Health and Wellbeing Coach

Well Up North; Wooler, Belford, Berwick-upon-Tweed; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wooler seeks a Health and Wellbeing Coach to empower patients in managing their health through coaching techniques. You will support individuals and groups, fostering self-management and lifestyle changes. Ideal candidates have a relevant degree, are skilled in communication, and possess experience in health-related coaching. A driving license is required. Join a collaborative team within the Primary Care Network to enhance patient care and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with health and lifestyle goals.
• Willingness to attend training in health coaching skills.
• Ability to build strong professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide behaviour and lifestyle change support to patients.
• Promote self-management and independence among patients.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to identify and enhance service scope.

Skills

Health coaching

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Technical literacy

Independent work

Education

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

Degree level in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Clinical systems (SystemOne)

Job description

Health and Wellbeing Coaches support patients to improve and their physical and mental health and wellbeing. It is a non-clinical role, using coaching and behaviour change skills to empower patients to manage, improve and prevent health issues. Coaches support people to think through their own challenges and goals, increasing their self-efficacy, motivation and commitment to move forwards to make changes to their lifestyle and improve their health.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the existing Well Up North Health and Wellbeing Coaching Team, collaborating with clinical teams within GP practices in the Primary Care Network.

The role involves working with patients on both a 1 to 1 and group basis to provide personalised behaviour and lifestyle change support as well as referring to support services where appropriate. A full list of responsibilities can be found in the job description.

About us

The post holder will be working as part of the Well Up North Primary Care Network (PCN). We have a combined list of over 62,000 patients across a group of 7 practices: Well Close Medical Group, Union Brae and Norham Practice, Wooler Health, Belford Medical Practice, Alnwick Medical Group, Greystoke Surgery, Gas House Lane Surgery.

Job responsibilities

Provide behaviour and lifestyle change support to patients across a wide range of physical and low level mental health conditions in both individual and group settings.

Promote self-management and independence by providing personalised support that enables individuals to take control of their health, make informed decisions, and improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

Signpost and refer patients to relevant services for further support where appropriate.

Complete a Personalised Care Institue (PCI) accredited coaching skills training course, where necessary, and engage in ongoing professional development including regular coaching supervision.

Stay up to date with local and national health issues, services and resources.

Collaborate with other teams and staff members to identify and enhance the scope of the role in line with evolving patient, practice and PCN needs.

Actively promote the Health and Wellbeing Coaching service among patients and staff, seeking opportunities to support practices and patient care within the scope of the role.

Contribute to the evaluation of the impact of Health and Wellbeing Coaching.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
• Experience of supporting people with health and lifestyle with a coaching approach
• Must be willing to attend training with a non-clinical Supported Self-Management (SSM) health coaching skills programme (minimum four days) by a Personalised Care Institute (PCI) accredited trainer or organisation prior to taking referrals
• Understanding of the determinants of health including social, economic, and environmental factors.
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area.
• Excellent written and spoken skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the PCN.
• Good technical literacy with Microsoft Office packages.
• Able to work independently and manage own workload.
• Able to build strong professional relationships.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Full UK Driving License and own transport
• Educated to a degree level (or equivalent) in related field
• Experience of using coaching approaches/frameworks and models, or other helping strategies, e.g. Motivational Interviewing.
• Experience of delivering programmes or support in a group context
• Experience of working with the VCSE sector including with volunteers and small community groups
• Knowledge of clinical systems (SystemOne)
• Experience of data collection and using tools to measure the impact of services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.