Specialist Lead: Physical Activity

Salary: £29,000- £33,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Nottinghamshire

Closing Date: 25th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 440

Nottinghamshire Integrated Wellbeing Service (IWS) overview

ABL Health and Nottinghamshire County Council have partnered to deliver an Integrated Wellbeing Service across Nottinghamshire called Your Health Your Way. This transformative service will play a central role in system change, bringing previously separate lifestyle behaviour change services together into one holistic service. It seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support the transformation of services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity and falls prevention, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing.

Role Purpose:

You will be the Physical Activity Specialist Lead for Nottinghamshire’s Integrated Wellbeing Service Your Health Your Way, and will drive physical activity KPI, co-ordinate all physical activity interventions, and lead on specialist projects such as Falls Prevention and MSK. The role may also require a small amount of delivery.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive advisor, with significant experience working in community health programmes. You will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering motivational change which is client centred. You will have a background in supporting people to build their confidence and ability to make sustainable healthy behaviour changes which works for their personal circumstances. Our team have working backgrounds in nutrition, weight management, exercise, alcohol reduction, falls prevention and smoking cessation. We offer you a full in-house training package to help you support our clients on their journey to a sustainable healthy lifestyle change and you will be required to deliver on all elements of the integrated service

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience delivering physical activity to specialist populations.
  • Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
  • Demonstrable experience of administrative and reception duties Level 3 Personal Trainer Level 3 GP Referral.
  • Office and Personal Organisational Skills Clear understanding and experience of Confidentiality and Information Governance.
  • Experience of developing innovative and effective physical activity interventions A sound knowledge of national guidance around physical activity Experience of training others to deliver physical activity interventions.
  • The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint.
  • Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required.
  • Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Employee Benefits:

  • Birthday Day off
  • Flexible Annual Leave scheme
  • Employee Referral scheme
  • 37.5 hours working week
  • Flu jabs
  • Blue Light Card
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Leadership and staff away days
  • Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.