Health Coach - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Primary Care Sheffield

Primary Care Sheffield

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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1.About us - Primary Care Sheffield Primary Care Sheffield is a GP led organisation. Our members are 79 GP surgeries covering more than 500,000 patients in Sheffield.

We provide a range of services both for patients and general practices, including:

providing a unified voice for primary care and its future development within the health and social care system providing education, support and referral guidance to GP practices for 7 outpatient department specialities providing evening and weekend appointments, 52 weeks of the year, with GPs and practice nurses at six sites around the city directly running 7 GP practices, through 5 APMS and 2 GMS contracts, in partnership with Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust supporting and engaging the general practices in the city to work together in local groups.

We work in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations, including NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield City Council and NHS England.

Our Values Our vision and aspiration is that by working together and working in more flexible and innovative ways, we can not only deliver improved access for patients but also improve our working lives. Our values We are a GP led organisation that, whilst engaging with the wider health and social care economy, is primary care centred. We are committed to high quality, patient-centred care recognising the importance of the patient voice and of involving patients in the development of services. We view General Practice as the cornerstone of patient care and are committed to ensuring that practices have the resources needed to fulfil this role.

We align our business interests with those of our member practices. We are committed to delivering a strong, unified voice whilst also recognising the importance of protecting and supporting localities.

We seek to capitalise on the independent provider status of General Practice, making the most of the responsiveness that this offers to innovate and transform care delivery.

We are committed to a social purpose with any surplus being reinvested into General Practice for the benefit of patient care.

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Post Details Job Title:

PCMH Health coach Remuneration: Band B Accountable to: LD/SMI Lead Nurse Line management : Operations Manager Hours of working: Various up to Organisation Sheffields Primary and Community Mental Health service is delivered in partnership between: Sheffield Health and Social Care FT Primary Care Sheffield Ltd MIND These parties have agreed to work together in improving the health and wellbeing of Sheffield residents with mental health conditions, through the delivery of transformative mental health care.

Job Purpose To contribute to improving health and reducing diseases associated with lifestyle,by supporting people to develop healthier behavioursand contributing to delivery of the service aims and standards in line with national and Primary and Community Mental Health Transformation (PCMHT) programme priorities.

Where appropriate focussing on the wider determinants of health and facilitating access to community based support to help people self-care and address issues of loneliness and isolation.

Identifying and making contact with patients to encourage uptake of NHS physical health checks. Completing physical health checks including drawing blood from patients.

Working with a defined population using behaviour change techniques with individuals and groups to empower them to identify, make, and sustain positive lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team and with partners to support individuals to improve their physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing by coaching individuals and groups to identify and initiate opportunities for change Using the principles of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) supporting individuals to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing and supporting them in initiating and sustaining appropriate behavioural changes to improve their physical, emotional and social wellbeing Work with the wider system to ensure a co-ordinated approach to care and support planning across primary care, secondary care, and community settings Helping people to find and use the right services to support health improvement. Identifying new referral pathways and strengthening existing ones into the health trainer service To work with city wide physical health check strategies to undertake capacity building work. Recording and reporting activities and results Acts within standard operating procedures Able to work independently within role boundaries and under the management and guidance of the line manager and wider team Communications and Relationships Recording and reporting activities and results Exchan