiation skills. Post holder will support personal choice and positive risk taking, while ensuring that patients understand the accountability of their own actions and decisions. As a whole your role and skills will support and encourage living well, the prevention of developing further illness, and/or the deterioration of existing long term conditions.

By joining Team MPUFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

• Active engagement of service users (patients, carers, etc.) as partners in care and with shared decision making
• Supporting the improvement of someone’s overall health and well-being through evidenced based interventions and personalised, holistic and strength based approaches.
• Supporting clinical teams to deliver health and wellbeing related interventions
• Working directly with service users to actively participate in holistic care plan, support health literacy, self-care and carer support
• Support service users to give regular feedback on quality and continuity of care in delivering agreed health and wellbeing outcomes
• Promotion of collaboration between professionals to work together to coordinate holistic support around the needs of service users
• Provision of information, advice and guidance to clinical colleagues, families and communities on local community services that provide additional opportunities to improve individual’s health and wellbeing
• Supporting initiatives relevant to the reduction of health inequalities