Diabetes Health and Wellbeing Coach

Health coaching is a partnership between health and care practitioners and people. It guides and prompts people to change their behavior, so they can make healthcare choices based on what matters to them. It also encourages them to become more active in their health and care.

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 utilize community support offers. They may also provide access to self-management education, peer support, and social prescribing. You will work with patients holistically, considering the whole person. Your role and skills will support and encourage the prevention of developing further illness, or the deterioration of existing long-term conditions.

To provide World Class Care in line with Royal Free Values and behaviors.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement their personalized health and care plan.
• Support services to deliver group education and support with self-management peer groups and other activities to engage patients to manage their health and wellbeing.
• Provide personalized support to individuals, their families and carers to ensure that they are active participants in their own healthcare; empowering them to take more control in managing their own health and physical wellbeing, to live independently, and improve their health outcomes through joint care planning.
• Assist with signposting patient and carers to the appropriate health, mental and social care services within the community.
• Assist patients in building community resilience and make informed decisions and choices when their health changes.
• Help to identify gaps and develop resources for individuals, such as peer support groups and provide interventions such as self-management and education.
• Supporting people to establish and attain goals set by identifying what is important to them, documenting and producing a patient centered joint care plan.