Health & Wellbeing Specialist – Bracknell, UK

Health & Wellbeing Specialist, Bracknell – Hybrid

Optum is a global organisation that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

About the Role:

As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter. 
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams. 

As a Health Promotion Specialist you will be the face of Workplace Wellbeing to the client and their employees. Their strength lies in your ability to motivate and engage members in their journey toward better health. You will help the client build and enhance their well-being culture, deliver engaging health promotion activities and increase employee health ownership. In addition to having impact on a great team, you’ll also discover the career opportunities you’d expect from an industry leader.

Working Schedule:  

This is a full-time position with standard working hours of Monday to Friday, you must be able to commute to our client site in Bracknell. There also may be travel to Bulgaria once or twice a year.
 
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Client site in Bracknell and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.  

Primary Responsibilities of the Health & Wellbeing Specialist: 

•    Assesses population health needs using audit tools, feedback from employees and the client to develop and deploy appropriate well-being solutions and programming.
•    Coordinate, develop and deliver a range of health interventions to educate members on well-being, including an annual calendar of health improvement activities.
•    Partners with the client, vendors and community resources to execute on a workplace well-being strategy that will result in improving the health and resiliency of the employee population.
•    Ensure familiarity with integrated products, programs and services in order to connect the employee population to their next best action.
•    Builds, leads and expands the clients national  network of Wellness Champions to localize and expand programming to other locations and departments. 
•    Coordinate health and wellbeing marketing and communications relating to the workplaces physical and virtual spaces to promote healthy behaviors and healthcare engagement.
•    Reports on engagement, referrals, workplace well-being initiatives and results to demonstrate improvements in baseline metrics.

You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of the Health & Wellbeing Specialist:

•    Bachelors degree in a related field (e.g health promotion, health education public health or related health emphasis)
•    Strong proven experience in health promotion, health management, human resources/organizational behaviour or related field
•    Excellent multi-tasking, time management, problem solving and organizational skills
•    Strong technical and regulatory knowledge
•    Effective and engaging public speaking skills with the ability to communicate professionally and appropriately with clients and participants.
•    Competent with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
•    Health Plan experience

Preferred Qualifications of the Health & Wellbeing Specialist:

•    Masters degree in a Health related field
•    Relation Health Promotion certification
•    Strong proven Industry experience

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalised groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 UnitedHealth Group. All rights reserved.
 
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