Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

VertisHealth is looking for a proactive and passionate Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to support our community-facing Your Health programme across Worcestershire. This is a part-time role at 11 hours per week.

This role offers the opportunity to deliver vital public health services directly to local communities, including NHS Health Checks, point-of-care testing, immunisations, screening, lifestyle advice, and phlebotomy. The successful candidate will drive the Your Health mobile treatment van to local venues, engage face-to-face with diverse groups, and work collaboratively with GPs, social prescribers, and other health partners.

If you're enthusiastic about health promotion, thrive on variety, and want to make a measurable difference in people's lives, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver NHS Health Checks and associated screening services.
• Provide lifestyle advice and signposting relating to physical activity, healthy eating, alcohol, smoking, and mental wellbeing.
• Undertake immunisations, phlebotomy, pre-screening for refugees/asylum seekers, and swab testing during disease outbreaks.
• Drive and set up the mobile van at community locations.
• Manage stock, vaccines, and reporting systems (EMIS).
• Collaborate with GP practices and local services to support patient needs and reduce health inequalities.
• Promote the Your Health programme through outreach and social media engagement.

Apply as early as possible as we may close the job advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Please note the job location may be subject to change due to the nature of the work.

About us

Vertis Health is a fast-growing provider of community-based healthcare services to NHS patients within South Worcestershire. The organisation utilises the excellent clinical expertise that already resides within the local NHS environment and harnesses it with efficient administration pathways to provide patients with more convenient and accessible services. We hope that by doing this we will not only deliver pathway improvements to patients but also go some way to relieving the growing volume pressures that are being experienced within local hospitals and GP practices.

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 underserved 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

• 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.
• Knowledge of health inequalities and public health challenges.

Experience

• Previous experience in a healthcare/community setting.
• Health promotion or patient engagement experience.
• EMIS or clinical system experience.
• Working with vulnerable or underserved populations.

Qualifications

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

Depending on experience: c. £26,530 pro-rata.