Health Facilitation Practitioner

Job Title: Health Facilitation Practitioner
Starting Salary: £27,485 progressing to £30,162 per annum - Band 4 NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Countywide
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

The Health Liaison Team supports people with Learning Disabilities who are Admitted to hospital for planned or emergency admission

About the role

You will be working to support clinical colleagues to understand and implement reasonable adjustments to reduce the risk of health inequalities. You will be co-delivering training to clinical staff with Experts by Experience through structured and informal sessions, along with supporting Student Nurses as part of the wider Health Liaison Team. We would encourage people who are passionate and creative about individual approaches to take on this hugely rewarding role.

About you

Essential Criteria

• Full driving licence
• Previous experience working in the field of learning disabilities
• Previous experience working in the community with people with learning disabilities
• Knowledge or an Acute Hospital environment and process
• Experience working with other professionals
• Experience working as part of a team

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Louise.jenkins@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 14 July 2025

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job outline, to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employerand guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Available documents

• Health Facilitation Practitioner Band 4 Job Outline.pdf