Health Coaches will manage and prioritise a caseload, in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their population through taking an approach that is non-judgemental, based on strong communication and negotiation skills, while considering the whole person when addressing existing issues. Where required and as appropriate, the Health Coach will refer people back to other health professionals within the PCN Utilise existing IT and MDT channels to screen patients, with an aim to identify those that would benefit most from health coaching Provide personalised support to individuals, their families, and carers to support them to be active participants in their own healthcare - empowering them to manage their own health and wellbeing and live independently through 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 Providing interventions such as self-management education and peer support Supporting patients to establish and attain goals that are important to the patient Supporting personal choice and positive risk taking while ensuring that patients understand the accountability of their own actions and decisions, thus encouraging the proactive prevention of further illnesses Working as part of the city wide social prescribing service to connect patients to community-based activities which support them to take increased control of their health and wellbeing Increasing patient motivation to self-manage and adopt healthy behaviours Work with patients with lower activation scores to understand their level of knowledge, skills and confidence, their Activation level, when engaging with their health and well-being and subsequently supporting them in shared decision-making conversations Utilise health coaching skills to support people with lower levels of 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, and Explore and support patient access to a personal health budget, where appropriate for their care & support Support & deliver group Consultations to enable patients to better understand their LTH conditions, how to manage it and encourage the patient agree to self-management goals, and creating an environment for individuals to access peer support Please see attached job description for further details