Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (rehabilitation and self-management support)
Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.
Location: Edinburgh, EH16 4EA
Salary: £29,616 FTE, plus generous benefits package
Vacancy Type : Full Time
Closing Date: 2nd November 2025
The Role
They are recruiting a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join their team and support the ongoing development of the organisations rehabilitation and self-management support for people living with Long Term Conditions. The role has a specific focus on promoting physical activity and the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the organisations Physical Activity Programme including their community-based gym, outdoors programme and peer led activities which promote physical activity.
The successful candidate will also work closely with their Training and Consultancy team to ensure effective modelling of the organisaitions approach to generic, non-specialist rehabilitation within their Centre of Wellbeing. This will include hosting site visits, and supporting secondments, and student placements.
Key Responsibilities
Skills and Qualifications
The successful candidate will:
Be a health and social care practitioner with experience of supporting people living with long term physical and mental Health Conditions to self-manage.
Have an exercise professional /rehabilitation background and recognise the value of a generic, non-specialist approach to rehabilitation and supported self-management.
Be able to cope well supporting vulnerable people who experience significant psychosocial barriers and health inequalities.
Hold a firm belief that people have strengths, are resilient and are experts in their own lives.
Have good solution focused coaching and group facilitation skills.
Benefits
A highly attractive work environment.
Support and supervision from your line manager and a supportive team of colleagues.
A structured development programme including continuous learning with their internal leadership development programme .
To Apply
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