Healthy Lifestyles Programme Lead

Job overview

ABL Health deliver the Healthy Lifestyle service in Gloucestershire, commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council . This transformative service works collaboratively with communities to transform the lives of the local population. The service supports residents to help them lose weight, stop smoking, reduce alcohol consumption, get more active and improve their wellbeing - all embedded in sustainable behaviour change. The service will also deliver the Healthy Beginnings programme supporting families with healthy lifestyles through pregnancy to childs second birthday, as well as the Healthy Workplace award scheme

Job description

The successful candidate will provide strong practice leadership, driving quality improvement and supporting the planning, development and delivery of the Gloucestershire service. You will lead and manage a team of Advisors, overseeing performance, supervision, professional development and the delivery of evidence-based interventions. The role will involve conducting observations and care record audits, monitoring KPIs and outcomes, producing performance reports, and working closely with data and professional leads to embed the integrated service strategy. You will build effective relationships with primary, secondary and community care stakeholders, support referral pathways and promotional campaigns, contribute to governance and multidisciplinary meetings, and deliver training where required. You will also ensure high standards of record keeping, compliance with policies and procedures, and the safe and effective delivery of Healthy Lifestyle Services, while contributing to continuous improvement and the wider social value of the service.

Job responsibilities

This is a leadership role where the post holder will have a real influence on the clinical and operational excellence 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 specialist advisors to deliver outcomes that benefit clients referred to the service. They will be responsible for the line management of staff working across Gloucestershire.

The post holder must have extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in public health or behaviour-change settings.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The post holder has responsibility of delivering the following key result areas:

Exercise strong practice leadership in a style and manner consistent with the companys values, sharing best practices, positively influencing colleagues at all levels, and encouraging reflective practice and a culture of continuous improvement.

Drive quality improvement across the division and support the Gloucestershire service contributing towards overall objectives.

Conduct observations and care record audits across all services and feed improvements needed in each service development plan.

Provide a leadership role in service planning, development, implementation, and coordination of all elements of the service.

To develop and coordinate a team of Advisors to ensure they provide evidence based interventions to Gloucestershire residents.

Line manage a team and be responsible for supervision and day to day management and performance.

Actively involved in the promotion and advertisement of the service.

To support the 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.

Effectively work with the data team, Heads of Service and Project leads to ensure the data for all services demonstrate clear outcomes.

Work with the Professional leads to embed the integrated service strategy across all services.

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.

Input into Governance procedures to ensure the service is both safe and effective

Produce reports to showcase effectiveness and improve performance.

Work in partnership with primary care, secondary care, and community stakeholders to disseminate information and deliver campaigns.

Increase referrals by promoting and communicating with other professionals.

Contribute to the social values of the service.

Work within agreed boundaries and relevant policies and standard operating procedures.

Plan and organise workloads effectively

Ensure robust client records are up to date at all times.

Use reflection and evaluation to improve service delivery.

Delivery of training to appropriate professionals and other stakeholders.

Delivery of Healthy Lifestyle Services

This role will develop over time and therefore it is expected that post holder will have additional responsibilities

The desire to make a difference

We are looking to change the lives and improve the wellbeing of the people in Gloucestershire

Skills and Competencies Required

An experienced senior leader with experience in delivering excellent healthy lifestyle services. across community settings

Skilled in project management accustomed to using tools and processes to identify project goals, set and manage the schedule, anticipate, and identify issues, remove obstacles, delineate responsibility, track task completion, and communicate progress

Experience in evolving and developing services within a complex health system.

A positive and proactive leader with the ability to motivate, engage and support teams to achieve the highest standards and outcomes .

A strategic thinker, able to foresee and take action to deal with problems and opportunities.

An adept communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients, staff, volunteers and partner agencies

Results orientated and naturally seek quantitative goals and actively seek to outperform them.

An experienced health practitioner with a knowledge of smoking cessation, weight management or similar

Be able to build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues and stakeholders

Be quality driven; naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

About the organisation

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health

Desirable

• Masters Qualification or equivalent
• Quality improvement certification or equivalent Level 2/3 REPS qualification
• Project management or leadership qualification
• NCSCT qualification

Experience

Essential

• Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management, stop smoking, behavior change.
• Experience in managing and inspiring large teams
• Project and operational management experience
• Demonstrable experience in working with a range of stake holders to improve health outcomes for the population
• Experience in contract and performance management
• Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures Experience in using data to inform service development to improve outcomes
• Experience in working with commissioners.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with overweight/obese adults
• Previous experience of working on physical activity and exercise on referral programmes
• Previous experience of working in Smoking Cessation services
• Previous experience of early years interventions or workplace health initiatives

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the county
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need

Supporting documents

• Healthy Lifestyles Programme Lead (DOCX, 407 KB)