Job summary
If you are looking for your next challenge then look no further, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic Community Diabetes team serving the London Borough of Enfield.
We are looking for someone with health and wellbeing coach skills and experience in diabetes working with the diabetes team . See job description for further details. This is a fixed term contract for 7 months.
Diabetes care is provided to patients in the form of structured education, in community-based clinics and in their own homes throughout the London Borough of Enfield.
The successful candidate will work with the Diabetes community service, GP practices and voluntary organisation. The Health and Wellbeing Coach will play an important role in engaging patients and use health coaching techniques to support and empower them to take an active role in the self-management of diabetes. You will work with patients of low to medium complexity that may have one or more long term conditions.
Main duties of the job
Health coaching is a partnership between health and care practitioners and people. It guides and prompts people to change their behavior, so they can make healthcare choices based on what matters to them. It also supports them to become more active in their health and care. Helping people gain and use the knowledge skills and confidence to become active participants in their own care; to achieve self-identified health and wellbeing goals.
Health and wellbeing coaches predominately use health coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing, whilst increasing their ability to access and utilise community support offers. They may also provide access to self-management education, peer support, and social prescribing.
As a Health and Wellbeing Coach you will be a key member of the MDT, working with the diabetes. You will work with patients holistically, considering the whole person. Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing, whilst increasing their ability to access and utilise community support offers. Your role and skills will support and encourage the prevention of developing further illness, or the deterioration of existing long-term conditions.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Health and Wellbeing Coach you will be a key member of the MDT, working with the diabetes. You will work with patients holistically, considering the whole person. Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing, whilst increasing their ability to access and utilise community support offers. Your role and skills will support and encourage the prevention of developing further complication associated with diabetes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Health and Wellbeing Coach you will be a key member of the MDT, working with the diabetes. You will work with patients holistically, considering the whole person. Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing, whilst increasing their ability to access and utilise community support offers. Your role and skills will support and encourage the prevention of developing further complication associated with diabetes.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition / Health Physiology / other Health coaching / other qualification / training
- Understanding of the importance and process of helping people with long- term conditions to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their health and the range of models and tools available, such as the Patient Activation Measurement (PAM) Experience delivering group sessions / group talks
- Experience of using coaching approaches/frameworks and models or other helping strategies e.g. Motivational Interviewing. Experience delivering group sessions.
- Good IT skills and Knowledge of Microsoft applications
- Experience of working in a team
- Skilled in active and reflective listening, building trust and rapport quickly
- Full UK driving license and own a car
Desirable
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition / Health Physiology / other Health coaching / other qualification / training
- Understanding of the importance and process of helping people with long- term conditions to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their health and the range of models and tools available, such as the Patient Activation Measurement (PAM) Experience delivering group sessions / group talks
- Experience of using coaching approaches/frameworks and models or other helping strategies e.g. Motivational Interviewing. Experience delivering group sessions.
- Good IT skills and Knowledge of Microsoft applications
- Experience of working in a team
- Skilled in active and reflective listening, building trust and rapport quickly
- Full UK driving license and own a car
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
