Health and Wellbeing Coach (Nottingham City East PCN)

Nottingham City General Practice Alliance

This job is now closed

Job summary

*Interviews week commencing 7th February 2022.*

To work alongside the multi-disciplinary PCN practice teams to effectively plan and implement a high-quality Health and Wellbeing Coaching service as part of the broader PCN primary care team. The post holder will work autonomously and support patients of all ages and their carers to manage their physical and mental health and wellbeing, build community resilience and make informed decisions and choices when their health changes. The individual will deliver a universal and proactive offer of support to people with long-term physical and mental health conditions to build knowledge, skills and confidence to live well with their health condition. They will also deliver intensive and integrated approaches to empower people with more complex needs, including those living with multi-morbidity, to experience coordinated care that supports them to live well, helps reduce the risk of becoming frail, and minimises the burden on treatment. Additionally, provide support to further the PCNs goals to improve and maintain staff wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

*Interviews week commencing 7th February 2022.*

This role will sit within the broader PCN primary care team as an extension of the wider provision available.

This role requires the individual to be able to assess patient needs, helping patients to gain and use knowledge, skills and confidence to become active participants in their care so that they can reach their self-identified health and wellbeing goals. The role will include being responsible for delivering group and one on one sessions, face to face or remotely, on topics which may include topics such as healthy eating, physical activity and health and wellbeing to meet personalised care plan goals; engaging with patients to support them in taking an active role in their health; providing advice and support for both patients and primary care colleagues. The post holder will need to communicate effectively with a wide range of multi-disciplinary colleagues both in house and externally and be able to take the complex needs of individuals and the varying requirements of the post into account in order to prioritise work undertaken. The post holder will actively work to continually develop the service in a patient centred, evidence-based context.

About us

*Interviews week commencing 7th February 2022.*

Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA) was formed in 2016. We are Nottingham citys first GP Federation, often referred to as NCGPA or the Alliance. Our members consist of 45 NHS GP practices in Nottingham city, who cover a population of over 336,000 patients. We are the lead employer for our PCN based roles such as Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribing Link Workers and Physician Associates.

NCGPA is a Company Limited by shares, with its member practices being equal shareholders. The company is managed by a board of 8 elected representatives from member GP practices and three co-opted positions representing nursing, lay and non-principal GPs. The day to day running of the company is through a Senior Management team comprising the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer along with the Companys Chief Operating Officer and a dedicated office team. Find out more about our work at ncgpa.org.uk

Its an exciting time for general practice in our city; why not see if youve got what it takes to join us?

Date posted

14 January 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,322 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0004-21-1256

Job locations

79A Upper Parliament Street

Nottingham

NG1 6LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Interviews week commencing 7th February 2022.*

To identify and engage effectively with referred patients on health-related goals.

Listening and interpreting complex health information into understandable terms about health improvement.

To support patients to recognise and change their current lifestyle and to identify how their way of life might affect their health.

To provide health education to people and encourage healthy lifestyles/promote long term behavioural change, in line with the NHS recommendations.

To encourage and motivate people, using creative ways of addressing unhelpful behaviours.

To be respectful and non-judgemental of people's lifestyles, and to be able to encourage them in choices and actions that are acceptable and achievable to them, while being aware of cultural considerations in regard people's lifestyles e.g. diet/physical exercise.

To be aware of and sensitive to barriers to adopting a lifestyle change such as affordability, accessibility, and life circumstances.

Organise and manage sessions to identify and engage with individuals and raise awareness, e.g. smoking cessation, and diet.

Enable patients to make choices and develop an 'action plan' to change behaviour and sustain those changes, leading to more healthy choices and actions by interpreting local and national strategy.

To maintain a high level of confidentiality in all aspects of work including patient records and conversations.

Support individual's 'action plan' over an agreed timescale. Review and revise 'action plans' with individuals as appropriate.

To maintain accurate information systems of records and activities, complete data sheets and explore trends and formulate strategies with line manager.

To take immediate action, in line with existing policies and procedures, when faced with a high-risk situation (i.e. suicidal behaviour).

Identify health and social care resources and signpost/facilitate access (e.g. to healthy activities or health service provision) and, if necessary, attend health activities with individuals to encourage involvement.

Work in partnership with Public Health, Acute, Community Services and voluntary groups and other groups developing health improvement initiatives.

Works to collect information as part of the local evaluation and contributes to national research work.

Act as a resource for colleagues and maintain an up to date database or self-help/ voluntary and funded schemes across Nottinghamshire.