Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
At Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the wellbeing of staff is pivotal in developing a workplace with a positive culture, where staff can thrive. Our Wellbeing offer continues to expand and shift to adapt to the changing needs of colleagues, and this new role is an exciting opportunity to help shape part of this offer.
Forming part of the broader 'Workplace Wellbeing' offer for staff, this role presents an opportunity to support physical and psychological wellbeing with the introduction of a new service aimed specifically at providing priority access to a range of health checks. This will be positioned as both proactive and responsive depending on the bespoke needs of each staff member.
Main duties of the job
This role is for a full-time 1.0 WTE nurse (or two on a job-share basis), to be purely staff-focussed in service-delivery, and positioned to provide a variety of different health checks as a free, fast-access service to all staff as part of the Trust's Workplace Wellbeing offer.
The post-holder will coordinate and deliver a series of health-checks for staff, including:
- Men's health check
- Women's health check
- Early respiratory checks
- Smoking cessation guidance
In addition to provision of the health checks, the post-holder will work with the Trust Wellbeing team to develop the wellbeing offer so that it provides both proactive and responsive support to staff, and enhances access to address health inequalities in the workforce.
Job responsibilities
The Workplace Wellbeing Nurse will be responsible for delivering the following services to staff:
- Health checks: 1:1 face-to-face health screening, including body composition monitor assessments (BMI calculation, body fat percentage, visceral fat classification, skeletal muscle percentage, resting metabolism), blood pressure, resting heart rate, alcohol units, smoking status, exercise minutes per week, MSK concerns, and personal fitness and nutrition goals.
- Early respiratory checks (spirometry).
- Menopause support: Discuss personal peri-menopause/menopause/post-menopause symptoms and explore strategies to manage these symptoms effectively.
- Smoking cessation: Review lifestyle choices and refer to Tobacco free team/community services for support.
- Men's Health check: Tailored assessments and advice for male staff members.
- Women's Health check: Tailored assessments and advice for female staff members.
- Support delivery of the Trust's health promotion activities, in collaboration with the Workplace Wellbeing team.
The post holder will:
- Provide an effective and evidence-based service to staff.
- Ensure effective communication with service users in a tactful and sensitive manner.
- Promote and maintain a systematic, holistic approach to the provision of health checks.
- Keep accurate and timely records of health checks on the approved data management system, ensuring confidentiality.
- Work with collaborators across the Trust to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
- Work closely with collaborators across the Trust to provide updates and contribute to the GHT Workplace Wellbeing Steering Group.
- Work with the Lead for Colleague Health & Wellbeing to develop an evaluation model to identify impact data.
- Manage equipment and advise on low stock for ordering.
- Utilize time management and project management skills.
- Deliver group sessions where opportunities are identified.
- Maintain regular use of emails for information dissemination.
- Access supervision and line management regularly.
- Ensure clinical practice is evidence-based.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of public health research and current best practices.
- Signpost colleagues to professional, evidence-based smoking cessation services.
- Work in alignment with the Trust Workplace Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan.
- Identify own development needs and proactively develop own practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- NMC Registered Adult Nurse
- Occupational Health Qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
- Stop smoking level 2 practitioner training (NCSCT) or willingness to complete within 3 months.
Experience
- Post-registration experience in a busy clinical or community setting.
- Experience in independently providing health screening on a 1:1 basis.
- Experience of making every contact count (MECC).
Knowledge
- Able to prioritize own workload.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues and research.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office.
- Able to contribute to the development and evaluation of the new staff health check service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Health Inequalities and Healthy Hospitals
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata
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