Health Squad Locality Co-Ordinator

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Tees Valley is seeking a Health Squad Locality Co-Ordinator to lead health improvement initiatives focused on reducing health inequalities in the community. You will engage with vulnerable populations, manage staff, and implement health checks to enhance wellbeing. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and experience in community engagement. This full-time position offers a salary between £31,049 and £37,796 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience of line managing staff or volunteers, undertaking supervision and appraisals.
• Experience of working in the community or voluntary sector.
• Excellent understanding of the wider determinants of health.

Responsibilities

• Support the Health Squad Programme with service delivery.
• Line manage a team of Advanced Wellbeing Practitioners.
• Engage with clients to provide support and intervention advice.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to manage staff

Experience in community engagement

Knowledge of health issues

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Health Trainer qualification (Level 3)

Job description

Go back County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Health Squad Locality Co-Ordinator

The closing date is 09 January 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of addressing health inequalities across Darlington. The post holder will use their experience from working in the community with individuals and groups combined with excellent communication skills to engage and deliver support for vulnerable populations who are not utilizing health care services.

Health Squad is a new health improvement service which has been commissioned to support reductions in Health Inequalities linked to the CORE20Plus5 Plus programme supporting people with multiple and complex health and healthcare needs.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the role is to support the Health Squad Programme in the development, mobilisation and delivery of the new Darlington Health Squad programme and line manage a team of Advanced Practitioners. The post holder will support management, line manage and deliver interventions, including health checks, with clients.

The role will be at the forefront of addressing health inequalities across Darlington working in partnership with a variety of other key teams will be vital to the success of the programme.

The post holder will use a population health management approach to ensure targeted and prioritised support protecting the most vulnerable populations and improving health and wellbeing across County Durham.

Engage with clients and offering them support and brief intervention advice and offering physical health checks, including finger prick sampling, BP readings, body measurements, and undertaking mental wellbeing assessment tools.

Support clients to understand and manage their health and wellbeing through behaviour and lifestyle changes assisting them to achieve their goals, manage their condition and undertake prehabilitation.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

Job responsibilities

The Locality Coordinator will support the Health Squad Programme with the overall development, implementation and delivery of the service. Due to the nature of the clients, often being part of hard to reach groups/communities there will be a requirement to work flexibly including some weekends and evenings.

• Line manage a team of Advanced Wellbeing Practitioners
• Support the development and promotion of the Health Squad offer on community asset based approaches and in line with the County Durham Together vision
• Encourage and develop person centred health plans with clients to address identified risk factors
• Support vulnerable clients to optimise their health and wellbeing
• Engage with clients and offering them support and brief intervention advice and offering physical health checks, including finger prick sampling, BP readings, body measurements, and undertaking mental wellbeing assessment tools
• Support clients to understand and manage their health and wellbeing through behaviour and lifestyle changes assisting them to achieve their goals, manage their condition and undertake prehabilitation
• Liaise with relevant services, organisations and support networks to develop both client pathways and support packages for clients
• Carry out service evaluations in line with the project plan and learning from best practice
• Address health inequalities through asset based, holistic conversation, identifying support from family and wider community
• Ensure appropriate information and resources are available for staff and members of the public, in order for individuals to make changes to their behaviour that have a positive impact on their health and wellbeing
• Represent the Health Squad at key stakeholder / community group meetings and work closely with the Advanced Practitioners to implement key actions and feedback.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of line managing staff or volunteers, undertaking supervision and appraisals
• Experience of working in the community or voluntary sector
• Experience of successfully engaging and working with both individuals and groups
• Experience of evaluating projects or services, using a range of techniques
• Experience of supporting people and their families in a related role (including unpaid)Experience of effective team working, with the ability to use own initiative
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of settings
• Experience of multi sector working

Special Requirements

• The ability to regularly travel independently across County Durham within the working day
• Flexibility including occasional evening or weekend work.

Special Skills & Knowledge

• A sound understanding of the tools and models used in the line management of staff with the ability to demonstrate an effective collaborative and supportive management style
• Knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health related qualification)
• Good understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers.
• A substantial working knowledge of supporting clients with long term health conditions utilising a personalised care approach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to listen, influence, negotiate and motivate individuals in relation to health related behaviours
• Ability to act upon own initiative, respond to changing situations with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to handle sensitive data with confidentiality.
• Good solid IT skills with experience in a range of Office packages.
• An awareness of behaviour change models
• Knowledge of community development approaches
• Ability to collate information and prepare reports
• Knowledge of the local area and the VCS in the County
• Experience of multi sector working.
• Sympathetic, pleasant manner with the ability to negotiate changes with a wide range of people and at all levels whilst actively promoting the 5 ways to wellbeing

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline e.g. Social Work, Nutrition, Public Health, Mental Health, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy etc.
• Level 3 brief intervention, Nutrition and Weight Management / or equivalent
• Good overall topic based training covering a range of wellbeing disciplines
• Health Trainer qualification (City and Guilds Level 3) with core competencies completed
• First Aid Qualification
• Health Check Training (within 3 months of appointment)

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 name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum/pro rata