Post:
Health Improvement Specialist
Department:
People’s Services
Grade:
Scp 32 -34
Responsible to:
Health Improvement Manager
Accountable to:
Public Health Service Manager
Responsible for:
Lifestyle Advisors/ Health Trainers/ Healthy Living
Workers
Purpose of the post:
To work as part of the Public Health Service Delivery Arm within Public Health to
develop the identified services, supervise staff and support the Health Living
Manager in the delivery of the Commissioned Adult services. The post holder will
have a remit to ensure that the services are effective, evidence based and meet the
service specification requirements, ensuring that the latest evidence is used by the
teams to prescribe effectively to service users.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. To manage, monitor and develop the identified commissioned workstreams.
2. To deliver health improvement, primary and secondary prevention and be
responsible for developing an action plan for the delivery of the elements of the
Commissioned Service specifications.
3. To manage a small caseload of med- high risk clients and support staff with client
referrals, covering clinics where appropriate.
4. Carry out initial assessments with dignity and care and show commitment to the
management of customer care, good practice and high standards of service.
Ensure that team are undertaking the same practice through supervision and
auditing of service delivery.
5. Ensure service delivery of patient facing services throughout St Helens has a
clear focus upon addressing health inequalities.
6. Work with and engage local people, professionals, community groups and
neighbourhoods with a particular focus on area’s identified throught the index of
multiple deprivation, vulnerable and excluded groups to shape service design and
accessibility.
7. To lead the co-ordination and delivery of the identified service areas in St Helens.
This includes:
• Co-ordinate timetabling of staff clinics, service delivery activities.
• Monitor workloads and performance of staff
• Provide regular progress and performance reports to the Healthy Living
Management
• Develop and monitor staff workplans
8. To co-ordinate exercise and physical activities and oversee all the work delivered
by the sessional workers.
9. Ensure quality provision is delivered to St Helens Council Standards and all
national standards.
10. Development of community exercise provision for specific populations, older
people and the community.
11. To manage own workload on a day-to-day basis with supervision from manager,
in line with objectives.
12. To link with other agencies and organisations to influence people about the
importance of health promotion. To also have a clear overview of various
campaigns and initiatives across St Helens and the impact these are having on
diet, nutrition, and obesity.
13. To work with the communications officer on press releases on the new initiatives
and good work or to raise awareness are a regular expectation of the role. These
will be approved through Public Health Director.
14. The postholder will be expected to have high level of communication skills and
would regularly liase with and influence community groups and members of the
public in relation with positive health. The types of organisations and bodies will
include:
a. Public
b. NHS organisations
c. Education/schools and colleges
• Community Groups
• Council
• Volunteers
• Private organisations/workplaces
• Healthy Schools
• Relevant Cheshire and Merseyside Prevention Groups
15. To manage the teams on a day-to-day basis. Including supervisions, appraisals,
monitoring workload and performance.
16. To support the Health Improvement Manager in management of the specified
service area budget and other relevant budgets linked adult services.
17. To design and deliver training programmes for a range of professionals, staff,
community groups and the public in order to raise awareness of and to build
capacity for delivery on diet, nutrition and obesity issues and service.
18. Support staff to undertake training and development.
19. Promote health improvement programmes to GP practices, NHS teams, schools
nurses and other relevant to encourage appropriate referrals and promote health
improvement delivery services.
20. To organise/deliver where appropriate training for Health Improvement team St
Helens
21. To evaluate and audit health improvement promotion/prevention initiatives that
you have designed and advise other professionals involved about the importance
of monitoring and evaluation.
22. To consult with the public and users of services, and to be aware and able to use
various methods to collate this information.
23. To comply with the Council’s Health and Safety Policy and associated safe
working procedures and guidelines.
24. To be responsible for the implementation of the Council’s Health and Safety
Policy and associated safe working procedures and guidelines. To contribute
towards the identification and management of risk within the service area.
25. To communicate the Health and Safety Policy, procedures and guidelines to all
employees and contractors under the management/supervision of the post
holder. To monitor compliance with the policy, procedures and guidelines,
keeping appropriate records as required.
26. To comply with the Council’s Comprehensive Equality Policy and ensure that it is
implemented within the service area and amongst employees within the remit of
the post.
27. To be responsible for the implementation of the Council’s Human Resource
policies and procedures including Employee Relations, within the remit of the
post.
28. To comply with the Council’s Data Protection Policy and Code of Practice within
the service area and amongst employees within the remit of the post.
This post is subject to Disclosure.
This post is not Politically Restricted in accordance with the Local Government
and Housing Act 1989.
The details contained within this job description reflect the content of the job
at the date it was prepared. However, it is inevitable that over time, the nature
of the job may change. Existing duties may no longer be required and other
duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the post or the
level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, the Council will expect to revise
this job description from time to time and will consult the postholder/s at the
appropriate time.
Date Prepared: 21.05.14
Date Reviewed: April 2017