Health Promotion Specialist

King's College Hospital; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Health Promotion Specialist to enhance the uptake of breast screening among diverse communities. You will lead strategic health promotion initiatives, engage with local organizations, and focus on underserved populations to reduce healthcare inequalities. Proven experience in health promotion and community engagement is essential. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on public health.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in increasing service uptake, especially among hard-to-reach demographics.
• Ability to develop and implement strategic health promotion plans.
• Experience working with diverse communities and public health organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement health promotion strategies for the breast screening programme.
• Engage with local communities and health organizations.
• Collaborate with leadership to plan health events.

Skills

Experience with health promotion

Community engagement

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has been created within the South East London Breast Screening Programme, SELBSP. We are looking for an experienced Health Promotion Specialist to work with our multi‑disciplinary team to improve the uptake of eligible women. As a commissioned service, SELBSP is one of the larger breast screening programmes in the country and is responsible for inviting and screening an eligible population of 250,000+ well women aged 50‑70 years once every three years as part of the National Breast Screening Programme.

Key Responsibilities

The post holder will be the lead specialist within our service, required to develop and implement a strategic plan to promote the South East London Breast Screening Programme to the eligible breast screening population living in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark geographic areas.

Key duties include:

• Engage with local communities and key public health, NHS and wider community organisations to gain access to the eligible population.
• Work with community leaders to form solid communication channels between the programme and our clients, with a particular focus on BAME clients, socio‑economic deprivation and communities of lower uptake, including Core20Plus5 populations.
• Collaborate closely with the Programme Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead to develop and implement health promotion events across the South East London geographic area, aligning with seasonal opportunities, current health promotion requirements and national focus weeks.
• Lead on communication and resources around breast screening to increase local knowledge and uptake, including flexible working to support vulnerable or underserved Core20Plus5 populations.
• Work collaboratively with the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA) to ensure that the programme of activities remains relevant with the wider cancer system and primary care priorities.
• Obtain funding for and arrange external paid communication with local media providers, design with community consultation and purchase promotional merchandise for external events with the general public.

Previous experience with proven outcomes of increased uptake and participation in a service or project particularly aimed at a "hard‑to‑reach" demographic, addressing inequalities and engaging community based services, is required.

Population Outreach Focus

This NHS initiative is aimed at reducing healthcare inequalities in the 20% of people who experience the highest degree of socioeconomic inequality and includes, but is not exclusive to, the following groups:

• Non‑English speakers
• Those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, neurodiversity or communication difficulties
• Clients within the LGBTQI+ community, including transgender and those identifying as non‑binary
• Homeless and rough sleepers
• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Eligible clients residing in forensic or secured estates
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
• Those with mental health conditions
• Those with drug or alcohol harm issues

Legal/EEO Statement

Application Notes

The closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we may close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.