Health and Wellbeing Coach

**Health and Wellbeing Coach**

**Closing date is 13 May 2025**

**Job summary**

Pontefract and Knottingley PCN is recruiting an experienced, enthusiastic and forward thinking Health and Wellbeing Coach to join our established team to cover a population of over 49,000 across 4 practices in the area.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches work as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) multi-disciplinary team. Health and Wellbeing Coaches support people to take pro-active steps to improve the way they manage their health conditions, based on what matters to them. They consider the whole person in addressing existing issues and encouraging the proactive prevention of new illnesses, promoting lifestyle medicine approaches. Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing, whilst increasing their ability to access and utilise community support offers.

**Main duties of the job**

Health and Wellbeing Coaches are an integral part of the general practice team working in each practice across the PCN. The post holders will work in partnership with their clinical and non-clinical colleagues, management support and the wider PCN to ensure the role delivers the best possible outcomes for our patients. Health and Wellbeing Coaches support people develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their health and care, to improve their health outcomes and quality of life. Health coaches do this by using coaching techniques and motivating patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and supporting patients to achieve their personalised health and care plan objectives.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches may work with patients over the phone, by video conference, or face-to-face. The role however is varied, and may include supporting self-management education, peer support, caseload management and facilitating group consultations. Identify opportunities and develop and deliver project recommendations for services and actions needed for active lifestyles that contribute to health outcomes, community safety and independent living in the Primary Care Network.

**About us**

Health and Wellbeing Coaches will have access to ongoing supervision, skills development, and support so they are able to further build their skills and experience within the role.

There may be a need to work remotely depending on the requirements of the role.

You would be joining the existing ARRS team made up of Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Pharmacists, Mental Health Practitioner, Occupational Therapist and a social prescriber (currently Live Well Wakefield).

Please note that the Health and Wellbeing Coach role is a non-clinical role.

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

Health and Wellbeing Coaches are an integral part of the general practice team working in each practice across the PCN. The post holders will work in partnership with their clinical and non-clinical colleagues, management support and the wider PCN to ensure the role delivers the best possible outcomes for our patients. Health and Wellbeing Coaches support people develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their health and care, to improve their health outcomes and quality of life. Health coaches do this by using coaching techniques and motivating patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and supporting patients to achieve their personalised health and care plan objectives.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches may work with patients over the phone, by video conference, or face-to-face. The role however is varied, and may include supporting self-management education, peer support, caseload management and facilitating group consultations. Identify opportunities and develop and deliver project recommendations for services and actions needed for active lifestyles that contribute to health outcomes, community safety and independent living in the Primary Care Network.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches will have access to ongoing supervision, skills development, and support so they are able to further build their skills and experience within the role.

There may be a need to work remotely depending on the requirements of the role.

**Person Specification**

**Experience**

**Essential**
- Experience in health and nutrition work with patients/clients.
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- An understanding of the biopsychosocial model of health and the social determinants of health.

**Desirable**
- Experience of using coaching approaches/frameworks and models or other helping strategies e.g. Motivational Interviewing
- Experience of working with groups

**Qualifications**

**Essential**
- Degree in Nutrition/Exercise/Health/ or equivalent qualification.
- Be willing to