Purpose of the role Health and Wellbeing Coaches work as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) multi-disciplinary team. 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. The post holder 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. The role is varied, and may include supporting self-management education, peer support, case management and facilitating group consultations. You will take an approach that is non-judgemental, based on strong communication and negotiation skills. You will support personal choice and positive risk taking, while ensuring that patients understand the accountability of their own actions and decisions. As a whole your role and skills will support and encourage the prevention of developing further illness, or the deterioration of existing long term conditions. Key responsibilities 1. Take referrals from the wider practice team including GPS, Practice Nurses, Social Prescribers, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists who will have identified patients that meet the criteria for Health and Wellbeing coaches. 2. Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement and achieve their personalised health and wellbeing objectives. This will include sitting in consultation with a patient and providing them with advice, guidance and a management plan, personalised to their individual needs. It could include dietetics and healthy eating, lifestyle medicine and getting active, safe activities and personal coaching and motivation. 3. Ensure all interventions and coaching are designed to empower patients to be active participants in their own healthcare, empower them to manage their own health and wellbeing, and live independently. 4. Support and deliver group consultations, with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, implementing new approaches to health across primary care and supporting individuals to access peer support. 5. Work with the broader MDT to maximise the support available to patients, including the social prescribing team to connect patients to community-based activities which support them to take increased control of their health and wellbeing, and working with clinical colleagues to provide enhanced support to patients being supported through, identifying those who would benefit the most from health coaching. 6.The role will require managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals. 7. It is vital that you have a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to other health professionals/agencies, when what the person needs is beyond the scope of the coach role e.g. when there is a mental health need requiring a qualified practitioner. 8. Work with social prescribing colleagues to draw on and increase the strengths and capacities of local communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to receive social prescribing referrals. Ensure they are supported, have basic safeguarding processes for vulnerable individuals and can provide opportunities for the person to develop friendships, a sense of belonging, and build knowledge, skills and confidence. 9. Work together with all local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps are identified in local provision.