Health Improvement Advisor

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for Health Improvement Advisors to join the team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

University Hospitals Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) acting as host for wellbeing services across the Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) system, are recruiting to support the delivery of our health improvement, peer psychological support, and wider health and wellbeing services to system partners.

The service adopts an innovative and proactive approach to supporting its colleagues within a dedicated, multi-disciplinary wellbeing team, set up to provide rapid access to assessment and local evidence-based health improvement services to keep colleagues healthy, safe and well in work.

The team of Health Improvement Advisors are responsible for supporting the development and delivery of wellbeing interventions, with a specific focus on engaging colleagues in structured health improvement programmes and initiatives.

We are looking to fulfil 45hrs / week, which will be based predominantly within UHDB supporting the delivery of proactive health and wellbeing interventions to our contracted partners across Derbyshire. This includes Primary Care, Local authority and City councils. Activities are designed to keep colleagues well in work and address key reasons for absence, including traumatic incident response, reflective practice and mental health conversations training.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a wider, multi-professional people services team within the Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing department, and in particular your remit will focus on the following activities:

• Delivery of timetabled activities
• Targeted health awareness interventions (such as menopause awareness, stop smoking etc.)
• Peer Psychological Support
• Introductory health interventions
• Supporting return to work and sickness absence
• Healthy eating support and physical activity guidance
• Lifestyle and wellbeing screening and signposting

You will also work on various wellbeing projects providing advice and guidance to stakeholders, ensuring that the system follows current best practice in health and wellbeing provision for its people.

You will work closely with the Head of Wellbeing and Workforce Health to support internal and external stakeholders to establish support services and referral pathways across Derbyshire.

If you are considering applying for an internal secondment, please ensureyou have discussed this with your line manager and obtained their support priorto submitting your application.

Please be aware that there is no guaranteethat you will be released from your substantive post, so you should seek approval beforeapplying as you are applying or a Secondment.

If you have any questions or require further guidance, please contact the Recruitment Team

Closing Date of Applications: 18 March 2026

Interview Date: 02 April 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE223NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE223NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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