Healthy Lifestyle Advisor
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Gloucester, GL1 1PX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0343-25-0015abl750b |
Summary
You will be crucial in delivering our programmes of work to the local community - including weight management, smoking cessation and other wellbeing schemes. You will work with this community to develop services that meet their needs. The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering client-centred motivational change and supporting people living with long term conditions to take up healthy lifestyles. You will have a background in working within health promotion, nutrition, exercise, health improvement, adult and/or family weight management, smoking cessation or similar and be an excellent team player and have a willingness to learn and develop. Duties and Responsibilities Deliver ABL Healths Healthy Lifestyles service, through one-to-ones, in the community, and through digital methods such as Zoom/Teams or phone appointments. Deliver evidence-based education around nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums. Regularly travel across the county, including the Forest of Dean, to deliver the service to areas of need. Deliver programmes with a client-centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing. Support with delivery of 1001 day or workplace programme as required Monitor client's progress through regular consultation and with the use of Microsoft excel, identifying specific treatments for those not on track to achieve their goals. Work with clients and stakeholders to co-produce in-session materials Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the project lead. Contribute to and support ABL Healths social media pages. Contribute to training and support new staff and volunteers. Working with individuals and groups using SMART goal-setting. Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly. Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures. Engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events. Contribute to ongoing service development needs. To attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT. Be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities. To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with the ethos of lifelong learning To work within the framework of clinical governance to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency.