Job overview
As the Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing (BCW) Hub Coordinator, your role will be pivotal to the functioning of the BCW Hubs. This part-time role requires a dedicated individual who can manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining a friendly and supportive environment for all BCW Hub users. Based at the BNU Aylesbury BCW Hub, you will be a welcoming presence and offer support to all BCW hub users.
Your duties will include coordinating activities and services, supporting the BCW Hub Manager with daily operations, and directing resources effectively. You will also support the coordination of student placements, work-based learning, work experience, and volunteering processes. Engaging with stakeholders at all levels to foster meaningful relationships and ensure residents can access BCW Hub services is another key responsibility.
Additionally, you will provide administrative support to the BCW Hub Manager in areas such as data management, communications, reports, training, and events. In the absence of the BCW Hub Manager, you will act as the main point of contact, ensuring the smooth operation of the BCW Hubs.
Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub is supported by Buckinghamshire Health and Social Care Academy, a non-profit partnership organisation hosted by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This role is not a Trust-based role, the Academy is hosted by the Trust only and operates under its own governance structure and work demands. However, it is an NHS post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to:
·The successful performance of Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hub.
·Compliance with corporate governance structures in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust, Academy and BCW Hub.
·Embed the Trusts values and behaviours (CARE)
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
11. Good general education, together with a high level of numeracy and written and spoken English
12. Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
13. Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
14. Experience working with VCSE/voluntary sector organisations
15. Ability to work autonomously and without supervision, using own initiative, but with access to advice when necessary
Desirable criteria
16. Evidence of having built and maintained relationships in diverse communities
Skills
Essential criteria
17. Understanding of community engagement strategies and how to implement them
18. Ability to work flexibly under own initiative and to tight deadlines
19. Excellent Communication and Customer Service skills
Desirable criteria
20. Knowledge of student placement or work experience groups
21. Understanding of local health and well-being priorities and community needs
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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