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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

About

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) provides the hospital services to South Warwickshire from four hospitals:

Warwick Hospital
Leamington Spa Hospital
Stratford Hospital
Ellen Badger Hospital

We also deliver out-of-hospital community services to the whole of Warwickshire and beyond serving a population of more than half a million from various clinics. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.

What is a Foundation Trust?

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 March 2010. A foundation trust status gives us greater freedom to manage our own affairs, and makes us more directly accountable to local people through our Members, who are drawn from the local population and staff.

We are managed by a Board of Directors and the Trust is overseen by our Council of Governors. Find out more about our organisational structure and meetings and papers.

We continue to be part of the NHS and treat patients in accordance with core NHS principles – healthcare that is provided according to clinical need, not ability to pay, that it is free at the point of delivery, and that it meets the needs of everyone.

Our Members actively influence the progress of the Trust and help us to be genuinely patient-centred in every aspect. Find out about becoming a Member.

Contact

Address: South Warwickshire Hospital; Lakin Road; Warwick; Warwickshire; CV34 5BW
Contact Number: 01926 495321

Find out more

Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 203-C579 Vacancy ID: 8137688

Health and Wellbeing Advisor

Accepting applications until: 05-Aug-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 05-Aug-2026 23:59

Location

Site: Warwick Hospital
Address: Lakin Road
Town: Warwick
Postcode: CV34 5BW
Major / Minor Region: Warwickshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns considered)

Salary

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Human Resources

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks

Many of the roles we advertise have a requirement for a DBS check to be carried out. If you are successful for a role and it requires a DBS check the Trust will carry out the initial check and subscription to the DBS Update Service, however successful candidates will be expected to cover the associated costs . Details of this will be sent to successful candidates in their offer letter.

Probationary Period

All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 3 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

Agile and Flexible Working

All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.

The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.

Staff Benefits

The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.

Car Parking

The Trust currently have limited availability of car parking spaces, as such are operating a waiting list for new starters joining the organisation.

To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).

Visa Sponsorship

The Trust will only consider sponsoring staff for certain roles, however this will be considered on a case by case basis in line with current legislation. As an employer we are unable to offer sponsorship to all roles in particular we cannot offer sponsorship for roles below Band 5.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work closely with Organisational Development Lead to align Health & Well-being Initiatives to organisational / executive expectations

Follow national, system and trust wide guidance and governance when contributing to formulating strategic wellbeing plans, ensuring all Health & Well-being initiatives align with Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health & Well-being Boards, NHS assurance frameworks and focus on reducing inequalities of staff members

Work closely with other teams such as psychology, Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Freedom To Speak Up and People and Workforce Operations to understand organisational need for health and wellbeing support

Lead, coordinate and operate an on-site Health & Well-being Hub to maintain a consistent and where appropriate, immediate, physical presence for Health & Well-being within the Trust

Utilise National staff survey and other data to identify ‘hot spot’ areas needing additional support across the organisation, liaising with leadership teams to understand the need and offer appropriate support

Contribute to the production of Board/Executive committee papers on staff health and wellbeing

Provide support to senior leaders to embed staff survey action plans into teams and services, in line with people plan and people promise initiatives

Manage, support and develop a cohort of Health & Well-being Champions, ensuring up to date information is shared and a robust network of Champions exists to accommodate organisational support needs

Research, review, design, develop and deliver robust, evidence based Health & Well-being training packages for all levels of leadership, in line with NHS Management & Leadership framework

Work with a range of stakeholders to develop a programme of evaluation demonstrating impact and improvement across key performance indicators of staff wellbeing, including the National NHS Staff Survey and the Model Hospital.

Develop administration processes and procedures to regularly monitor, review and evaluate the impact of all Health & Well-being initiatives with a view of continuous improvement, utilising available technology

Set up and maintain databases of Health & Well-being activity to enable accurate analysis of staff wide data.

