Health Coach - Smoking Cessation

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as a Health Coach at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, focusing on treating tobacco dependency. In this role, you will empower patients through personalized care, facilitating their access to effective nicotine replacement therapies while promoting holistic health approaches in the beautiful city of Bath.

Benefits

Comprehensive staff benefits package

Wellbeing support programme

Inclusive working environment

Opportunity for informal visits and career growth

Qualifications

• Experience in health coaching and understanding of smoking cessation techniques.
• Strong communication skills for advising patients.
• Ability to work holistically to address lifestyle choices.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on the impact of smoking on health and treatment.
• Facilitate access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy for inpatients.
• Champion Personalised Care principles and support patients in behavior change.

Skills

Health Coaching

Behaviour Change Interventions

Holistic Approach

Job description

This is an exciting role funded to primarily focus on Treating Tobacco Dependency (TTD) amongst in-patients and facilitate access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

As a Health Coach you will work with patients to provide advice and information on the impact of smoking on their health and medical treatment, and use behaviour change interventions to motivate patients to consider the use of NRT. Health Coaches work holistically to address lifestyle choices and health behaviours.

The Treating Tobacco Dependency service falls within the Trust’s Health Inequalities Programme. You will champion Personalised Care principles in clinical settings and amongst clinical colleagues and focus on ‘what matters most to patients’, work holistically and in a person-centred way, while identifying and tackling the barriers patients face when trying to maintain positive behaviour change. You will also signpost patients to community services when appropriate.

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Davey Job title: Personalised Care Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07385687309