Health Advisor – BUPA | Sevenoaks Medical Centre, Sevenoaks
Full Time Permanent | Salary : £24,000-£27,000 depending on experience
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.00am-4.00pm
Do you have the enthusiasm and passion for promoting a healthy lifestyle? If so, we have an exciting opportunity at KIMS Hospital in our Sevenoaks Medical Centre as a BUPA Health Advisor.
Our Sevenoaks Medical Centre team consists of Nurses, Care Support Workers, Radiographers, Physical Therapists and administrators to provide outpatient and diagnostic services to the local community across a full range of clinical specialties, including orthopaedics, dermatology, urology, gynaecology, gastroenterology and more.
You will deliver a range of assessment products & actively work with our patients to identify lifestyle changes that will directly impact their health & wellbeing. Helping people make brave decisions & take the steps that will lead to patients leading longer, healthier, happier lives.
You will be a strong and empathetic individual with experience in performing measurement and assessment in health and fitness.
Role Responsibilities include:
* Offer an outstanding customer experience & put the patient at the centre of their health assessment
* Explain clinical results and risk factors to our customers – take them on a journey of how this impacts their health & wellbeing & steps they can take to mitigate this risk
* Give individual lifestyle advice appropriate to customer needs with reference to their health risk, health assessment results and their health and wellbeing goals
* Support the service delivery of Health Assessments to customers
* Maintain accurate client records and get involved in the end to end process
* Promote and encourage a healthier lifestyle in accordance with Bupa’s current clinical policies
* Carry out clinical testing including; body composition analysis, spirometry, heart rate monitoring, venepuncture sampling, diabetes blood test markers, blood pressure measurement, cholesterol profiling, anaemia blood test markers, electrocardiograms, functional movement screening.
* Create individual lifestyle action plans using motivational interviewing techniques to promote behaviour change.
Person Specification:
* Educated to a degree level or have a post-secondary education vocational qualification in physiology, nutrition or similar health science
* Have experience of performing measurement or assessment in a health and fitness e.g. personal training or medical environment
* Have experience and be comfortable to take venepuncture sample from patients
* Be experienced in giving patient advice in a healthy living / lifestyle context, including physical activity, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, sleep and stress management
* Have knowledge of anatomy/physiology in relation to health and lifestyle
* Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills – written and verbal
KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:
* Free Secure Staff Parking
* Pension Scheme
* Private Health Insurance
* 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
* Life Assurance
* Annual Flu Vaccination
* Free Eye Test
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, Liz would be happy to help. Please give her a call on 01622 231694 or email recruitment@kims.org.uk.
At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.
Any offers of employment made by KIMS Hospital for this/these position(s) will be subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of a satisfactory DBS Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Information about the DBS checks can be found at https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Posted 29th September 2024
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