Health and Wellbeing Coach

Job summary

Health and Wellbeing Coaches take an approach that considers the whole person in addressing existing issues and encourages proactive prevention of new and existing illnesses. They use an approach that is non-judgemental, based on strong communication and negotiation skills, which supports personal choice and positive risk taking, addresses potential consequences and ensures patients understand the accountability of their own decisions, making the patient at the centre of every conversation.

Main duties of the job

As a Health and Wellbeing Coach, you will utilise your health coaching skills to support people on the surgical waiting list, to become optimised for surgery - this will include, but not limited, to stopping smoking, reducing BMI, reducing alcohol consumption, managing long term conditions (diabetes and hypertension) and increasing activity levels.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] as Good.

At the [Employer hidden] we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is*"Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."*

We areCompassionate in our thoughts, words and actions.

We areAspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate.

We areResourceful and responsible in the way we work and live.

We areExcellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice.

Amazing things happen at the [Employer hidden]; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us.

We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year
per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6633866PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement a personalise plan.
• Provide personalised support to individuals to ensure that they are active participants in their own healthcare journey; empowering them to take more control / active role in managing their own health and wellbeing and improve their health outcomes.
• Providing interventions.
• Build and maintain relationships with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers.
• Working with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers to connect patients to community-based services.
• Supporting people to establish and attain goals set by the person based on what is important to them.
• Working across the perioperative pathway to deliver specific health advice, where appropriate.

*Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.*

Job responsibilities

• Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement a personalise plan.
• Provide personalised support to individuals to ensure that they are active participants in their own healthcare journey; empowering them to take more control / active role in managing their own health and wellbeing and improve their health outcomes.
• Providing interventions.
• Build and maintain relationships with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers.
• Working with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers to connect patients to community-based services.
• Supporting people to establish and attain goals set by the person based on what is important to them.
• Working across the perioperative pathway to deliver specific health advice, where appropriate.

*Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to A level / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge of healthcare settings acquired through training and experience.

Desirable

• Training in motivational interviewing / coaching.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of dealing with complex patients including patients in a sensitive or heighten emotional state.
• Experience of dealing with highly complex/sensitive issues.
• Experience of working in health organisations.
• Understands importance of, and has experience in, stakeholder management and engagement including communication planning.

Employer details

Employer name

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Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN

Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Louise Collis

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