Behaviour Change Practitioner

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newbridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a motivated behaviour change practitioner to work within a dynamic team focused on improving health and well-being in Gwent. You will provide specialist support for individuals seeking to quit smoking and improve their overall health through diet and lifestyle changes. This role requires travel across various settings, and offers a comprehensive benefits package with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid training and professional development

Occupational health support

Qualifications

• Educated to Master’s level or equivalent.
• Good understanding of health and social care policy.
• Significant experience in a senior role in health or local government.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist behaviour support for smoking cessation and dietary changes.
• Work independently across community and healthcare settings.
• Support capability building of behaviour change among professionals.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Negotiation

Resilience

Self-Motivation

Education

Master’s level or equivalent professional qualification

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated behaviour change practitioner to work as part of a growing, dynamic and busy team contributing to improving the health and well-being of the population of Gwent. This will include providing specialist behaviour support and advice to people who want to quit smoking, as well as being equipped with the ability to support people to make changes to their diet, physical activity and alcohol use where appropriate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work independently in a variety of community, primary care and secondary care settings across Gwent, providing support and interventions to individuals and groups. They will be a core part of a place-based neighbourhood team and will support building the capability of behaviour change amongst professionals and across neighbourhood teams through the delivery of formal and informal training. They will apply relevant theory and behavioural science approaches to inform and deliver a range of health promoting interventions, including immunisation and screening programmes, and advise on approaches to service delivery, communications and engagement.

The post will be driven by the needs of the population and the business and will require the post holder to work evenings and weekends.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Educated to Master’s level or equivalent professional qualification or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience of working at a senior level
• Evidence of continuing professional / personal development
• Good understanding of national and local health and social care policy context and drivers
• Good understanding of approaches to community well-being, prevention and early intervention
• Broad knowledge of Assets Based Community Development
• Knowledge of change and quality improvement approaches and methodologies
• Understanding of project management methodologies
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working in a senior role in health, local government or third sector
• Demonstrable experience of leading, developing and implementing major projects or change programmes
• Demonstrable experience of working successfully with diverse partners across a range of organisations, understanding the “political” context in which they operate
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Community Development approaches
  
  

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries and form effective partnerships
• Ability to advocate for change, influence and lead a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to manage complex relationships and negotiate positive outcomes
• Ability to operate independently and use own initiative
• Excellent time management skills and ability to deliver work within tight deadlines
• Ability to develop project plans, organise own workload and direct the activities of others
• Ability to prepare written reports to a high standard and deliver presentations
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Self-motivated
• Committed to equality of opportunity
• Resilient
• Team player
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Application of change and quality improvement approaches and methodologies
• Training skills
• Ability to speak Welsh
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards