Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Location: East Lothian GP Practices (Practitioners will mainly be based in Prestonpans and Tranent with travel across East Lothian.)

Salary: £29,616 per annum (Full time) (Pro rata for part time)

Vacancy Type: Permanent / Part‑time

Closing Date: 19th October 2025

The Role

The Post Holder Will

• Work with a team of practitioners to deliver the East Lothian GP contract.
• Be prepared to travel across East Lothian to engage with people referred to the Wellbeing Service.
• Persistently engage to help people who struggle to receive support.
• Manage a caseload of people referred to the service.
• Use a strengths‑based personal outcomes approach to help people identify and access appropriate support for self‑management, including:
  • Providing specific coaching in self‑management.
  • Delivering group‑based Lifestyle Management courses.
  • Linking people to community resources and supports.
  • Supporting volunteers with lived experience of long‑term conditions into peer roles.

Skills And Qualifications

• Are you a health and social care practitioner with experience of supporting people living with Long Term physical and mental Health Conditions to self‑manage?
• Do you cope well supporting vulnerable people who experience significant psychosocial barriers and health inequalities?
• Do you believe people have strengths, are resilient and are experts in their own lives?
• Do you thrive working autonomously in the community setting?
• Do you have good solution focused coaching and group facilitation skills?

Benefits

• A highly attractive work environment.
• Support and supervision from your line manager and a supportive team of colleagues.
• A structured development programme including continuous learning with their internal leadership development programme.
• Contributory pension.
• Non‑contributory death in service benefit scheme.
• Free access to the gym.
• FREE membership* of the HSF Health Plan which gives, amongst other things:
  • Money back for everyday healthcare costs.
  • A GP advice line.
  • Shopping discounts.

To Apply

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