Health and Wellbeing Coach in Reading

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, 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 are compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions. We are aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate. We are resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live. We are excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees whether you are clinical or non-clinical.

Job Overview

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

• 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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement a personalised 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.
• Build and maintain relationships with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers.
• Support people to establish and attain goals set by the person based on what is important to them.
• Work across the perioperative pathway to deliver specific health advice, where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Experience of dealing with complex patients including patients in a sensitive or heightened 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.

Staff Benefits

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work-life balance.
• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part-time staff.
• NHS pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff.
• On-site nursery (based at RBH).
• Full educational library services.
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles.
• Bus to work scheme.
• Excellent rail and bus links.
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

The Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke-free environment. A smoke-free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.