Health Advisor reference: R1208329

Embark on a rewarding career path as a Health Advisor at the Bupa Crossrail Clinic in London. This permanent, full-time role offers a competitive salary of £30,800 alongside a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, both professionally and personally. Bupa's unique, customer-centric model, free from shareholder demands, means profits are reinvested into providing you with the time and technology to truly make a difference.

As a Health Advisor, you will be at the forefront of empowering individuals to lead longer, healthier, and happier lives. This is an opportunity to leverage your expertise, honed through your degree-level education in fields such as exercise physiology, sports science, or nutrition, to directly impact the lives of Bupa customers. You'll spend the majority of your time engaging with clients, delivering high-quality health assessments, and providing vital education and support.

Key Responsibilities and Career Advantages:

• Direct Patient Impact: Play a pivotal role in supporting the service delivery of Health Assessments, ensuring accurate record-keeping and managing the end-to-end customer journey.
• Promote Healthy Lifestyles: Actively promote and encourage healthier living in alignment with Bupa's clinical policies, fostering positive behaviour change.
• Comprehensive Clinical Skills: Gain invaluable experience in a wide array of clinical testing, including body composition analysis, spirometry, heart rate monitoring, blood analysis (diabetes, cholesterol, anaemia), blood pressure measurement, electrocardiograms, audiometry, and functional movement screening.
• Motivational Interviewing: Develop and apply sophisticated motivational interviewing techniques to create personalized lifestyle action plans, guiding customers towards tangible health improvements.
• Post-Assessment Support: Conduct post-assessment calls to reinforce positive changes and ensure sustained commitment to action plans, demonstrating Bupa's dedication to ongoing customer care.
• Flexible Working: Bupa is committed to supporting flexible working arrangements, including considerations for locations, hours, and working patterns, acknowledging the importance of work-life balance.

Essential Skills and Qualifications for Career Growth:

• Educational Foundation: A degree-level qualification or equivalent in exercise physiology, sports science, or nutrition is essential for this role.
• Customer-Facing Excellence: Proven customer-facing experience is a prerequisite, highlighting your ability to engage and connect with diverse individuals.
• Clinical Acumen: While experience in performing measurements or assessments in a health, fitness, or medical setting is desirable, your commitment to accuracy in information recording and adherence to clinical guidelines is paramount.
• Interpersonal Skills: The ability to build rapport, tailor your communication style to individual needs, and demonstrate empathy are critical for motivating customers towards positive health outcomes.

Exceptional Benefits to Support Your Well-being:

Bupa's commitment to its people is evident in its extensive benefits package, designed to "make health happen" for its employees:

• Generous Holiday Entitlement: Equivalent to 25 days per year, with opportunities for increases based on length of service, plus the option to buy or sell leave.
• Enhanced Benefits: Enjoy an enhanced pension scheme and life insurance, along with Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• Additional Perks: Take advantage of discounted dental insurance, access to a Digital GP platform on your mobile, and robust emotional and financial well-being support channels.
• Global Wellbeing Programme: Benefit from "Viva," Bupa's global wellbeing programme, encompassing physical, mental, financial, social, and environmental aspects of health.
• Family Friendly Support: Access a range of family-friendly benefits, underscoring Bupa's dedication to supporting your personal life.

Why Bupa? A Purpose-Driven Career:

Bupa stands out as a health insurer and provider with a clear purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. The absence of shareholders means your focus, and that of your colleagues, is solely on customer well-being. This fosters a culture where bravery, care, and responsibility are paramount. Bupa champions diversity and inclusion through its "Be you at Bupa" initiative, actively encouraging applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, Bupa is committed to offering interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and provides reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

This role is an exceptional opportunity to grow your career within a supportive and purpose-driven organization. If you possess the passion, drive, and talent to contribute to Bupa's ambitious vision, we encourage you to explore this exciting prospect.