Job vacancy: Health and Wellbeing Coordinator, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Wakefield,

Job summary

Main area: Health and wellbeing Administrative Coordinator
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend and evening work may required through prior agreement.)
Job ref: 174-HAWC-240424

Employer: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Headquarters,
Town: Wakefield,
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/05/2024 23:59

Health and Wellbeing Coordinator

Band 5

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Person specification

Skills, Qualifications, Experience and Personal

Essential criteria

Time management, able to prioritise conflicting workload demands and multi task.
Experience in coordinating work and managing meetings includes taking minutes.
Decisive and clear with the ability to work unsupervised using own initiative and demonstrating flexibility to respond to different work environments.
Diploma level qualification in relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing to differing audiences. IT Literate - word processing, excel, email
Experience of working across multifunctional teams across the organisational structure at all levels including external partners.
Experience of health and wellbeing in a large organisation.
Work under pressure to meet deadlines.
Knowledge of NHS and employee health and wellbeing.

Desirable criteria

Further education qualification health and wellbeing

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the communities and patients we serve across the Yorkshire region. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts candidates from all sections of the community and signals our commitment to embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity.

As an inclusive organisation we welcome applicants irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people with lived experienced from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, people from the LGBT+ community, people with caring responsibilities and people with disabilities. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including an invitation to the first stage of the selection process, for applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy, and consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability under the “Disability Confident Scheme”.

Please note the salary range stated in advertisements is calculated on a pro rata basis if the vacancy is part time.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children & vulnerable adults. Many of our posts are subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS). Should this position be subject to a DBS check the cost will be recovered from your salary as a one-off payment. Currently the charges made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (incl. application fee) are £41.90 for an enhanced check and £21.90 for a standard check.