Community Worker Health Outreach Clinics

Job summary

To plan, set up, and deliver outreach NHS Health Check clinics within local communities, particularly targeting underserved or hard‑to‑reach groups.

The post holder will work closely with GP practices to identify eligible patients to be invited to the outreach events.

The post holder will work with local public health teams, and community organisations to increase awareness, access, and uptake of NHS Health Checks.

• Identify and engage local community venues and partners suitable for delivering outreach NHS Health Check clinics.
• Build relationships with local community leaders, voluntary organisations, and faith groups to promote clinic attendance.
• Conduct outreach activities e.g., community events, talks, stalls to raise awareness of NHS Health Checks and healthy lifestyle messages and be able to undertake NHS checks.
• Use culturally appropriate engagement methods to reach diverse populations.

• Coordinate logistics for mobile or pop‑up Health Check clinics, ensuring venues are suitable and compliant with health and safety requirements.
• Support the delivery of NHS Health Checks, including taking measurements height, weight, blood pressure, blood tests and recording data accurately.
• Provide brief lifestyle advice e.g., on smoking cessation, diet, physical activity, alcohol and signpost to relevant local support services.
• Advise on cancer screening programmes involving signposting and referrals.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained, calibrated, and stored appropriately.

• Liaise with GP practices, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and local public health teams and charities.
• Liaise and collaborate with GP practices to collect patient eligibility information EMIS searches, send invitations and invite patients. Collecting outcome data.
• Collaborate with other outreach teams e.g., vaccination, health promotion to provide joined‑up services.
• Contribute to community health campaigns and local health inequalities initiatives.

• Maintain accurate records of clinics held, attendance figures, and Health Check data and outcomes in line with NHS data governance policies.
• Contribute to performance reports and service evaluations.
• Support the monitoring of outcomes to demonstrate impact and identify areas for improvement.

This Job Description provides a guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and is not an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to undertake any other relevant duties appropriate to the post. The Job Description may be amended over time, in consultation with the post holder to meet the needs of the service.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to colleagues, other workers or the business of member practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with STHC's policies and procedures, and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in STHC's Health & Safety Policy to include:

• Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
• Ensuring that all accidents are reported and investigated and follow up action taken where necessary.
• Maintain mandatory staff training, as required by the postholder role.

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity, inclusion and rights of colleagues to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non judgemental and respects their circumstances,…