Healthy Living Advisor
6 months ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, enthusiastic and experienced professional to join a well-established service, within the fascinated and challenging field of Forensic mental health. The post is advertised for 37.5 hours a week. The position will cover 3 wards within the Forensic service at the Newsam Centre; two male in-patient wards and one female in-patient ward.
The post holder will provide a range of healthy living interventions that will enable service users to improve their physical health and wellbeing. We are looking for an individual who has appropriate qualification and training to deliver exercise prescription and is currently, or willing to be, registered with CIMSPA for their on-going development needs. The individual will also need to be motivated to offer support with a range of elements of healthy living, such as nutrition, smoking cessation, drug and alcohol use.
The post holder will be required to complete physical health assessments and plan/deliver physical health interventions. This will include physical activity, healthy eating advice, first line weight management advice (under the supervision of a dietician) and brief interventions on smoking cessation and drug and alcohol usage, following appropriate training. The Healthy Living Advisor will encourage service users to access local opportunities and services, signposting people to activities which support health and wellbeing.
The post holder will need effective communication skills and be able to establish positive working relationships. They will be required to participate in clinical supervision and support student education. They will be expected to take a lead role in training and service development initiatives, working in all areas of the Forensic service.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
The Healthy Living Advisor role will focus on assessing, planning and delivering healthy living interventions to service users to enable people to improve their mental and physical health.
This will include physical activity, healthy eating advice, first line weight management advice (under supervision of a dietician), smoking cessation and brief interventions on drug and alcohol usage following appropriate training.
This will be delivered through advice and information for service users and staff, training and development for service users and staff, health promotion and physical interventions.
- To deliver clinical care plans
- To support service users to be actively involved in their care, treatment and recovery program
- To provide advice and support to service users on a daily basis, managing question, queries and requests appropriately
- To promote social inclusion for clients by facilitating and supporting access to a variety of community based opportunities including work, social groups, education, spiritual pursuits, leisure activities to ensure holistic well-being
- To actively support service users in line with their care plans and support their recovery, using approaches that promote hope and optimism
- To promote the physical health and wellbeing for clients by facilitating and supporting access to relevant screening and information around medication, diet, nutrition, exercise, alcohol/illicit substances and smoking cessation
- To participate as requested, in multidisciplinary reviews and other clinical meetings to ensure effective communication and a comprehensive approach to service users care
- The post holder must be a persuasive advocate for physical healthcare and healthy lifestyles
- To assess service users and decide if fit to exercise, and decide on type of exercise and course of action (level 3 qualification/trained)
- Contribute to the implementation of the physical health improvement procedure (healthy living focus)
- To be able to support others to engage in a range of physical activities such as using the gym, running exercise groups, walking, using public transport and climbing stairs.
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