Temporary Health & Wellbeing Coach Maternity Cover

Temporary Health & Wellbeing Coach Maternity Cover

Interviews will be held face to face in Warrington on Tuesday
17th March.

This cover is initially for 10 months possibly extending to12-13 months if required. The successful candidate will work with our Senior Health & Wellbeing Coach to support people to take proactive steps to improve the way they manage their physical and mental health conditions, based on what matters to them.

They will support people to develop their knowledge, skills and in managing their health and care, to improve their health outcomes and quality of life. Health & Wellbeing Coaches do this by coaching and motivating patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and supporting patients to achieve their personalised health and care plan objectives and providing interventions such as self-management education and peer support.

** Salary is Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) dependent upon PRIMARY CARE experience**

The postholder is responsible for:

Providing one-to-one and group health coaching support

Managing and prioritising a caseload,

Working as part of a multidisciplinary multi-agency team to promote health coaching and to be ambassadors for Personalised Care and Supported Self-Management

Ensuring GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists and other members of the primary care team understand the health coach role, how to refer to them, and which patients may particularly benefit from health coaching

Supporting local health, social care and voluntary sector professionals to make appropriate referrals to the service

Promoting and raising awareness of the health coaching service particularly to groups and communities that experience barriers to access

Attending and contributing to team, practice, and PCN meetings and events as required by the service

Working flexibly, adapting to the needs of the service

Participating in regular health coaching supervision and continual learning

Collecting service user experience and impact of health coaching as part of the delivery of personalised care

Central and West Warrington PCN is a dynamic team of 7 Practices who have a strong and cohesive relationship:

Causeway Medical Centre
Dallam Lane Medical Centre
Eric Moore Partnership
Folly Lane Medical Centre
Helsby Street Medical Centre
Penketh Health Centre
Westbrook Medical Centre

We are committed to delivering good quality care to our patients.

Our vision is to provide safe, effective and sustainable healthcare for our member practice patient population in partnership with other local healthcare providers.

Temporary Maternity Cover:
Health and Wellbeing Coach

Full or part time hours will be considered

Central & West Warrington (CWW) Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of 7 General Practices serving a population of 68,000, working together for the benefit of our patients.

Purpose of the Role

The successful candidate will work with our existing coach to support people to take proactive steps to improve how they manage their physical and mental health conditions, based on what matters to them. They will support people to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence (patient activation) in managing their health and care, improving health outcomes and quality of life.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify needs, set goals and achieve personalised health and care plan objectives, providing interventions such as self-management education and peer support.

They manage and prioritise a caseload according to need, identifying when a person's needs are beyond the scope of the role and referring to appropriate professionals or organisations. Work may be delivered by phone, video or face-to-face.

The successful candidate will be kind, reflective and self-aware, with excellent communication and negotiation skills and a belief that people have untapped resources within them. They will provide a high-quality, non-judgemental service, be proactive and flexible, work effectively as part of a team and commit to ongoing development.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches are key members of the PCN multidisciplinary team (MDT), working alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and Care Coordinators to promote and embed personalised care. Ongoing supervision, skills development and support will be provided.

Please note: this is a non-clinical role.

Key Responsibilities

Provide one-to-one and group health coaching for people with long-term conditions to improve activation, empower self-management and improve outcomes.

Manage and prioritise a caseload, recognising when referral to other professionals is required (e.g. mental health needs beyond scope).

Work within the MDT to promote health coaching, modelling personalised care and supported self-management.

Ensure primary care teams understand the health coach role and referral processes.

Support health, social care and voluntary sector professionals to make appropriate referrals.

Promote the service,…