Health Checks Service Manager

Health Checks Service Manager

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: GBP43,421 - GBP48,474 Per Annum
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Contract: Contract
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 14/01/2024 at 23:00
Reference: 712814

Health Checks Service Manager - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Wokingham Borough Council has a fantastic opportunity available for a Health Checks Service Manager to join our team.

As the Health Checks Service Manager, you will provide lifestyle advice and recommend support for health issues and work with the voluntary sector to address wider social and personal needs. You will manage a team of Health Checks Advisors who will undertake Health Checks across the Borough in a variety of community settings.

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 and reduce health inequalities, preventing and reducing conditions such as cardiovascular disease.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with Primary Care and Community Organisations to run clinics
• Develop a new team of advisors
• Work with social prescribers and other voluntary resources to support residents
• Collaborate with other schemes across Berkshire
• Collect data to evaluate the programme

Candidate Requirements

You will have experience of team management, be an excellent leader, self-directed and thrive in network environments, as well as having the ability to work together and collaborate in partnership with communities, primary care, voluntary organisations, Public Health and other NHS and Council teams.

As this is a new service, you will be a self-starter, mobilising the service, monitoring and reporting on progress and championing the wider cause. You will have an understanding of population health, health services, VCS organisation, and local government and NHS structures. As you will be working across communities, you will be culturally aware and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.

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 14 th 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.

Further information on this vacancy

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