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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of delivering health promotion or patient education programmes.
- Experience
Experience working with individuals from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Experience
Experience working within healthcare, community health, or voluntary sector settings.
- Experience
Experience facilitating group education sessions and community engagement activities.
- Personal Qualities
Good organisational and time management skills
- Personal Qualities
Competence in Microsoft Office and electronic patient record systems
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality, and patient-centred care
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to engage effectively with diverse communities
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to motivate and empower patients to improve self-management
- Skills and Knowledge
A valid full driving licence for the UK and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.
- Education and Qualifications
Degree or equivalent qualification in Health Promotion, Public Health, Health Education, Nursing, Allied Health Profession, or a related discipline.
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience working with people living with sickle cell disorder, thalassaemia, or other long-term conditions.
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of haemoglobinopathies, particularly sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia
Job overview
The Health Promotion Practitioner will work as part of the multidisciplinary Haemoglobinopathy team to improve the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of individuals living with haemoglobin disorders, including sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will develop, deliver, and evaluate health promotion initiatives that empower patients, families, and communities to manage their condition effectively, reduce health inequalities and improve engagement and access to healthcare services.
The role involves providing culturally appropriate education, supporting self-management, promoting healthy lifestyles, facilitating engagement with healthcare services, and working collaboratively with healthcare professionals, community organisations, schools and universities, and voluntary agencies.
Key deliverables will include:
- Providing health education and self-management advice aimed at preventing exacerbation of the condition and minimising admissions for acute episodes to secondary care.
- Addressing social and lifestyle factors that impact condition management and overall quality of life, signposting to local resources when required.
- Building trust and rapport with patients whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Providing an In-reach service to secondary care.
- Developing close links with multidisciplinary colleagues across primary, secondary, and social care to enhance continuity of care for patients.
- Organisation of patient led education sessions and involvement with peer support programmes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Haemoglobinopathy Health Promotion Practitioner with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sheffield, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa/pro rata for part time staff. The contract type is Fixed term: 22 months (All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. 22 months from the commencement of the role.). The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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