Health Promotion Practitioner

About the job

Key information

• Flexible working available, mainly working from delivery locations, with some occasional working from home and or one of the office bases in Somerset.
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata).
• This is a Maternity cover position until post holder returns or until 31st March 2026 whichever is sooner.
• Up to 22.2 hours per week.

What will I be doing?

We’re working to improve the lives of people in Somerset through promotion of the importance of living healthier lifestyles – and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Motivating individuals to make and maintain positive health lifestyles.
• Support the co-development, delivery and evaluation of a range of services, focussing on the Somerset Community Blood Pressure programme and related follow-up interventions.
• Participate in the training and support of staff delivering community blood pressure checks in Somerset.
• Partner with a range of organisations and community venues to arrange blood pressure testing to strengthen, sustain and scale services including supporting existing services with delivery troubleshooting.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Have experience of delivering healthier lifestyle promotion including blood pressure checks.
• Have experience of training e.g. train the trainer or similar in relation to healthy lifestyle promotion.
• Have experience and knowledge of improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.
• Have the aptitude and confidence for working with a rapidly changing environment including problem solving and an ability to work autonomously.
• Are able to start immediately and able to travel across Somerset in a timely manner to delivery partner sites.
• We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

What is in it for me?

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

DBS check

This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Supporting documents and information

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Orla Dunn orla.dunn@somerset.gov.uk or Lou Woolway lou.woolway@somerset.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on 27th and 28th August.

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button – we can’t wait to hear from you.

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