Job summary
Skills and Competencies Required
- Be anexperienced health professional with a knowledge of weight management
- Leadership skills and the ability to support staff in achieving high quality outcomes
- Experience ofevolving and developing services
- Positive and proactiveoutlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve the highest standards and outcomes.
- Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients, staff, and volunteers at all levels
- Build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders throughout community settings
- Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.
- Value and remain open tonew ideas and perspectives.
Main duties of the job
ABL Health have been commissioned by Sandwell
metropolitan borough council to deliver a high quality and Tier 2 Adult Weight
management Service across the Sandwell borough. The Project Lead will assist
the Head of Service for the development and operational management of the Adult
Weight Management Service in the community, primary care, and secondary care
settings. This is a leadership role where the post holder will have a real
influence on the clinical and operational excellence of these elements of the service.
The post holder will take a pro-active lead in building relationships,
partnerships and alliances in the community, secondary care, and primary care
settings, and supporting health lifestyle practitioners in these areas to
deliver outcomes that benefit clients referred to the service. They will be
responsible for the line management of staff covering the Sandwell borough.
About us
ABL is an exciting fast-growing community health
organisation. ABL is an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community
health services. As an organisation we
are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective and
relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities and
stakeholders.
We are a value driven
organisation, dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving peoples
lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the opportunity to work
with in a close team of committed professionals and you share our values of
designing and delivering health services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The post holder has responsibility
of delivering the following key result areas:
Provide a leadership role in service planning, development, implementation,
and coordination of the Tier 2 Weight Management Service.
To develop and coordinate a team of Healthy
Lifestyle Practitioners to ensure they provide evidence based effective
interventions to Sandwell residents.
Line manage a team of Healthy Lifestyle Practitioners and be
responsible for supervision and day to day management.
Direct delivery of the weight management service (expected 50% of
time)
Actively involved in the promotion and advertisement of the Your
Health Sandwell.
To support the Healthy Lifestyle team with their professional
development ensuring audits and observations are scheduled regularly.
To take accountability and responsibility for KPIs and ensure
weekly/monthly updates are provided to the Head of Service.
Work collaboratively with key
stakeholders in the community, primary care, and secondary care to ensure a
seamless referral pathway and feedback system is adhered to and improved where necessary.
Input to multi -disciplinary meetings as
required.
Work in partnership with community
organisations, primary care, secondary care, and community stakeholders to
disseminate campaigns related to the adult weight management.
Increase referrals by promoting and
communicating with other professionals.
Contribute to the social values of the
service.
Work with indirect minimal supervision.
Work within agreed boundaries and
relevant policies and standard operating procedures.
Plan and organise workloads effectively
Where necessary, provide session cover
and the delivery of evidence-based healthy lifestyle support, in line with NICE
guidelines
Ensure robust client records are up to
date at all times.
Use reflection and evaluation to improve
service delivery.
Deliver MECC/VBA training to appropriate
professionals and other stakeholders.
This role will develop over time
and therefore it is expected that post holder will have additional
responsibilities
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Health Improvement, behaviour change and local, regional, and national policies.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence others to increase motivation and performance.
- Excellent report-writing skills
- Excellent at analysing and presenting data.
- Developing high performing teams.
- Ability to work under high pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
- Understanding of clinical and operational governance.
- Problem-solving and solution-focused approach.
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality improvement models and approaches.
- Knowledge of innovation tools and techniques.
- Knowledge of safeguarding in a community health setting.
- Strong IT skills, particularly with the use of Microsoft Office packages and databases
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: e.g. Nutrition, Fitness, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health.
- Level 3 Cimspa recognised qualification in personal training and group exercise.
Desirable
- Masters Qualification or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Delivery/Experience in health related groupwork/ group exercise
- Experience in managing and inspiring teams and partners to achieve KPIs.
- Experience in contract and performance management.
- Experience in using data (service data, population health data) to inform service development to improve outcomes.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in working with external boards, and steering groups to improve lifestyle / behaviour change outcomes for the population.
- Experience in working with commissioners.
- Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management behaviour change.
- Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Work flexibly and adapt to suit service needs including some evening and weekend work.
- Willingness to travel across the service footprint.
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
ABL Health Ltd
Address
Ymca
38 Carters Green
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 9LG