Public Health Practitioner

Main area Public Health/Health Promotion Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

Employer Spectrum Community Health CIC Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site Navigation Walk Town Wakefield Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 01/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 14/09/2026

Are you passionate about reducing health inequalities, improving lives and helping people in prison build healthier futures? This is an exciting opportunity to join Spectrum in a new and influential role, leading the development of a whole-prison public health and recovery-oriented approach across three male Category C prisons in the North East and HMP Low Newton , a women’s prison .

You can make a real difference by embedding health promotion, social prescribing, digital inclusion and peer support into prison healthcare. You will help create healthier, more hopeful environments where people are supported to make informed choices, improve wellbeing, access meaningful activity and prepare for successful resettlement.

Working at the heart of Spectrum’s public health ambitions, you will contribute to trauma-informed, strength-based and recovery-focused models of care. The post aligns with national HMPPS strategies, the Chief Medical Officer’s report, Spectrum’s healthcare peer support model at HMP Low Newton, the North of England Recovery in Prisons Project and local place-based public health priorities.

A pivotal role in widening access to public health interventions across the Spectrum North East prison cluster . Building on existing social prescribing work , you will co- design referral pathways that connect people to non-clinical support such as creative arts, physical activity, nature-based opportunities including Green Outside of Prisons , peer support and community services .

· Develop, implement and review multi-year public health and health promotion plans across the North East prison cluster.

· Work collaboratively with prison, healthcare, public health, voluntary sector and community partners to improve access to support and continuity of care.

· Use population health data, evidence and lived experience insight to identify priority groups and design targeted interventions.

· Support trauma-informed, health-promoting environments that encourage purposeful activity, peer learning and recovery.

· Plan and coordinate public health interventions across multiple prison sites, adapting plans in response to operational pressures, emerging needs and new evidence.

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you day (additional day off)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff…