Job summary
Sheffield Hallam University are excited to be recruiting for 5 nation-wide (home based),Physical Activity Clinical Champions to work within the national Physical Activity Clinical Champions Programme (PACC), where you will play a key role in helping develop and evaluate this highly valued training programme. The roles are for a maximum of 12 hours per month.
Main duties of the job
The role of the national Physical Activity Clinical Champion is to organise and deliver clinician to clinician training on physical activity in clinical care to other NHS health care professionals, which will support to improve patient care and outcomes.
The job role will be to strengthen national capacity and leadership for physical activity and contribute towards reducing health inequalities by working across the healthcare sector to improve awareness of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of long-term conditions.
The role is supported by a national team and infrastructure based at the AWRC at Sheffield Hallam University, this is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a Sport England project implementing and evaluating a new national delivery model.
As part of a larger network of over 30 national, place-based and Specialist Registrar PACCs you will work closely with the central PACC team and national PACCs, to deliver the peer-to-peer training online across the country and locally through both online and face to face sessions. Therefore, you will be based from home.
About us
The Physical Activity Clinical Champions programme is funded by Sport England and this role therefore is subject to the availability of that funding.
The role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route so if you are an international applicant, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Job title: Physical Activity Clinical Champion
Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
Reports to: PACC Programme Lead
Role purpose
To deliver Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC) educational training and
resources for community and patient facing healthcare professionals across the
country.
To strengthen national capacity and leadership for physical activity by supporting
the development of PACC training materials and other capacity building
resources.
To contribute towards reducing health inequalities by working across the
healthcare sector to improve awareness of physical activity in the prevention and
treatment of long-term conditions. Recognising the complexity of enabling people
to get physically active and that wider determinants of health affect people
differently.
Responsibilities
Deliver the peer-to-peer training online across the country and locally through
online and face to face sessions.
To build relationships and engage with local networks, including healthcare and
community providers, Active Partnerships and Public Health teams to explore
opportunities for collaboration, promote the role of physical activity and promote
training for relevant workforces.
To promote local physical activity signposting through referrals into national
and local physical activity pathways and capture insight and learning to shape
delivery of the pathway. Support the national online PACC Forum community of practice to encourage
sharing of ideas, learning and knowledge using Moving Medicine community of
practice infrastructure.
To encourage healthcare professionals in the PACC Forum and your locality to
continue to develop their knowledge and skills and, where appropriate,
encourage others to deliver education using PACC and other MHPP resources.
As a clinical champion a National PACC will:
Link with training leads in NHS trusts to identify training opportunities with
their respective health professional cohorts and deliver a standard training
package (which you will be trained to deliver) to groups of NHS HCPs in
hospitals or in the community / primary care setting.
Engage with and promote collaborative partnerships and projects designed to
support implementation of evidenced based interventions to reduce inactivity
and promote physical activity across the life course at national, regional, and
local levels.
Strengthen national capacity and leadership for physical activity by supporting
the development of PACC training materials and other capacity building
resources such podcasts and e-learning modules across the health system.
Engage with PACC infrastructure (governance groups, stakeholder
engagement, academic partnerships, networks, strategy, planning and
guidance) and use this insight to enable clinicians and clinical networks to
deliver coherent evidence-based information relating to physical activity to
patients, and practical interventions in their everyday practice.
Help to develop and support the PACC programme national marketing
strategy and relevant collateral. Where applicable advocating at local and
national events as required and able.
Support the evaluation of the programme by collecting data and ensuring
timely completion of forms for each training session.
Travel as required and reasonable
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Job title: Physical Activity Clinical Champion
Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
Reports to: PACC Programme Lead
Role purpose
To deliver Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC) educational training and
resources for community and patient facing healthcare professionals across the
country.
To strengthen national capacity and leadership for physical activity by supporting
the development of PACC training materials and other capacity building
resources.
To contribute towards reducing health inequalities by working across the
healthcare sector to improve awareness of physical activity in the prevention and
treatment of long-term conditions. Recognising the complexity of enabling people
to get physically active and that wider determinants of health affect people
differently.
Responsibilities
Deliver the peer-to-peer training online across the country and locally through
online and face to face sessions.
To build relationships and engage with local networks, including healthcare and
community providers, Active Partnerships and Public Health teams to explore
opportunities for collaboration, promote the role of physical activity and promote
training for relevant workforces.
To promote local physical activity signposting through referrals into national
and local physical activity pathways and capture insight and learning to shape
delivery of the pathway. Support the national online PACC Forum community of practice to encourage
sharing of ideas, learning and knowledge using Moving Medicine community of
practice infrastructure.
To encourage healthcare professionals in the PACC Forum and your locality to
continue to develop their knowledge and skills and, where appropriate,
encourage others to deliver education using PACC and other MHPP resources.
As a clinical champion a National PACC will:
Link with training leads in NHS trusts to identify training opportunities with
their respective health professional cohorts and deliver a standard training
package (which you will be trained to deliver) to groups of NHS HCPs in
hospitals or in the community / primary care setting.
Engage with and promote collaborative partnerships and projects designed to
support implementation of evidenced based interventions to reduce inactivity
and promote physical activity across the life course at national, regional, and
local levels.
Strengthen national capacity and leadership for physical activity by supporting
the development of PACC training materials and other capacity building
resources such podcasts and e-learning modules across the health system.
Engage with PACC infrastructure (governance groups, stakeholder
engagement, academic partnerships, networks, strategy, planning and
guidance) and use this insight to enable clinicians and clinical networks to
deliver coherent evidence-based information relating to physical activity to
patients, and practical interventions in their everyday practice.
Help to develop and support the PACC programme national marketing
strategy and relevant collateral. Where applicable advocating at local and
national events as required and able.
Support the evaluation of the programme by collecting data and ensuring
timely completion of forms for each training session.
Travel as required and reasonable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree (i.e. UK 2.1 or 1st Class), or equivalent
- professional qualification or experience in a relevant discipline.
- Member of relevant professional body e.g. NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Practice Teacher Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading effectively in an environment of complex
- regulations and procedures.
- Experience of working in of clinical setting and demonstrates good
- clinical decision-making skills.
- Experience of disseminating complex knowledge e.g. research
- evidence or healthcare policy to clinical staff across a range of
- disciplines and levels.
- Experience of formal classroom /or clinical based teaching
- Ability to facilitate connections and build credible networks.
- Well-developed and current knowledge and understanding of critical,
- practical and theoretical issues relevant to current prevention
- healthcare policy, and the role of Physical Activity and its impact.
- Experience of promoting physical activity as a tool for primary and
- secondary prevention, and management of long-term conditions.
Desirable
- Experience of developing or supporting online or face to face
- communities of practice.
- Knowledge of principles and practice of public health including health
- needs assessment and evidence base strategies to address health
- inequalities
- Knowledge of the national Physical Activity support landscape and
- ability to facilitate connections and build credible networks.
Competencies
Essential
- Ability to inspire, enthuse and network with a range of external
- stakeholders including health care professionals from a wide range
- of backgrounds.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to develop and deliver
- transformative and innovative learning experiences.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise
- own work effectively.
- Team working
- Technological/digital proficiency with the ability to use IT systems
- including Microsoft Teams.
Desirable
- Understanding of Motivational Interviewing techniques
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree (i.e. UK 2.1 or 1st Class), or equivalent
- professional qualification or experience in a relevant discipline.
- Member of relevant professional body e.g. NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Practice Teacher Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading effectively in an environment of complex
- regulations and procedures.
- Experience of working in of clinical setting and demonstrates good
- clinical decision-making skills.
- Experience of disseminating complex knowledge e.g. research
- evidence or healthcare policy to clinical staff across a range of
- disciplines and levels.
- Experience of formal classroom /or clinical based teaching
- Ability to facilitate connections and build credible networks.
- Well-developed and current knowledge and understanding of critical,
- practical and theoretical issues relevant to current prevention
- healthcare policy, and the role of Physical Activity and its impact.
- Experience of promoting physical activity as a tool for primary and
- secondary prevention, and management of long-term conditions.
Desirable
- Experience of developing or supporting online or face to face
- communities of practice.
- Knowledge of principles and practice of public health including health
- needs assessment and evidence base strategies to address health
- inequalities
- Knowledge of the national Physical Activity support landscape and
- ability to facilitate connections and build credible networks.
Competencies
Essential
- Ability to inspire, enthuse and network with a range of external
- stakeholders including health care professionals from a wide range
- of backgrounds.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to develop and deliver
- transformative and innovative learning experiences.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise
- own work effectively.
- Team working
- Technological/digital proficiency with the ability to use IT systems
- including Microsoft Teams.
Desirable
- Understanding of Motivational Interviewing techniques
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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