Job summary
An exciting
opportunity has arisen for a Health & Wellbeing Coach to join our
integrated personalised care team, led by our SPLW & Care Co-ordinator Team
Lead. You will join our growing PCN multi-disciplinary workforce which includes
SPLWs, Care Co-ordinators, Student Nursing Associates, Clinical Pharmacists,
Pharmacy Technician, First Contact Physiotherapists, Advanced Nurse
Practitioners and Primary Mental Health Nurses.
In your role as a Health & Wellbeing Coach, you will work as part
of the Sedgefield North PCN Integrated Personalised Care Team, alongside three
other SPLWs, four Care Co-ordinators. The posts are hosted by St Andrews
Medical Practice, Spennymoor, but will support patients across the five
practices within the PCN.
Main duties of the job
The Health & Wellbeing Coach will be
responsible for delivering group and one to one sessions on healthy eating,
physical activity and health and well-being to meet with personalised care
plans. The coach will play a critical role in engaging patients and use health coaching
techniques to support them to take an active role in their health.
You will work in a variety of venues in general practice and the
community. You will work collaboratively as part of our friendly personalised
care team and with our individual practices and with professional links. Teamwork, flexibility, enthusiasm, and the ability to
prioritise tasks effectively are essential skills.
We are
committed to the ongoing development of our team, which includes mandatory and
developmental training for all our staff. Team members are encouraged to
highlight any training they feel would benefit them in the achievement of their
role.
About us
Sedgefield
North Primary Care Network is an innovative, dynamic PCN comprising 5 local GP
Practices based in Spennymoor, Ferryhill & Chilton, Sedgefield and West
Cornforth with a population of over 58,000 patients. We are continually seekingnew ways to
support and improve local healthcare services for our patient population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an individual who will play a role in engaging
patients and use health coaching techniques to support them to take an active
role in their health and wellbeing. The Health and Wellbeing Coach is
responsible for delivering group and one to one sessions to improve patient
health outcomes.
The coach will play a critical role in engaging patients and encouraging
them on the benefits of making changes. This is a new role in our PCN and as
such the coach will be able to help shape and develop the role based on their
particular passion such as, healthy eating, physical activity, improving mental
health etc, using health coaching techniques.
The health and wellbeing coach will work closely with those of low to
medium complexity who will usually have 1 or more long term conditions.
The post holder will have a key role in helping to raise the local
populations awareness of the support groups and opportunities available to
assist them in achieving their health and wellbeing goals.
As a whole, your role and skills will support and encourage the
prevention of developing further illness, or the deterioration of existing
long-term conditions.
See Job Description for full responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an individual who will play a role in engaging
patients and use health coaching techniques to support them to take an active
role in their health and wellbeing. The Health and Wellbeing Coach is
responsible for delivering group and one to one sessions to improve patient
health outcomes.
The coach will play a critical role in engaging patients and encouraging
them on the benefits of making changes. This is a new role in our PCN and as
such the coach will be able to help shape and develop the role based on their
particular passion such as, healthy eating, physical activity, improving mental
health etc, using health coaching techniques.
The health and wellbeing coach will work closely with those of low to
medium complexity who will usually have 1 or more long term conditions.
The post holder will have a key role in helping to raise the local
populations awareness of the support groups and opportunities available to
assist them in achieving their health and wellbeing goals.
As a whole, your role and skills will support and encourage the
prevention of developing further illness, or the deterioration of existing
long-term conditions.
See Job Description for full responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A level/BTEC or equivalent experience in relevant field
Desirable
- Health/Social Care Degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in health and wellbeing, public or voluntary sector or leisure and fitness environment
- Experience in a customer facing role
- Experience delivering lifestyle change / brief interventions
- Experience working in a health trainer / advisor role
- Excellent people skills, interacting with all types of people and able to change communication style to fit the person
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Comfortable working with people from public, private and voluntary organisations
- Highly organised, managing time, resources and competing priorities in a structured and efficient way
- Highly motivated and willing to go out of your way to help clients
- Creative problem solver and willing to search for hard to find information
- Good IT and administrative skills
- Experience of working on SystmOne (clinical system)
- Good understanding of health issues and the wider determinants of health and wellbeing
- Knowledge of social prescribing
- Understanding of health and social wellbeing and community/local/national services
- Using own initiative
Desirable
- Experience working in partnership with community organisations
- Experience promoting and / or marketing services to other organisations / the public
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A level/BTEC or equivalent experience in relevant field
Desirable
- Health/Social Care Degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in health and wellbeing, public or voluntary sector or leisure and fitness environment
- Experience in a customer facing role
- Experience delivering lifestyle change / brief interventions
- Experience working in a health trainer / advisor role
- Excellent people skills, interacting with all types of people and able to change communication style to fit the person
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Comfortable working with people from public, private and voluntary organisations
- Highly organised, managing time, resources and competing priorities in a structured and efficient way
- Highly motivated and willing to go out of your way to help clients
- Creative problem solver and willing to search for hard to find information
- Good IT and administrative skills
- Experience of working on SystmOne (clinical system)
- Good understanding of health issues and the wider determinants of health and wellbeing
- Knowledge of social prescribing
- Understanding of health and social wellbeing and community/local/national services
- Using own initiative
Desirable
- Experience working in partnership with community organisations
- Experience promoting and / or marketing services to other organisations / the public
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.