Health Trainer

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Award winning YOURhealth service are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated individual who is passionate about helping / supporting people to become healthier and change their lifestyle as a Social Prescriber. The post advertised will be to working with Nimbus Care Primary Care Network, joining our existing team of dedicated social prescribers.

Social Prescribers give one-to-one and group support, help people to overcome barriers to improve their lifestyle and provide on-going encouragement and motivation.

You will have a sound understanding of the issues affecting isolated and vulnerable people, the ability to motivate people to make changes and have excellent communication skills working within genera practice and supporting the primary care model of delivery to identify and work closes with patients, supporting them to make positive choices that will improve their overall health and wellbeing.

You will also be expected to promote and market healthy lifestyle issues within the local communities to encourage, change within areas of deprivation and isolation.

Excellent interpersonal communication skills are an essential requirement of Social Prescribers as they will be working with individuals (and occasionally groups of people) from a variety of backgrounds and have a sound understanding of behaviour change techniques and asset based community development.

The post holder must be flexible to work daytime and evenings, including weekends. You must also be required to commute across the geographical boundaries of East Yorkshire and York should this be required.

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care
Trust that delivers integrated health services to communities across Hull,
East and North Yorkshire. To find out more about our wide range of
services visit humber.nhs.uk/Services
You will join our team of over 2,800 colleagues that work together to
change lives. We’re proud of our Trust community and we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development.
We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire is a great place to live and offers some of the most competitive house prices in the country with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers.
We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing.

**Including**:

- Free on-site parking
- Buy and sell annual leave
- Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
- Extra day off on completion of mandatory training and receiving your flu vaccination
- Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits.

Find out more about what makes our Trust ‘Humbelievable’ at join.humber.nhs.uk

For further information with regard to this vacancy please the attached Job Description and Person Specification