Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to work at the heart of communities, reaching people where they live, work, and socialise to deliver life-changing healthcare services. As a Community Health and Wellbeing Practitioner with the Your Health mobile service, you will work across multiple sites including community centres, pop up clinics, and the Your Health van to bring essential care to under-served and vulnerable populations.

Every day will be different. You could be delivering NHS Health Checks in the morning, giving lifestyle advice in a city centre clinic at lunchtime, and supporting an immunisation or swabbing event by the afternoon. You will play a key part in delivering prevention, early intervention, and rapid response support that tackles real health inequalities and improves lives.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, flexible, and public-facing environment. You will enjoy building rapport with people from all backgrounds, feel confident delivering care outside of traditional settings, and value making health services more accessible to those who need them most.

Clinical and preventative health services

• Deliver NHS Health Checks in community locations, using point of care testing equipment
• Provide screening, lifestyle advice, immunisations, and education on key health behaviours
• Undertake phlebotomy and pre-screening for new patients including refugees and asylum seekers
• Respond to public health incidents by supporting with swabbing and immunisations as required

Patient support and signposting

• Offer practical advice and support on healthy eating, physical activity, mental wellbeing, smoking and alcohol use
• Signpost to other services such as GP practices, Stop Smoking services and Social Prescribers
• Register patients with a GP where appropriate and provide onward referral support

Community outreach and engagement

• Drive and set up the mobile treatment van to deliver pop up services across the county
• Build strong working relationships with community groups, partners and local organisations
• Support service promotion through events and social media in line with guidelines

Partnership and team working

• Work closely with the programme team including clinical leads and operational managers
• Liaise with GPs, pharmacies and other healthcare teams to coordinate care and referrals
• Share patient information in line with consent and data sharing protocols

Monitoring, reporting and improvement

• Use clinical systems including EMIS to record consultations, assessments and follow up
• Support with performance reporting and quality improvement by gathering patient feedback
• Help review stock levels, equipment and supplies for the van and base site
• Contribute to service development through team meetings and business planning

What your day could look like You might start the day driving the mobile health van to a local leisure centre, where you set up for NHS Health Checks and lifestyle screening. You spend the morning seeing patients, checking blood pressure and cholesterol, offering advice and answering questions. In the afternoon, you visit a community event, giving out mental wellbeing resources and promoting GP registration. Later, you complete follow up notes on EMIS and support the team in preparing for a swabbing clinic the next day. Throughout the day, you are supported by your team and have regular check-ins with your clinical and operational leads.

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

Essential

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage caseloads and prioritise tasks
• Understanding of NEWS2 and appropriate escalation
• Data input and attention to detail
• Awareness of safeguarding and NHS Health Checks
• Familiarity with GDPR and data protection
• Empathetic, approachable and community-focused
• Flexible, team-oriented and self-motivated
• Committed to equality, diversity and continuous improvement

Desirable

• Knowledge of health inequalities and public health challenges

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a healthcare/community setting
• Health promotion or patient engagement experience

Desirable

• EMIS or clinical system experience
• Working with vulnerable or underserved populations

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health or Social Care or equivalent experience
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable

• Phlebotomy qualification
• Evidence of CPD in public health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

SW Healthcare

Address

38 Kenilworth Close

Redditch

Worcestershire

B97 5JX

Employer's website

http://www.swhealthcare.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)