About this role
Job summary
This role leads on the development and delivery of the Group's Health & Wellbeing offer and the programme work designed to ensure GESH continues to prioritise and improve the health and wellbeing of our staff.This role will shape and drive the long-term health and wellbeing strategic plan aligning the offer across the group and ensuring it is delivering on the goals of the People Strategy, organisation's workforce priorities, and national NHS objectives.
The post holder will work with senior colleagues to specify, design, deliver and evaluate bespoke health promotion and organisational development interventions to respond to people and cultural issues that influence health and wellbeing, identified through a range of available data and key performance metrics such as the NHS Staff survey.
Main duties of the job
1. Develop a strong health and wellbeing brand and innovative marketing strategies to promote the programme and general health promotion messages both internally and externally. Deliver interventions with the scale and impact to create a positive culture of health and wellbeing within the organisation, where (i) managers take an active role in understanding the needs of their staff and in supporting them to maintain good health; and (ii) individuals are empowered to strengthen their own health and wellbeing.
2. Operate as an internal expert and consultant on wellbeing and to lead and collaborate on programmes of work to provide individual and team specific interventions that improve wellbeing, effectiveness, culture and performance, based on diagnostics using quantitative and qualitative data and information.
3. Work in partnership with key stakeholders to understand shared priorities and develop joint objectives, specifically in relation to health and wellbeing, and areas that influence it directly and indirectly. Ensure the engagement and involvement of a wide range of internal staff and external stakeholders/experts in the production and implementation of staff wellbeing priorities and solutions.
***Please refer to Attached Job Description for further information**
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
***Please refer to Attached Job Description for further information**
The effectiveness of our Health and Wellbeing offer is vital to achieving our CARE Strategy and positively improving our staff engagement. We want gesh to be a place where people thrive and recommend as a great place to work. The improvements this post holder designs and implements should have a positive impact on the quality of care that we provide and support our financial goals as we optimise staff attendance and reduce sickness absence. Specifically, the post holder will define our strategic and prioritised approach to improving staff health and wellbeing and be responsible for putting in place a wide range of supportive options in order to promote and deliver these objectives. In addition to a strong and responsive offer, the post holder will proactively research systemic barriers to wellbeing in our current practice and work with stakeholders to address them and implement improvements. The post holder will support and guide Directors, Clinicians and Managers at all levels of the organisation to develop strategic, tactical and operational health and wellbeing interventions to achieve positive results. This will contribute to a high performing culture where everyone recognises the importance of health and wellbeing and knows how to maximise their own and their teams to deliver great engagement and high-quality healthcare to our patients.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Evidence of continued learning / professional development in the area of health and wellbeing and/or health promotion and/or facilitating health behaviour change in individuals/populations.
Desirable
A relevant qualification such as a Masters Health Promotion, Psychology, Nursing, Organisational Development or equivalent relevant experience at strategic leadership level.
Knowledge Essential
Extensive experience of delivering evidence based health behaviour change, designing appropriate interventions, and how these can be applied to the NHS clinical and non-clinical staff workforce. Track record of delivering change programmes in complex and large organisations, demonstrating impactful and sustainable change.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London,
Tooting
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)