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Healthy Lifestyles Programme Lead
Role summary
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The Healthy Lifestyles Programme Lead is responsible for overseeing the delivery, performance and continuous improvement of health and wellbeing programmes, potentially including weight management, smoking cessation and wider behaviour-change services. Requirements are likely to include experience managing public health or healthcare programmes, strong leadership and communication skills, partnership working, performance monitoring and an understanding of relevant NHS or local authority standards. Candidates are expected to lead teams effectively, meet contractual targets, maintain high service quality, manage risks and support positive outcomes for service users. Experience in health improvement, behaviour change, community services or programme management is desirable, together with the ability to work independently and travel locally when required.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
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About ABL Health Ltd
ABL Health Ltd is a UK-based health and wellbeing organisation that delivers community-focused services designed to improve population health and reduce health inequalities. The company works with NHS organisations, local authorities and other public-sector partners to provide programmes such as weight management, smoking cessation, physical activity support and wider lifestyle interventions. Its services typically combine clinical expertise, health coaching, behaviour-change support and digital or community-based delivery. ABL Health places emphasis on prevention, patient engagement and measurable outcomes, helping people make sustainable improvements to their health. Employees may work across multidisciplinary teams and with healthcare professionals, commissioners, community organisations and local stakeholders. The organisation offers roles for people interested in public health, service delivery, clinical support, programme management and health improvement across the UK.