Healthy Pregnancy Advisor
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Aylesbury, HP21 8ALView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
26 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthy Pregnancy Advisor to join Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust. The post is full time, covering sites in ...
This post will contribute to reducing inequalities in health through promoting healthy diet and lifestyle choices to the service users and families accessing maternity care at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The role focuses on engaging with families in communities by offering them practical supportto change their behaviour to achieve their own choices and goals. This will involve working in both hospital and community settings with minimal, indirect supervision and will involveworking with families from diverse groups and low socio-economic backgrounds.
The post holder will offer advice and support with healthy lifestyles including, nutrition, movement, weight management and vaccinations. They will be best placed to provide evidence based health interventions (individual and group-based) and will be given training and supportto help them signpost and refer to other health, community, and voluntary services.
They will work alongside the Tobacco Dependency Advisor with the shared goal of empowering a caseload of pregnant clients to experience a healthy pregnancy, laying the foundations of a healthy life for their child.The self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who joins the team will need to have excellent team working skills and the ability to support and motivate others whilst managing their own workload.Experience in working in a health care setting or delivering health promotion is crucial.
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- 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.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- 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?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Special Circumstances
Essential: - Ability to travel to all Trust sites; - Fully supportive of Trust's smoke free policy acting as a smoke champion
Education, Qualifications and training
Essential: - Smoking Cessation Training Level 2
Desirable: - Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) grade c or above in English and Maths
Experience
Essential: - Good understanding of the consequences of unhealthy lifestyle choices and the benefits of making positive changes
Desirable
- Experience of providing healthcare, healthcare advice or health promotion advice to patients or members of the public
- Knowledge and experience of working with secondary care and primary care-based health professionals
- Knowledge or behaviour change models and experience of using motivational interviewing techniques
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Computer literate, experience of using Microsoft Office Software
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work and communicate in group settings
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships with professionals
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills in English
- Ability, and experience of writing reports and clinical notes
- Knowledge of principles of health promotion and issues of health inequality
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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