One You Lifestyle Adviser (Primary Care) | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Have you got what it takes to be One You Lifestyle Advisor within Primary Care? Are you passionate about health and willing to help other people to make the change to a healthier lifestyle?

One You Lifestyle Advisors work in their local communities, via GP surgeries, to help people who need a bit of extra support to make the change to a healthier lifestyle. We provide personal help and support to people on a range of issues including: Healthy eating, Exercise, Smoking, Emotional wellbeing and Advice on accessing local services.

We need enthusiastic people to join our team! You don't need any formal qualifications, but you must be passionate about health and able to use your local knowledge and great communication skills to help people in your local community. We have 1 part time (22.5 hours per week) position available in the Canterbury and Coastal locality, with the scope to cover Canterbury, Faversham, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Ash and Sandwich. Please note: we will be conducting these interviews virtually using Microsoft Teams. If you are successful for interview, you will receive an email notification with a video link.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

One YOU Lifestyle Advisers (Primary Care) are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided within the community team across the health economy by: Contributing to the on-going assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of delegated caseload and recording all outcomes on the appropriate systems seeking the support of senior/specialist staff as required or to support re-assessment.

To undertake, and report back on delegated activities that have previously been signed competent. e.g. height, weight, and blood pressure. To undertake a variety of clinical intervention tasks after achieving appropriate competencies delegated by a senior staff e.g. Health MOT's. Providing quality advice and guidance in relation to lifestyles/health improvement to support goal setting and self-management within scope of expertise.

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both