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Health Advisor – Permanent Full-Time Role (SS1 1AN)
Location: Southend Salary: £28,700 + fantastic benefits Hours: Full-time (40 hours) Flexibility: We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours, and working patterns.
At Bupa, we believe you’ll make a real difference to the lives of our customers. With no shareholders driving profits, we reinvest opportunities back into our business – giving you the support, technology, and trust to focus on what matters most: our patients.
About the Role
As a Health Advisor at Bupa Clinics, you’ll apply your professional expertise to help customers Live Longer, Healthier, Happier Lives. Here, you’ll be at the heart of the patient experience—guided by your clinical skills and adaptability to provide personalised, hands-on support.
You’ll spend the majority of your time working directly with customers, using your training and compassion to understand, assess, and motivate them toward healthier, more fulfilling lifestyles.
Core Responsibilities
- Deliver Health Assessments:
- Support the full service experience, from initial consult through assessment and concluding positive outcomes.
- Maintain Clinical Accuracy:
- Keep detailed, compliant, and up-to-date customer records.
- Promote Holistic Wellbeing:
- Align customer education and motivation with Bupa’s clinical policies to emphasise preventive behaviour change.
- Perform Clinical Tests:
- Conduct a wide array of salient health assessments, including:
- Body composition analysis
- Spirometry
- Heart rate/rhythm monitoring
- Blood gas analysis (e.g., diabetes markers: blood sugar, HbA1c, insulin levels)
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Cholesterol profiling
- Anaemia screening (RBC, MCV, ferritin)
- Electrocardiograms (ECGs)
- Audiometry testing
- Functional movement assessments (e.g., balance, gait, strength)
- Conduct a wide array of salient health assessments, including:
- Personalise Motivation and Action-Planning:
- Use motivational interviewing techniques to craft individualised lifestyle action plans that encourage sustainable health improvement.
- Post-Assessment Support:
- Make follow-up calls to guide customers through recommended lifestyle changes and reaffirm commitment to their plans.
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Key Skills & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in exercise physiology, sports science, or nutritional sciences.
- Proven customer-facing experience with a proven ability to build rapport and tailor communications.
- Strong dedication to accuracy and compliance with clinical documentation standards.
- Comfort performing health measurements/assessments in clinical, medical, or fitness settings.
Desirable
- Experience within healthcare, wellness centres, or sports/physiotherapy clinics.
- Any prior experience in delivering health education to diverse populations.
Why Work at Bupa?
By joining us, you join a company uniquely committed to making health happen for everyone we serve – and ourselves. Our Viva wellness programme is designed to cultivate your holistic well-being, from physical and mental health to financial and social support. We pride ourselves on:
- Inclusive culture: Championship of diversity & inclusion, celebrating the talents of every colleague.
- Responsibility and pride: Aligned values in bravado, care and accountability, reshaping healthcare for the better.
- Fairness and accessibility: A Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, guaranteeing equitable opportunities and adjustments when necessary.
- Passion-driven work: Every day brings opportunities to ignite change and see measurable impact.
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We value creativity, collaboration, and empathy, empowering our team to innovate and foster exceptional care. Our success is measured by making customers smile—making their lives healthier, too.
What We Offer
We don’t just care for health—we care for your well-being, too. You’ll enjoy:
- 25 paid days of holiday per year (additional through tenure), with flexibility to buy/sell leave.
- Enhanced pension contributions and life insurance support.
- Complimentary health insurance (by you or provider of choice in Bupa’s plan).
- Discounted dental plans at preferential rates via our partnerships.
- Digital GP access: Transforming care with tools like bupa Direct for instant consultations, anytime.
- Mental health & resilience support through counselling hotlines and wellness content.
- Personalised financial guidance via dedicated counsellors and resources.
- Supportive family-friendly benefits, curated work-life balance solutions.
Finally... Join Us
Bupa is a community of 80,000+ professionals globally—each united by a shared belief: every life deserves more of it. Whether ambitious, compassionate, curious, or creative, you’ll find here an environment that respects dignity in all talents.
Job Area: Clinical Services Location: Southend Clinic Type: Full-time & permanently employed contract
Apply today—your journey toward making health happen begins with us.
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