Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes Health and Wellness Coach
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-ICS-391
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/05/2025
Employer heading
Diabetes Health and Wellness Coach
Band 4
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
To provide health improvement expertise and support people with Type 2 Diabetes through delivery of healthy living interventions. Health Coach will be helping people gain and use the knowledge, skills and confidence to become active participants in their care so that they can reach their self-identified health and wellbeing goals.
Main duties of the job
Supporting patients with 1-1 interventions for health coaching to support self-management of type 2 diabetes with the use of coaching models and motivational interviewing
Attend monthly cooking classes with patients
Support on weekly walking groups
Working alongside primary, specialist care, physical, MH services and social care services
Use of Motivation Interviewing and other behaviour changes strategies to increase patients’ skills and confidence to manage their own condition and set achievable goals, and engaging patients in making informed decisions.
Weight management, physical activity, smoking cessation and alcohol awareness support
Establish and maintain strong and effective partnerships with teams within partner organisations who can influence and deliver the Health Improvement and Inequalities work streams e.g. Health care staff, Local Authority staff and Voluntary sector
To provide Health Education to people to improve health and encourage healthy lifestyles and promote behavioural change.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
To provide health improvement expertise and support people with Type 2 Diabetes through delivery of healthy living interventions. Health Coach will be helping people gain and use the knowledge, skills and confidence to become active participants in their care so that they can reach their self-identified health and wellbeing goals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Health Trainer, Health Coach qualification or equivalent knowledge
- Background in Health / Social Care or community development
- Training in Diabetes education or management
- At least two years’ experience of working in health improvement, public health or a relevant health improvement area
- Full driving license
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of planning, developing and facilitating sessions to service users
- Experience of working with groups and facilitating group development
- Able to be trained and then deliver appropriate training (train the trainer module).
- Partnership working, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Experience of working with local community groups and health professionals.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of planning and organising events and delivering against projects.
- Experience of providing one to one and group intervention for healthy lifestyle
- Experience delivering NHS Health Check or similar physical health checks
- Experience of delivering smoking cessation, weight management, healthy eating and alcohol awareness support
- Working with diabetes patients and patients with other long term conditions.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in delivering health promotion projects
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and use of IT.
- Motivational Interviewing and coaching skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret information about health and well-being
- Ability to undertake needs assessment activity with communities.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of people about health and well-being.
- Ability to apply evidence-base knowledge into practice
- Ability to develop and maintain effective collaborative working.
- Ability to work in partnership with individuals and communities to improve health.
- Ability to plan, implement and review projects and work streams
- Ability to provide leadership for health improvement within projects, work streams and working groups.
- Ability to manage and evaluate own activities
- Ability to organise work under pressure and use your own initiative.
- Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rosanna Jones
- Job title
- Health Improvement Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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