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Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Job Posted: 22 hours ago

Salary: £ 18,680 - 18,680 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Midlothian

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Location: Midlothian GP Practices

Salary: £18,680 (£30,356 FTE)

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time (24 hours per week)

Closing Date: 30th of August 2026

We are looking for a part-time Practitioner to join Thistle’s Wellbeing teams located in Midlothian GP Practices.

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?
If you do, then we would like to hear from you!

The post holders will:

Work with a team of practitioners to deliver our Midlothian GP contract
Be prepared to travel across Midlothian to engage with people referred to the Wellbeing Service. (see further information on location below)
Practice persistent engagement to help people who struggle to receive support
Manage a caseload of people referred to the service
Deliver the Macmillan, Improving the Cancer Journey contract
Use a strengths based personal outcomes approach to help people identify and access appropriate support for them to self-manage including:

Providing specific coaching in self-management
Delivering group based Lifestyle Management courses
Linking people to community resources and supports 

Support volunteers who have lived experience of long-term conditions into peer roles
Location: Although predominantly based in one or two GP practices, travel to other GP practices is required to engage with people referred to practices that may not have a regular practitioner presence.  Also required to travel to a variety of community venues to deliver courses across Midlothian.

In return we can offer you the following:

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 our internal leadership development programme.
Some of our other staff benefits include…

A contributory pension
A non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
Free access to the Thistle 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 

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Thistle Foundation, please do not hesitate to apply

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