Team Leader

City Health Care Partnership CIC; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

City Health Care Partnership CIC is seeking an experienced Smokefree Operational Lead to provide day-to-day leadership to Stop Smoking Advisors, volunteers and partners across community settings. You will develop services, build partnerships and ensure accessible, high-quality support to help people become smoke free.

Applicants should have a health-related degree or equivalent, experience leading teams, strong communication skills and a commitment to learning, service improvement and

Qualifications

• Degree in Health or demonstrable equivalent and relevant experience
• National Centre of Stop Smoking Cessation (NCSCT) training or willingness to complete
• Evidence of continued learning from personal development
• ICDL or equivalent IT qualification

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team delivering evidence-based stop smoking services across a variety of settings
• Build strong relationships with communities, healthcare partners and local organisations to increase engagement and access
• Coordinate and deliver training, workforce development and volunteer programmes to strengthen service delivery
• Support health inequalities, prevention initiatives and public health campaigns
• Monitor performance, maintain accurate records and contribute to service improvement and quality standards

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Communication

Relationship-building

Health promotion

Behaviour change

Learning & service improvement

Education

Degree in Health or equivalent

NCSCT training or willingness to complete

ICDL or equivalent IT qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Working with the Smokefree Service team, you’ll help more people become smoke free while reducing health inequalities and improving long-term health outcomes. Based within a supportive public health service, you’ll provide day-to-day leadership to Stop Smoking Advisors, volunteers and partners, helping to deliver high-quality support across a range of community settings. You’ll play an important role in developing services, building local partnerships and ensuring people can access the help they need to make lasting lifestyle changes.

Main duties of the job

What you’ll do:

• Lead and support a team delivering evidence-based stop smoking services across a variety of settings
• Build strong relationships with communities, healthcare partners and local organisations to increase engagement and access
• Coordinate and deliver training, workforce development and volunteer programmes to strengthen service delivery
• Support health inequalities, prevention initiatives and public health campaigns
• Monitor performance, maintain accurate records and contribute to service improvement and quality standards

What we’re looking for:

• A degree in a health-related subject or equivalent relevant experience, with health promotion knowledge or experience
• Experience leading, supervising or supporting staff and working collaboratively with community and healthcare partners
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to motivate and influence others
• An understanding of behaviour change, health inequalities and the barriers people can face when accessing support
• A commitment to learning, service improvement and delivering person-centred care

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with fairness, respect and dignity.

Working for our organisation

At CHCP, we’re passionate about people, we recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected, and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.

Work with us and you’ll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders, and their thoughts and opinions are always heard;at CHCP you have a real voice.

Compassion is at the heart of our business; our colleagues work together to deliver first class healthcareto thousands of people. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that’s why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we’ll support you to thrive.

CHCP CIC employees have access to an excellent range of benefits; for further information, please click on the ‘CHCP Perks and Rewards’ link.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for more information.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Health or demonstrable equivalent and relevant experience
• National Centre of Stop Smoking Cessation (NCSCT) training or willingness to complete
• Evidence of continued learning from personal development
• ICDL or equivalent IT qualification

Knowledge

• An understanding of voluntary and community sector organisations and the contributions they make to the health and wellbeing of individuals.
• An understanding of health and social care infrastructure and how services are provided to the local population
• Knowledge of Health and Social Care Reform. Current government agendas and localised strategies and documents
• An understanding of community development and asset-based approaches to promote engagement
• An understanding of the barriers and challenges that people may face in connecting to and accessing local activities and support.
• An understanding of the importance of accurate record keeping and knowledge of information governance requirements
• Knowledge of Microsoft office such as Outlook, Excel, Word and Power Point
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements in relation to processes for risk assessment regarding venues and home visits
• An understanding of behaviour change and factors impacting on health and wellbeing

Experience

• Experience in effectively managing a caseload.
• Significant demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with community groups and voluntary organisations to promote utilisation.
• Experience of Health Promotion
• Experience of delivering presentations
• Experience of collating and presenting informationExperience of working collaboratively with other health care and non-health care professionals to meet patient needs.
• Experience of managing and supervising staff
• Experience of involvement in service monitoring and evaluation
• A training qualification and experience in delivering training to health professionals.

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC)is an independent, co-owned Community Interest Company providing high quality local health and care services at several sites across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Knowsley and St Helens.

Commissioned by the NHS and local authorities, we are a socially responsible business. Our profits are re-invested into our services, our staff, and the communities we work in. We employ nearly 2,500 people and have over 1.7 million patient contacts each year across more than 50 different services.

Our vision is to lead and inspire through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all that we do, and we are looking for exceptional people to work with us to provide the highest possible care to the people who use our services.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. Should you have started the application at this point and require additional time to complete it, please contact us for support.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to support the preparation of your application. However, all information submitted must be truthful, accurate and drawn from your own experience. Applications appearing to contain plagiarised, misleading or misrepresented content, including AI-generated content presented as personal experience or fully AI generated applications, may be withdrawn from the recruitment process.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please be aware we reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Name Beth Taylor Job title Smokefree Operational Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01514267462

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Address City Health Care Partnership CIC
5 Beacon Way
Hull
HU3 4AE