Staff Support Practitioner

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust are committed to promoting and facilitating staff health and wellbeing and provide proactive initiatives to support staff in managing their own health and wellbeing.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Occupational Health & Wellbeing team at Bishop Auckland Hospital contributing to the successful delivery of objectives set out in the associated action plans linked to health and wellbeing and staff engagement which are designed to create a healthy, motivated and engaged workforce.

The post holder will be a valued member of the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team and will provide a reaching out service to the organisation, delivering wellbeing initiatives and meeting staff in their own work locations.

The post will be suitable for an individual currently working within a regulated clinical profession where there is demonstrable transferrable skills into the field of staff wellbeing and health coaching.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be actively engaged in delivering a range of wellbeing initiatives as required by regular evaluation of staff needs through a trust wide health check. These will include, delivery of wellbeing education to groups of staff and 1:1 health coaching.

A key element of the role will be to work alongside the Trust wellbeing team to support staff in navigating currently available staff support resources. Priority areas are stress management, sleep issues, grief, personal health and trauma.

The post holder will be self-motivated and will be able to work autonomously, engaging and collaborating with a wide variety of staff groups including Care group leaderships, Staff network groups, Workforce experience team, Wellbeing for Life and Learning and development team., The post holder will hold a regulated professional qualification and will be able to use existing clinical skills to ensure appropriate, evidence based methods of practice. They will develop health coaching skills and work within NHS England model of personalised care in order to impact the wellbeing of Trust staff

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary £23,200, to apply you must have Right to Work in the United Kingdom. If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post