Health and Wellbeing Coach

Job summary

Southern Health Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Health and Wellbeing Coach to join Shakespeare Road Primary Care Network.

We provide primary care services for over 13,000 patients in the Popley area of Basingstoke and the practice is in collaboration with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Trust and North Hampshire Urgent Care.

The Health & Wellbeing Coach works alongside a team within general practice and within the Primary Care Network (PCN) and empowers people to take control of their health and well-being.

We are looking for a person that can motivate patients to manage their own health & well-being to live independently and improve their health outcomes. The post holder will work with individuals and/or groups of patients to deliver sessions on how to motivate patients to improve their physical activity, eat healthily to meet personalised care plans.

You will use a holistic approach to promote lifestyle changes, support patients to address their existing health problems and prevent new ones.

The role works within their practices multi-disciplinary team, a full induction and training is given to help candidates integrate into Primary Care.

Main duties of the job

Health & Wellbeing Coaches help their clients to assess their lifestyles and wellbeing, set goals for improving their health, agree action-plans, and provide practical support and information that will help people to take an active role in managing their health and wellbeing.

Working as part of the Extended Primary Care Team alongside Health Connectors, the Health & Wellbeing Coach will work across the Shakespeare Road Primary Care Network. Health & Wellbeing Coaches will provide a time-limited intervention to support individuals that have been referred to them from primary care and the Extended Primary Care Team.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Shakespeare Road Practice

Popley Way

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9DT

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Shakespeare Road Practice

Popley Way

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9DT

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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