Health Champion

LincolnshireCoop; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Pension up to 12% employer contributed

Generous colleague discounts

Annual discretionary colleague bonus

Job summary

Lincolnshire Co-op is hiring a Health Champion to support health promotion and advise customers on wellbeing. You’ll deliver campaigns, carry out basic health checks and signpost to services, working with pharmacy colleagues and community partners to improve local health access.

You’ll engage with diverse customers, promote healthier lifestyles, and help create a welcoming environment. Training and career development opportunities are provided by the Society.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer-facing, healthcare or community roles is advantageous.
• Proven ability to communicate health information clearly to diverse groups.
• Genuine passion for improving local health and wellbeing and willingness to learn.
• Ability to build trust and maintain a welcoming, supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver health promotion campaigns to raise awareness locally.
• Carry out basic health checks and signpost customers to appropriate services.
• Work with pharmacy colleagues and community partners to promote healthier lifestyles.
• Represent the pharmacy at local events and maintain engaging health displays.
• Stay up to date with health initiatives and seek new ways to impact the community positively.

Skills

Health promotion knowledge

Communication skills

Customer service

Community engagement

Job description

About the role:

What if your next role helped improve the health and wellbeing of your local community?

As a Health Champion, you'll do much more than support a pharmacy. You'll inspire healthier lifestyles, raise awareness of important health campaigns and help customers access the advice and services they need to live healthier lives. Every conversation you have could make a lasting difference to someone's wellbeing.

No two days are the same. One day you could be carrying out basic health checks, supporting a national health campaign or helping a customer find the right healthcare service. The next, you might be working alongside colleagues and community partners, promoting wellbeing events or encouraging customers to make positive lifestyle changes.

You'll be a friendly face, a trusted source of information and a passionate advocate for better health. Working closely with your pharmacy team and colleagues across the Society, you'll help bring health campaigns to life while ensuring customers receive a welcoming, compassionate and professional experience.

What you'll be getting involved in

• Supporting and delivering health promotion campaigns, helping raise awareness of important health issues within your local community.
• Carrying out basic health checks, providing customers with information and signposting them to the appropriate healthcare services where needed.
• Working closely with pharmacy colleagues and community partners to promote healthier lifestyles and improve access to wellbeing support.
• Representing the pharmacy at local events, maintaining engaging health displays and helping create an environment where customers feel confident seeking advice.
• Continuing to build your knowledge through training, staying up to date with current health initiatives and finding new ways to make a positive impact.

If you're passionate about helping people, enjoy building relationships and want to play an important role in improving the health of your local community, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

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About You

Someone who's passionate about making a difference

This is a role where compassion, confidence and a genuine desire to help others are essential.

You'll enjoy speaking to people from all walks of life, making them feel welcome and supported. Whether you're promoting a health campaign, carrying out a basic health check or helping someone access the right healthcare service, you'll be someone who enjoys building trust and making a positive impact every day. Previous experience in a customer-facing, healthcare or community role would be beneficial, but we're equally interested in people who are passionate about improving the wellbeing of others and eager to learn.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• A friendly, approachable and caring nature, with a genuine passion for supporting people.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage customers in conversations about health and wellbeing.
• The ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, healthcare professionals and members of the local community.
• Good organisation skills, with the ability to manage a variety of tasks while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• A proactive attitude, taking ownership of activities and looking for opportunities to promote healthier lifestyles.
• A willingness to learn, develop new skills and stay up to date with health campaigns and wellbeing initiatives.

We're looking for someone who enjoys making a real difference in their community. You'll take pride in helping people feel informed, supported and empowered to make positive choices about their health while creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels comfortable asking for advice.

Benefits that help you grow

Alongside the opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of your local community, you'll receive a benefits package that's just as rewarding:

• 30 days' annual leave (pro rata), including bank holidays.
• A pension scheme with up to 12% employer contributions.
• Generous colleague discounts across our family of businesses.
• An annual discretionary colleague bonus in recognition of your contribution.

We're also proud to be an Investors in People Platinum employer, recognising our commitment to helping colleagues learn, develop and build rewarding careers. As your confidence grows, you'll have opportunities to gain new qualifications, develop your healthcare knowledge and build a rewarding career with us. Whether you're taking your first step into community health or looking to develop your existing experience, we'll support you every step of the way.

Ready to champion healthier communities?

If you're excited by the opportunity to inspire healthier lifestyles, support your local community and make a meaningful difference to people's lives every day, we'd love to hear from you.

A full job description is available to download on this page, providing further information about the responsibilities, experience and skills required for the role.

About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We’re proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we’re a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more! Find out more about us, our purpose and wonderful colleagues here.

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on [phone], or alternatively you can email [e-mail].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.