Requirements
Candidates should have an interest in health-related behavior change and the ability to build rapport with diverse participant groups. While formal qualifications are not required, a background in healthcare delivery or lifestyle intervention is advantageous.
Job Description
Reed in Partnership has been delivering public services since 1998. We are a British, family-owned company, whose mission has always been to positively transform people and their communities. This is reflected in our services, which we deliver to help people from all backgrounds and circumstances to change their lives for the better.
Pay Range
National: £26,300 - £30,000
Greater London: £29,200 - £34,000
Working Hours/Pattern:
Full-time, although we would be happy to consider applicants who are looking to work on a part time basis. If you would like to explore this further please discuss this with the talent partner for this role. Please note our ability to accommodate flexible working arrangements will vary from role to role, dependent on business requirements.
Job Description
Do you have an understanding of, or interest in health-related behaviour change?
Are you skilled in building a supportive, non-judgemental environment with people from all backgrounds?
Then consider the role of Health Check Practitioner at Reed in Partnership!
This role will require a London Based candidate who is willing to travel across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster up to five days per week
Please note - Internal Applications will close on the 22nd September 2026.
Who we are
Reed Wellbeing is a public services provider that aims to support people in making sustainable lifestyle changes to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Since 2015, we have been delivering a range of evidence-based, person centred interventions and services, including: NHS Health Checks, Smoking Cessation, Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Treatment.
Our NHS Health Check Catch-Up programme is a local preventative service. It is designed to identify early signs of conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, stroke, and dementia.
What is the role about?
Our Health Check Practitioners are responsible for delivering our NHS Health Check service to eligible residents across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster in a variety of community and primary care-based settings. This will involve, setting up a health check workstation; using systems; sensitively and appropriately asking participants NHS Health Check questions; physical health assessment including taking blood and measuring blood pressure; and effectively communicating risk and next steps to participants. Outside of delivery they are responsible for reviewing access to health checks and supporting increased access to health checks in a variety of ways (including direct delivery or engagement activities in primary care provision).
All Practitioners will complete comprehensive training in order to carry out the NHS Health Check programme which will include e-learning, lifestyle advice training, group and one-to-one training sessions in carrying out blood testing, measuring blood pressure, understanding local services, procedures and information governance.
Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Taking Ownership
· Setting up health check workstations at various venues, ensuring participant privacy and safety is maintained
· Conducting NHS Health Check questionnaires, as well as Point of Care testing such as finger prick blood testing and blood pressure measurements in line with Reed Wellbeing’s policy and procedures
· Capturing results accurately and confidentially on Reed Wellbeing systems
Being Fair, Open, and Honest
· Advising participants of their test results and risk of cardiovascular disease, and signposting them to specialist support if required
Working Together
· Promoting the service across community venues and distributing marketing literature to increase awareness
What’s in it for you?
A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:
· 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
· Reed Pension Scheme
· Award Winning Management & Leadership training
· Professional & Personal Development Funds
· Bi-annual pay reviews
· Plus much more that can be found on our website
· With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.
The Health Check Practitioner role allows you to make a real difference in people’s lives by helping them to reduce their risk of cardiovascular health problems and improve their health and wellbeing. At Reed in Partnership, our values - Fair, Open & Honest, Take Ownership, and Work Together, guide everything we do. Join us in delivering services that make a real difference.
To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:
· The ability to establish an effective and appropriate rapport with programme participants who need to achieve and maintain lifestyle changes (e.g. healthy weight, increased physical activity, reduction in alcohol intake).
· An understanding of and/or interest in health-related physical activity, healthy eating and health related behaviour change.
· The ability to coach individuals and groups to identify solutions and develop knowledge and skills to support behavioural change.
· Experience of working with or facilitating diverse participant groups.
· Experience of/interest in working with individuals or groups to achieve behavioural or lifestyle changes.
· Experience of delivering brief advice support.
· Demonstrable time management and personal organisation skills with the capacity to monitor, evaluate and report on work carried out.
· Willingness to undertake evening and weekend work as required.
· Willingness and flexibility to travel in order to deliver programmes across designated region.
Desirable Criteria:
· Experience of health check delivery.
· Experience in using coaching skills to help individuals to improve their health and/or physical fitness.
· Fluency in community languages. Community languages may include: Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Somali, Vietnamese, Dari, Yoruba, Turkish, French, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Guajarati, Polish, Serbian and Greek (dependent on location of service delivery).
· An understanding of current guidelines and good practice for health-related physical activity, healthy eating and health-related behaviour change.
Formal qualifications are not required to delivery NHS Health Checks, however a background in healthcare delivery (for example in nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation or healthy lifestyle delivery) will be advantageous. Previous experience of the following is desirable:
· Delivery of NHS Health Checks
· Training for NHS Health Checks delivery
· Measuring blood pressure
· Point of Care blood testing
· Communication of health risk and lifestyle advice
We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.