Health Check Advisor

Wokingham, Berkshire
Wokingham Borough Council

Health Check Advisor

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £26,421 – £28,770 Per Annum
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Contract: Contract
Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time/Part Time/Term Time
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 21/01/2024 at 23:00
Reference: 712815/712816/712817/712818

Health Check Advisor – 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Wokingham Borough Council have a great opportunity available for a Health Check Advisor to join our team.

As the Health Check Advisor, you will undertake health checks across the Borough in very varied community settings. You will provide lifestyle advice and recommend support for not only health issues but work with the voluntary sector to address wider social and personal needs.

We are, with our colleagues in primary care (GPs) the voluntary and community sector, setting up a new team to help improve the health and wellbeing of Wokingham Borough residents to reduce health inequalities and to prevent conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Key Responsibilities

• As a team, run daily clinics across the Borough
• Record client details
• Take key measurements, such a Blood pressure, height and weight, glucose levels
• Discuss wider wellbeing issues with clients
• Record data on applications
• Recommend next steps for the client in terms of interventions, signposting, referral of materials to support their health and wellbeing going forward
• Work with colleagues in Primary care, community organisations, social prescribers to provide “wrap around” support

Candidate Requirements

You will: –

• have experience in a customer, patient or client facing role
• demonstrate you can work flexibly in a team
• be culturally aware of the needs and perspectives of differing communities
• have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• thrive with varied timetable, visiting lots of locations and groups
• able to work at times outside normal working hours on occasion
• have a driving license

Training and support

A background in health, care or working in the voluntary and community sector is a benefit but not essential. We will provide training and supervision, we are looking for candidates who are quick learners, can demonstrate they have those vital interpersonal skills in the team and when advising clients. We are keen to create a team that reflects our communities so encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Flexible working

We are happy to consider applications for candidates that:

• wish to work full, or part time hours
• may want a secondment full or part time from other roles in health and social care
• would benefit from term time contracts

Benefits:

We can offer you a host of excellent benefits including

• Generous Annual Leave allowance.
• Flexible Working Options
• Enhanced Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Sports & Leisure Discounts and more!

For further discussion please contact Mark Robson. Integrated Partnerships Programme Manager,

Closing date: Sunday 21 st January 2024, 11pm

Interviews: TBC

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Whilst this is a fixed term contract appointment, for anyone already employed by Wokingham Borough Council this would be classed as a secondment if successful. Therefore, the usual permission requests for secondments apply and you must speak to your line manager in the first instance before applying.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

Further information on this vacancy

• Job Description