Health Squad Advanced Practitioner

Pioneering Care Partnership; Crook, Willington CP; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare support organization in Crook is seeking an individual committed to helping vulnerable populations navigate healthcare services. The role involves managing client caseloads, engaging in outreach, and providing health assessments. The successful candidate will collaborate with partners to create effective referral pathways and support clients through various health improvement initiatives. Flexible working hours are required, including occasional weekends and evenings.

Qualifications

• Passionate about helping people access healthcare services.
• Experience in supporting vulnerable population groups.
• Ability to work flexibly, including weekends and evenings.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of health services.
• Manage a caseload of clients to optimize health and wellbeing.
• Engage clients in behavior and lifestyle change initiatives.
• Plan and deliver interactive health activities.
• Collaborate with partners to improve referral pathways.

Skills

Effective client support & relationship building

Working as part of an effective outreach team

Effective caseload management

Identifying support pathways through holistic methodologies

Approaching people and starting conversations

Job description

Job Summary

The Health Squad seeks to support people who have been identified as struggling to access healthcare services, looking at key health inclusion groups to support with health service navigation. The role involves delivering health assessments across a range of settings (including clinically relevant tests for which full training will be provided). For those with higher levels of needs, the successful candidate will work to signpost, refer and advocate on their behalf with regard to NHS navigation. This can involve speaking with key stakeholders such as GP and specialist service providers.

Key Skills

We are looking to appoint someone skilled in:

• Effective client support & relationship building
• Working as part of an effective outreach team
• Effective caseload management, including dynamic risk assessment and using a person-centred approach
• Identifying support pathways through asset‑based, holistic methodologies
• Approaching people and striking up a conversation

If you are passionate about helping people to access healthcare and want to help local people in the South West of County Durham, we’d love to hear from you.

How to Apply

To book an informal discussion with Cathryn Taylor, Locality Coordinator for Health Squad South, please email: [e-mail]

Closing date for applications is: Wednesday 17th Dec 2025 at midnight.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting the Health Squad Project Lead in the development, implementation and delivery of the service, the post holder has lead responsibility in delivering the following key result areas:

Staff

There are no line management responsibilities aligned to this post, however the Advanced Practitioner may take on the supervisor of volunteers as the programme develops.

Caseload

• Develop and manage a caseload of clients from the targeted vulnerable population groups to optimise their health and wellbeing.
• Use a personalised approached to care to support clients to seek and undertake appropriate support.
• Work with individuals providing support (digital, face to face, group or location based) through behaviour and lifestyle change, by developing step change personalised action plans and referring and supporting to relevant specialist services.
• Engage with clients and offering them support and brief intervention advice and offering physical health checks, including, finger prick sampling, blood pressure readings, body measurements, and undertaking mental wellbeing assessment tools.
• Source a holistic package of support to assist the development of skills and knowledge, and in particular assisting individuals to progress and achieve their health goals.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate a range of interactive health and wellbeing activities.
• Be responsible for data management of clients, within the caseload, including inputting information onto databases and creating limited reports.
• Signpost or refer individual clients to a range of health improvement lifestyle interventions, primary and secondary care services and/or voluntary and community support.

Partners

• Work with the wider Adult Wellbeing Services and partners to apply asset based community development techniques and undertake research to support access to appropriate services.
• Support the work with partners and existing groups to develop the referral pathways for support.
• Work in partnership with clinical specialists to offer a multimodal and integrated programme that avoids clients being passed between services.
• Apply solution focused problem solving to address the wider determinants of health and lifestyle issues including weight management, smoking, alcohol and mental wellbeing.

Marketing and Monitoring

• Carry out activity evaluation in line with the project plan and learning from best practice.
• Collate and present verbal and written reports as required.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and learning before, during and after projects, and to the development of a culture that helps colleagues become confident in using the appropriate technology and develop skills.
• To contribute to our Adult Wellbeing Services digital presence, including providing content for the Adult Wellbeing Services Website, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms to promote the service and connect with County Durham residents.

Other

• Work flexibly as part of the team and to provide cover for colleagues as required whilst maintaining appropriate staffing levels.
• There will be a requirement to work flexibly including some weekends and evenings depending on service need.
• Ensure the service operates effectively and efficiently.
• Audit and maintain resources, stock and equipment levels.
• Undertake training and development deemed appropriate by your line manager.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with their line manager.