Job responsibilities
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
1. Outreach and Engagement
- Identify and engage local community venues and partners suitable for delivering outreach NHS Health Check clinics.
- Build relationships with local community leaders, voluntary organisations, and faith groups to promote clinic attendance.
- Conduct outreach activities e.g., community events, talks, stalls to raise awareness of NHS Health Checks and healthy lifestyle messages and be able to undertake NHS checks.
- Use culturally appropriate engagement methods to reach diverse populations.
2. Clinic Set-Up and Delivery
- Coordinate logistics for mobile or pop-up Health Check clinics, ensuring venues are suitable and compliant with health and safety requirements.
- Support the delivery of NHS Health Checks, including taking measurements height, weight, blood pressure, blood tests and recording data accurately.
- Provide brief lifestyle advice e.g., on smoking cessation, diet, physical activity, alcohol and signpost to relevant local support services.
- Advise on cancer screening programmes involving signposting and referrals
- Ensure all equipment is maintained, calibrated, and stored appropriately.
3. Partnership Working
- Liaise with GP practices, Primary Care Networks PCNs, and local public health teams and charities
- Liaise and collaborate with GP practices to collect patient eligibility information EMIS searches , send invitations and invite patients. Collecting outcome data.
- Collaborate with other outreach teams e.g., vaccination, health promotion to provide joined-up services.
- Contribute to community health campaigns and local health inequalities initiatives.
4. Administration and Reporting
- Maintain accurate records of clinics held, attendance figures, and Health Check data and outcomes in line with NHS data governance policies.
- Contribute to performance reports and service evaluations.
- Support the monitoring of outcomes to demonstrate impact and identify areas for improvement.
This Job Description provides a guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and is not an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to undertake any other relevant duties appropriate to the post. The Job Description may be amended over time, in consultation with the post holder to meet the needs of the service.
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE
CONFIDENTIALITY
In the
performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder
may have access to confidential information.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential.
Information
relating to colleagues, other workers or the business of member practices may
only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with STHCs policies and
procedures, and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The
post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in STHC's Health & Safety Policy
to include:
Identifying
the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks.
Maintaining
work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
Ensuring
that all accidents are reported and investigated and follow up action taken
where necessary.
Maintain mandatory staff training, as required by
the postholder role.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity, inclusion and rights of
colleagues to include:
Acting in a
way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with current legislation.
Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of colleagues.
Behaving in
a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non judgemental and
respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities, and rights.
QUALITY
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality and will:
Alert other
team members to issues of quality and risk.
Assess own
performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under
supervision.
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
COMMUNICATION
The
post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members.
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers.
Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
A minimum of 30 hours per week would be considered for this role.
