Health Improvement Practitioner (Quit Your Way) - Smoking Cessation

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the health and wellbeing of local communities? NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Health Improvement Practitioner to join our Health Improvement Team within Glasgow City HSCP. Working as part of a dynamic and supportive team, you will play a key role in developing and delivering health improvement initiatives that reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for local people.

This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with communities, partner organisations and colleagues across a wide range of sectors, helping to shape and influence meaningful change. At NHSGGC, we are committed to supporting our staff to grow, develop and thrive while making a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

This post will primarily focus on smoking prevention and smoking cessation. All team members are also required to deliver on and support programmes of work across the wider Health Improvement team. The Glasgow City QYW service have recently undergone a service review and is currently in the implementation phase of this. This post will initially be hosted within Pollok Health Centre with responsibilities to deliver services citywide.

• Glasgow City HSCP
• Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00
• Permanent, full-time

• Develop and deliver health improvement programmes and work streams that improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with colleagues, community groups, voluntary organisations and statutory partners
• Analyse health and inequalities data to identify local needs and inform targeted health improvement activity
• Provide specialist health improvement advice, guidance and support to partners and stakeholders
• Design, deliver and evaluate training and development activities to build health improvement capacity across communities and organisations
• Lead and contribute to working groups, networks and forums to progress key health improvement priorities
• Support community engagement activity, ensuring local communities have opportunities to influence health improvement planning and delivery

• Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline
• Experience working within health improvement, public health or a related health improvement environment
• Knowledge of health improvement theory, health inequalities and the wider public health agenda
• Experience of partnership working, stakeholder engagement, negotiation and collaborative problem solving
• Strong facilitation, training and group work skills with experience of engaging a variety of audiences
• Excellent written, verbal, organisational and project management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Experience of research, evaluation, data analysis and using evidence to inform practice and service development

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and…