Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Healthy Weight Practitioner

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Job summary

We have got an exciting opportunity for a Healthy Weight Practitioner to work alongside our School Nurse Team and Weight Management Service BeeZee Bodies. This role is key in ensuring children and young people in Waltham Forest have appropriate interventions in place to support the health weight and lifestyles following on from the National Child Measurement Programme.

This role requires you to work on evenings and weekends.

This is an initial 6 month fixed term contract until 31 March 2025. Hours are 30 per week.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead on the delivery of the NCMP in Waltham Forest in all mainstream and special needs schools
  • Support and guide team to ensure NCMP delivery is as planned
  • Input data onto NHSCIC database
  • Contact families who are identified as overweight or very overweight by the National Child Measurement Programme prior to them receiving their letter.
  • Make contact with 100% of Families whos child is overweight or obese, as per NCMP result.
  • Refer eligible Families with children over 5 to Childrens Weight Management Service Provider Services to complete extended brief intervention and under 5 to Best Start Service Provider.
  • Signpost to other locally useful services and support.
  • Attend training and follow guidance materials provided by the Childrens Weight Management Service Provider (BeeZee Bodies)
  • Access the National Child measurement programme database (or local database depending on local system) and details for all children identified as overweight or very overweight
  • Make calls to families identified as overweight or very overweight. If families do not answer, send text message and attempt a second call, at a different time (e.g. if called during the day, try in the evening).
  • Calls should be made at a range of times to cater for different family and work patterns including at least two evenings during the week (5pm-7pm) and a minimum of two Saturdays a month.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

Innovation and support for primary care

Being a great place to work

Integrating primary and community care

Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people

Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Details

Date posted

27 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,250 a year pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-24-0098

Job locations

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF


Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Families (children and young people and their parents / carers) and those working with families (in the 0-19 universal services and more widely) understand the wider determinants contributing to obesity rates, recognise what a healthy weight looks like, understand the importance of being a healthy weight, and know the physical activity and healthy eating OHID recommendations.

2. Those working with children, young people and their families understand the wider determinants of health and the necessary skills and knowledge to discuss healthy weight with families in a supportive and non-judgmental way.

3. There are clear, consistent, simple and culturally appropriate messages about food, physical activity and healthy weight and these are disseminated widely.

4. Services are better connected, well known and well used by those in need.

5. A healthy weight pathway is implemented.

6. Services are effective at delivering healthy weight outcomes.

7. Families feel supported and empowered to help their children to engage in healthy behaviour that can support them to maintain / achieve a healthy weight.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Families (children and young people and their parents / carers) and those working with families (in the 0-19 universal services and more widely) understand the wider determinants contributing to obesity rates, recognise what a healthy weight looks like, understand the importance of being a healthy weight, and know the physical activity and healthy eating OHID recommendations.

2. Those working with children, young people and their families understand the wider determinants of health and the necessary skills and knowledge to discuss healthy weight with families in a supportive and non-judgmental way.

3. There are clear, consistent, simple and culturally appropriate messages about food, physical activity and healthy weight and these are disseminated widely.

4. Services are better connected, well known and well used by those in need.

5. A healthy weight pathway is implemented.

6. Services are effective at delivering healthy weight outcomes.

7. Families feel supported and empowered to help their children to engage in healthy behaviour that can support them to maintain / achieve a healthy weight.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to generate reports and monitor performance.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound knowledge of the School Nursing Service, particularly in undertaking the NCMP in school setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NNEB or Diploma in Childcare and Education; (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3
  • BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 4 in leadership and management.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently and manage own workload.
Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to generate reports and monitor performance.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound knowledge of the School Nursing Service, particularly in undertaking the NCMP in school setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NNEB or Diploma in Childcare and Education; (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3
  • BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 4 in leadership and management.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently and manage own workload.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Zahrah Siddik

zahrah.siddik@nhs.net

07513823130

Details

Date posted

27 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,250 a year pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-24-0098

Job locations

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF


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