Health and Wellbeing Coordinator | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wakefield,, WF2 0XG |
| Company: | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6246496/174-HAWC-240424 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced administrative coordinator to join our health and wellbeing team. The successful individual will support, and coordinate wellbeing activities as identified through the health and wellbeing plan to improve physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of our staff.
The post will be based at our Trust HQ, Wakefield with the opportunity for hybrid working. Travel to other locations across the Trust may also be required.
The post holder will have knowledge of the NHS with a focus on employee health and wellbeing. Able to foster positive working relations with Trust stakeholders, managers, and employees. Key responsibilities will include delivery of specific priorities as identified in the health and wellbeing plan.
Key requirements of the role include:
• Previous experience in an NHS organisation with health and wellbeing focus.
• Progression monitoring.
• Data Evaluation.
• Accurate capture and discussions and actions.
• Effective communication skills catering to differing audiences.
• IT literate including word processing, email, and spreadsheets.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
Benefits:
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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The postholder is also responsible for the delivery of specific priorities and actions identified in the Health and Wellbeing Plan.
The key accountabilities of the role are to:
• Support the Health and Wellbeing team with the development and delivery of the annual Trust Health and Wellbeing plan working in collaboration with a wide range of internal stakeholders ensuring setting of smart priorities that are evidence based.
• Responsible for performance monitoring delivery against the health and wellbeing plan with clear escalation routes where issues emerge.
• Support the development of health and wellbeing policies and practices working closely with human resources, trade union colleagues, Trust service lines and in consultation with YAS staff, with focus on supportive and evidence-based practices.
• Provide support at key committees and project meetings ensuring accurate capture of discussions and actions including monitoring progress against identified actions and ensuring all paperwork and agendas are completed and circulated in accordance with agreed timescales.
• Coordinate training and awareness sessions including meetings in line with the priorities detailed in the health and wellbeing plan.
• Work collaboratively with Corporate Communications to actively promote and engage staff on health and wellbeing initiatives and plans, using a variety of communication platforms and approaches to ensure all staff are aware of the support available to enable them to stay safe and keep well at work.
• Lead the delivery against the annual health promotions campaign working in partnership with Corporate Communications and localised wellbeing teams and areas.
• Consult and where necessary negotiate with colleagues relating to changes in transactional procedures ensuring that resource levels are clearly identified and there is clarity between the team and staff responsibilities within the process.
Essential Criteria:
• Ability to develop effective working relationships, communicating effectively, nonjudgmental demonstrating professional credibility with colleagues and ‘customers’ at all levels.
• Time-management skills to prioritise conflicting workload demands including the ability to multi-task.
• Good influencing and persuasive skills with the ability to communicate in a calm and professional manner in stressful situations.
• Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret information and to summarise key information clearly and concisely.
• Sound analytical reasoning, effective decision making and an ability to identify and manage risks.
• Effective planning and organisational skills across a wide range of activities and situations.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to differing audiences.
• IT literate, including word processing, email, and spreadsheet skills.
• Ability to develop and deliver training / learning / coaching / interventions on a
range of health and wellbeing related best practices / subjects.
• Able to travel throughout YAS in a timely manner.
• Qualification in relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Knowledge of NHS and employee health and wellbeing
• Sound analytical reasoning, effective decision making and an ability to identify and manage risks.
• Time-management skills to prioritise conflicting workload demands including the ability to multi-task.
• Experience in coordinating work and managing meetings includes taking minutes.
Desirable Criteria
• Further education qualification in Health and Wellbeing.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024