Health Check Advisor
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Job summary
We are looking for a passionate and driven person who want to join our Hull-based service and work within their local community. You will work independently to deliver community outreach NHS Health Checks service across Hull, supported by the wider Healthy Lifestyle Services team.
You will deliver comprehensive NHS Health Checks to members of the public aged 40-74 years to provide a detailed assessment of their current state of health and to refer them and signpost them to relevant services to improve their health and wellbeing post check.
You will deliver checks in community venues and workplaces.
This role will work to agreed targets and objectives to ensure that the service delivers what it needs.
The role is ideally suited to someone who is an independent worker with strong communication skills and is really passionate about making a difference to peoples lives on a daily basis.
It also includes working with vulnerable adults and such the successful candidate will be required to apply for a DBS prior to starting the role.
Full training and support including mentorship from expert NHS Health Check advisors is provided.
This role is fixed term until 31 March 2026.
Salary: £23,500 - £24,000 based on experience. All work-related expenses are paid including mileage and parking.
Main duties of the job
What you will do
Deliver comprehensive NHS Health Checks including understanding lifestyle and health behaviours.
Conduct bio metric testing including Blood pressure checks, cholesterol and HBA1c testing using Point of care testing kits (POCT) and provide clients with an assessment and results of their current health and level of cardiovascular risk.
Use coaching techniques to ensure that the client understands the level of risk and discuss how changes the client can make including referring them to wider service support including our own Stop for Life smoking service, weight management services, physical activity interventions and the National Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Manage the referral of your clients to their own GP for further clinical assessment depending on their bio metric results using the NHS Health Check digital tool.
Be responsible for the accurate case management of each of your clients including accurate and robust data input onto the digital NHS Health Check tool.
Manage your diary and time to ensure that you maximise capacity and support clients aligned to your individual targets.
Monitor your own performance against your monthly performance targets to ensure you are contributing and supporting the success of the service and your wider team.
About us
ICE is one of the fastest growing behaviour change organisations in the UK. We bring courage, energy and ambition to equip & enable more organisations & people to move our world forward. To grow our significance as a leading behaviour change practice. By energising organisations & people to find the clarity, courage, & commitment needed to realise their full purpose & potential.
Our Mission
We are social activists driven to unlock your power, purpose and possibility, we are for peopleand planet.
We Make Better Happen.
We are a purpose-driven organisation; our ethos and beliefs are important to us. As a team we hold and practice three core character traits and set around those character traits are the behaviours that matter to us as a team for our work together.
Details
Date posted
05 June 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£21,000 to £24,000 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
U0132-24-0005
Job locations
From Home & Community
Hull
HU6 7RX
Employer details
Employer name
ICE Creates
Address
From Home & Community
Hull
HU6 7RX