Health and Wellbeing Coach - West Somerset Primary Care Network

Symphony Healthcare Services are recruiting for aHealth and Wellbeing Coach to join West Somerset Primary Care Network, supporting patients across our four member GP practices and wider West Somerset communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people's lives, helping them take greater control of their health and wellbeing, build confidence and make positive, sustainable changes. You will be supported to undertake the Undertake the Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship, including associated training, learning and assessments, to develop the knowledge and skills required for the role., This is a varied, hands-on and predominantly patient-facing role, providing personalised one-to-one health and wellbeing coaching to individuals across West Somerset.

You will work with people experiencing a wide range of challenges, including long-term health conditions, social isolation, low confidence and difficulties managing their physical or emotional wellbeing. Using a person-centred, strengths-based approach, you will empower individuals to make meaningful changes that improve their independence and quality of life.

You will manage an active patient caseload, delivering regular coaching appointments and supporting people to identify what matters to them, set achievable goals, overcome barriers and develop the confidence and skills to manage their own health and wellbeing.

Established in 2016, Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) provides NHS primary care provision across 21 sites within Somerset, linked to 14 general practice contracts. The organisation cares for approximately 132,000 patients and employs around 600 staff.

Symphony is a subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and manages its services through the support of a central team (including HR, finance, corporate and operational governance).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Specifically, our vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable, high quality general practice, collaborating with our communities to improve experiences and health outcomes. We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance, and transform our services for the benefit of patients and staff.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony is committed to equality opportunity for all.

Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).

This job role is a permanent contract, with the option to work between 30 and 37.5 hours per week.

The pay rate varies from £13.27 to £16 per hour, depending on experience.