Health & Wellbeing Coach

Do you have a passion for helping people make lasting, positive changes in their lives?

General Practice Alliance (GPA) are looking for a Health & Wellbeing Coach to work full time within Grand Union PCN.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a role that makes a real difference to people's lives, promoting healthier, more balanced lifestyles.

** Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

As our Health & Wellbeing Coach, you'll work with people to inspire and support positive lifestyle changes, helping them take control of their health and wellbeing in a way that suits them. You'll bring your experience, understanding, and coaching skills to motivate and guide individuals and groups, adapting your approach to different needs and situations.

If you're passionate about helping others thrive and enjoy supporting people to achieve their goals, we'd love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Karen at karen.adam@nhs.net.

Interview dates: Tuesday 2nd December & Friday 5th December

About us

GPA is a leading primary care provider and established GP Federation, dedicated to providing equitable healthcare across our collective of 19 GP practices, serving over 210,000 people. We are at the forefront of healthcare transformation, building stronger connections between GPs, patients, and the community to create lasting health improvements.

You'll be joining a friendly, inclusive team culture where collaboration and flexibility are valued. Alongside competitive pay, we offer:

- Hybrid Working Arrangements: Flexible working to support a healthy work-life balance.
- NHS Pension Scheme: With a 23.7% employer contribution.
- Generous Annual Leave: To promote wellbeing and time away from work.
- Employee Discount Schemes: Including the Blue Light Card for high street and online discounts.
- Wellbeing Package: Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing portal, and access to the Feeling Good app.
- Discounted Trilogy Gym Membership: Encouraging an active, healthy lifestyle.

Job responsibilities

Work with referral partners to maximise appropriate referrals and promotethe health and wellbeing service.

Deliver personalised health coaching to individuals,focusing on what matters to them and supporting proactive steps towardimproving their health and wellbeing.

Use motivational interviewing as a core technique to help individuals makepositive lifestyle changes, using open ended questions to explore their values,goals and concerns.

Support habit formation and realistic goal setting,enabling patients to build sustainable routines that promote lifestyle changeand long-term self-management.

Facilitate group sessions and workshops that encouragepeer support and share learning around the four pillars of wellbeing: sleephygiene, eating habits, exercise, and wellbeing strategies.

Accurately record and report outcomes usingappropriate systems, contributing to service evaluation and continuousimprovement.

Manage a caseload of patients, maintaining regularcontact and providing ongoing support to track progress, adjust plans, andcelebrate successes.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, includingGPs, social prescribers, and mental health professionals, to ensure a joined-upapproach to patient care.

Promote health literacy and self-care, helpingindividuals understand their conditions and make informed decisions about theirhealth.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

- An understanding of the different factors that influence our health and wellbeing.
- Ability to remain resilient under pressure and adapt to setbacks.
- Able to use a range of tools and techniques to enable and support people, including agenda setting, goal setting, and problem solving.
- Ability to apply health coaching in both individual and group sessions, using active and reflective listening to build trust and rapport.

Experience

- Experience of using coaching approaches, frameworks, models or other helping strategies (e.g. Motivational Interviewing)
- Experience of supporting behaviour change in individuals or groups.
- Experience of working in health and social care, community development, or a similar setting.

Qualifications

- NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
- Coaching/counselling qualification or experience or other relevant qualification or experience involving reflective listening skills.

Job Circumstances

- Reliable transportation to facilitate a hybrid work arrangement and occasional travel for mandatory meetings as required by the position.
- Possess the legal right to work in the UK and ability to provide appropriate documentation for verification.

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.

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