Extract data from databases to create comprehensive reports for Organisational lead to present back to executive boards

Lead on the organisation and development of health and wellbeing events, both online and face to face

Develop and deliver an annual plan of staff wellbeing activity, working closely with communications, the staff wellbeing group and relevant stakeholders across the Trust

Work closely with communications team to design, develop and implement a comprehensive Trust wide communications plan, utilising various methods in order to reach all staff groups

Lead organisational wide monthly Health & Well-being group to widen reach of Health & Well-being offers and generate support from staff

Maintain a consistent presence within staff networks to build relationships and understand where support is needed from specific staff groups perspective

Widen the profile of Health & Well-being officers / champions / offers across the organisation by having consistent physical presence and visibility across all sites, in the form of ‘walkabouts’ and planned activities to promote all Health & Well-being services

Regularly attend Trust wide meetings such as staff wide multi-disciplinary support team / retention group to build relationships and regularly promote Health & Well-being services / initiatives to meet the needs of the organisation and staff

Build and maintain positive working relationship with other Health & Wellbeing Advisors in the service with a view of aligning Health and Wellbeing offers across both organisations

Actively contribute to the Organisational Development strategy from a Health & Wellbeing perspective

To support relevant individuals and teams in using and allocating any charitable funds that support staff health and wellbeing including where appropriate donations of items and resources.

Be an active member of any local, regional and national staff health and wellbeing networks sharing best practice, new ideas and development into the Trust as appropriate

Be a role model for effective workplace health and wellbeing promoting cultures which support this.

Work alongside the divisions and corporate departments to support the development of local wellbeing initiatives and communicating Trust-wide resources/programmes

Staying up to date with best practice across the NHS and other sectors to influence Health & Wellbeing priorities and activities

Relationships

Organisational Development Team
Health & Wellbeing officer
EDI Team
FTSU Team
People and Workforce Team
Psychology Team
Staff side colleagues
Staff Network groups

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don’t want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.

The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).

Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.

We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.

Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it’s a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.

The Trust is part of a ‘Foundation Group’ through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a related discipline such as Health Promotion or other Clinical Discipline
Professional Qualification or equivalent post graduate experience in a specialist field related to Health & Wellbeing,Health Promotion or other clinical discipline
Evidence of continued personal and professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in a senior operational Health & Wellbeing role or similar.
Experience in design and delivery of specialist training sessions / programmes / interventions on people and/or health promotion related areas and topics.
Extensive knowledge of NHS Health and Wellbeing
Frameworks, Initiatives and Programmes
Experience of Health and Wellbeing, staff engagement or health promotion activities
Understanding of national best practice in relation to Staff Health and Wellbeing
Have in depth knowledge & understanding of the impact on staff wellbeing in terms of key performance measures i.e. sickness absence

Desirable criteria

Understanding of the NHS structures and systems
Experience of working in partnership with a range of stakeholders from different backgrounds and organisations
Involvement and experience of the development and implementation of workforce policies

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent project management skills required for leading long term and complex projects
Able to initiate design and deliver complex programmes to meet organisational need, where no precedent exists.
Able to formulate long term strategic plans which impact across whole organisation.
Good IT skills, able to create Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations. Design and deliver virtual training and engagement sessions using MS Teams and Zoom.
Highly developed analytical skills for preparation of reports and papers
Highly developed interpersonal skills – able to develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders within and outside the Trust.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in order to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information appropriately.
Strong influencing and negotiating skills/able to challenge in a professional manner
Well-developed problem-solving skills
Able to work autonomously and to deadlines managing a complex set of priorities
Able to demonstrate evidence of team working
Able to concentrate for long periods of time when designing training materials, writing reports, analysing data for reports

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Pro-active and solution focused approach to implementation of Health & Wellbeing interventions
Able to work autonomously with awareness of boundaries
Ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload
Personal Integrity
Team Player and the ability to motivate others
Proactive and innovative