Health Advisor

Bupa; Ilford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Digital GP

Emotional wellbeing

Family mental health line

Financial wellbeing

Job summary

Bupa Clinics in Ilford is seeking a Health Advisor to educate customers and support health assessments. You will use your training to promote healthier lifestyles and record results in line with clinical policies.

The role focuses on client interaction, post-assessment follow-up and lifestyle planning. Educated to degree level in exercise physiology/sports science or nutrition, you will have strong customer-facing skills and experience in health/fitness assessments.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in exercise physiology, sports science or nutrition.
• Customer facing experience essential.
• Experience of health/fitness assessments desirable.
• Accurate recording within clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Support the service delivery of Health Assessments to customers.
• Maintain accurate client records and get involved in the end to end process.
• Promote and encourage a healthier lifestyle in accordance with Bupa's current clinical policies.
• Carry out clinical testing including body composition analysis, spirometry, heart rate monitoring, gas analysis, diabetes blood test markers, blood pressure measurement, cholesterol profiling, anaemia blood test markers, electrocardiograms, audiometry, functional movement screening.
• Create individual lifestyle action plans using motivational interviewing techniques to promote behaviour change.
• Post assessment calls to support positive change and actions plans.

Skills

Customer facing

Motivational interviewing

Health assessments

Education

Degree in Exercise Physiology / Sports Science / Nutrition

Job description

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns. We make health happen As a Clinician at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and everyday. As a Health Advisor with Bupa Clinics, you'll be able to use your training and education to support our customers by providing education on how to Live Longer, Healthier, Happier Lives. Our customers are your priority and you'll spend the majority of your time with them doing what you do best and what you trained for. You'll help us make health happen by:

• Support the service delivery of Health Assessments to customers
• Maintain accurate client records and get involved in the end to end process
• Promote and encourage a healthier lifestyle in accordance with Bupa's current clinical policies
• Carry out clinical testing including; body composition analysis, spirometry, heart rate monitoring, gas analysis, diabetes blood test markers, blood pressure measurement, cholesterol profiling, anaemia blood test markers, electrocardiograms, audiometry, functional movement screening.
• Create individual lifestyle action plans using motivational interviewing techniques to promote behaviour change.
• Post assessment calls to support positive change and actions plans.
  Educated to degree level or equivalent in exercise physiology/sports science/ nutrition essential
• Customer facing experience essential
• Experience of performing measurement or assessment in a health and fitness or medical environment would be desirable
• Accuracy in information recording and working within clinical guidelines
• Ability to build rapport with customers, tailoring your approach to individuals
• Empathy and ability to motivate customers to make positive health changes
  We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Enhanced pension and life insurance
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate
• Access to our Digital GP platform on you mobile
• Emotional wellbeing support
• Access to family mental health line
• Financial wellbeing channels