Lifestyle and Activity Coach

2 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Primary Integrated Community Services Full time

**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Nottinghamshire Pain and ME/ CFS team. You will be engaging with and supporting patients with long term pain, ME /CFS in making healthy lifestyle choices in respect to their physical and mental health. The Lifestyle and Activity Coach will have a broad spectrum of knowledge and act as a central resource for service users and staff throughout Mid Nottinghamshire.

**Main duties of the job**:
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To engage effectively with patients receiving care from the Pain Management ME/CFS Service.
- Listening and interpreting complex health information into understandable terms about health improvement.
- To support patients to recognise and make appropriate change to their current lifestyle. To identify how their way of life might affect their pain and emotional wellbeing.
- To provide health education to patients and promote a healthy lifestyle to encourage behavioural change.

**KEY REQUIREMENTS**
- Experience working within physical rehabilitation / leisure centre would be beneficial.
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of IT systems would be helpful

**About us**:
**About us**

**Benefits of working for PICS**

We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

- Generous annual leave entitlement which references NHS Agenda for Change and recognises previous NHS service, starting 35 days pro rata (inc bank holidays)
- Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
- Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
- A flexible approach to a work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme
- All staff events and conferences
- Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
- Free parking across many sites
- Personalised induction into the company and job role

**Date posted**:
30 January 2024

**Pay scheme**:
Other

**Salary**:
Depending on experience £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata

**Contract**:
Permanent

**Working pattern**:
Part-time

**Reference number**:
E0220-24-0002-PAPA

**Job locations**:
P I C S Ltd

Nottingham Business Park

Nottingham

NG8 6PY

**Job description**:
**Job responsibilities**:
**JOB PURPOSE**

As a Lifestyle and Activity Coach within the PICS Community Pain & Fatigue Pathway, you will work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) delivering NHS services using the biopsychosocial approach for persistent pain management. Your primary role is to support patients to establish self-management strategies for persistent pain (eg low back pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis). You will work alongside Clinical Specialists delivering patient programmes in community locations. You will also work independently with patients reviewing progress with lifestyle change, exercise, and support guided self-management skills. Self-management strategies can be encompassed within the themes of exercise, activity and movement, mood/wellbeing, and social activity. As a Lifestyle and Activity Coach in our service, you will also act as link between clinicians and local community-based services / groups. Your work will involve face-to-face and phone appointments, as well as group programmes. You will act as a central resource for service users and staff throughout Nottinghamshire.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To maintain a high level of confidentiality in all aspects of work including patient records and conversations.
- To maintain accurate electronic patient 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)
- Act as a resource for colleagues and maintain an up-to-date data base of self-help, voluntary and funded schemes across Nottinghamshire.
- Liaise with other members of the MDT to maximise patient care, timely and appropriate referral back to clinicians for review.

**Movement & activity support**:

- Support behavioural change to incorporate daily exercise opportunity, improve confidence to exercise.
- Support identifying first steps to becoming more active; home based options as well as onward referral to other exercise schemes e.g., exercise referral as appropriate. Initial steps often include low level exercise such as chair yoga.
- Support patients to incorporate pacing and recovery, as well as a healthier lifestyle alongside exercise, limiting sedentary postures, lifestyles.
- Working within group programmes and individually.
- Essential: _
- Exercise experience; including experience of developing and maintaining motivation for sustained behaviour change.
- Awareness of the evidence base fo

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