Senior Health Advisor

Job summary

Senior Health Advisor

Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) /NHS 111

Contract hours: 30 - 37.5 hours per week - section 2

No current FWP's will carry over into this role

Permanent role - Band 4

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Senior Health Advisor in the Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) 111 Training department. This role is predominantly training and supporting our new trainees in their first 10 weeks with us as they train to become Health Advisors. Although as an SHA you will have a base, the role requires that you train at both our Wakefield Springhill 1 site and Callflex site.

We currently have an increased requirement for more of the training to be delivered at Wakefield as this is where the demand is so you may be required to travel in order to support this demand. However, this may change in the future.

The role also requires flexibility in terms of when you train. We run AM and PM training and you will need to be able train on both courses.

Main duties of the job

A great deal of flexibility will be required as you will be expected to train within the core training hours:

Monday-Friday or Tuesday to Saturday

08:00-16:00 or 16:00-00:00 (there may be other times we will require training support)

Unsocial will be paid for any out of hours Training you deliver but this cannot be guaranteed

You will be trained to become a NHS Pathways Trainer to deliver high quality NHS Pathways training.

This will include Core Module 1, Core Module 2. You will also be trained to deliver all other internal training the team delivers.

You will need to use coaching skills, for sign off and to support trainees when they have reached the required level of competency as per the NHS Pathways training and assessment guidelines, as well as acting as a mentor to support new members of staff.

You will be providing leadership to the trainees during their first weeks with us and will be setting the standard for our trainees in terms of standards and behaviour expected from our staff . Training will be made available to so you have the skills to enable you to be confident in providing that leadership.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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