About this role
Job summary
Diabetes Health Educator - based in North East and North Cumbria(Northumberland, North Tyneside and Gateshead)
£18 per hour
Zero hour - Contract
Spirit Clinical Services
The role
This role is key in delivering an exceptional, effective structured diabetes education service for patients across the UK (evening and weekend availability is required). Flexibility is required and offered.
Main duties of the job
Delivery of the EMPOWER programme to patients. Delivery of face to face courses within the advertised area and occasionalvideo courses Ensuring our EMPOWER programmes are delivered in accordance with the curriculum, syllabus, educator handbook, lesson plan and service(s) Operating Manuals. Ensure delivery of the EMPOWER programme in accordance with all Spirit policies and procedures
A full job description is available.
This role is for someone ready to grab an opportunity and run with it. If this feels like thechallenge youve been waiting for get in touch.
About us
Who are Spirit
We're challengers on one mission: make health easy.
We build smarter medicines management, digital monitoring, and patient education tools that improve patients life and simplify work for clinicians. Trusted by the NHS for over 15 years, we are scaling.
Through Spirit Health Foundation, we're extending that mission to underserved communities globally. Early detection. Better access. Healthier lives for all. Back-to-back rating as 1 health & social care employer (Best Companies), were only getting started.
With big ambitions and global impact, we need brilliant people to help us deliver.
Our hiring process is fast, fair, and fearless. We ask great questions, give real challenges, and move quickly, so you'll always know where you stand.
Think you've got the Brilliance, Family, and Vigour to match? Click apply. Lets make health easy, together.
Closing date for applications is 30th June
Any questions? Email [email protected].
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks including a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
The educator will deliver diabetes education courses to patients referred to our service to enable them to live well with diabetes. The educator undertakes training and passes competence assessment to deliver diabetes educationDiabetes education is delivered in an inclusive and interactive manner which allows for questions and discussion on the topics coveredDelivery of education is patient centred and allows for a variety of learning styles to support cognitive learningThe educator introduces and covers each topic following the curriculum closelyEducators reflect on the session, identify what went well, what went less well and what changes could be made. The educator undertakes training on the curriculum and lesson plan, delivers courses, passes a competency assessment and is accreditedThe courses are delivered using the most up to date contentThe courses achieve a consistently high patient feedback scoreThe educator understands the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration teamThe educator ensures that attendance is recorded on the databaseThe educator responds promptly to administrator queriesDelivery of interactive structured diabetes education programmes in accordance with the set curriculum and lesson planUse a range of sound teaching and learning techniques to improve participants ability to self manage their diabetesEnsure the course is delivered using the most up to date programme contentUnderstand the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration teamEnsure all paperwork is completed, eg, attendance sheet, quality of life questionnaires, goal setting ad action plans and satisfaction surveys
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
You are a clinical/non-clinical educator with experience in teaching/training adults. This role requires travel within the area to deliver face to face courses in local community settings so you must be located within the area, own a car and be in possession of UK driving licence.
Desirable
You are an enthusiastic self-starter, understand the importance of promoting self- care and an ability to support patients in achieving positive change and improved health outcomes. You work autonomously, are reliable, punctual and a confident communicator. You want to make a difference
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Spirit Health Group Limited
Address Spirit House
Saffron Way
Leicester
LE2 6UP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.spirit-health.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)