Health and Wellbeing Coach

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will work in the Bristol community providing Health and lifestyle coaching and care co-ordination within their areas. This will include:

• Independently running health & wellbeing workshops/exercise classes in a group, face to face and in a virtual setting to NHS service users experiencing mental wellbeing difficulties, who may also experience long term health conditions.
• Independently conducting health & lifestyle initial appointments and 1-1 sessions via telephone. The Healthy Living Healthy Minds programme aims to help improve service user’s wellbeing by focusing on improving lifestyle factors, such as physical activity levels and healthier eating. Thus, in-depth coaching sessions are important to address the causes and barriers to improving lifestyle.
• Contributing to the Healthy Living Healthy Minds programme development and assisting in producing resources.

Have any questions about the role? Please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk with the subject line Health and Wellbeing Coach.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Minimum level 3 accredited qualification (such as REPs or CIMSPA) on exercise instruction
• Level 3 Exercise Referral
• Experience of delivering face-to-face or virtual exercise classes
• Experience of working individually and within a team
• Ability to encourage behavioural changes, and design individualised health & wellbeing plans
• Sound Health and Wellbeing knowledge including exercise and nutrition
• Experience of working with people experiencing mental wellbeing difficulties
• Basic knowledge of the Talking Therapies mental health service
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office
• Adept in time management and prioritisation
• Friendly and approachable with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• An awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion
• Willingness to travel, which may include overnight stays on occasion, as and when required
• Willingness to work 1 evening per week according to service need

Desirable:

• Prior NHS or healthcare setting experience
• Certificate / diploma in behavioural change, personal coaching, or motivational interviewing
• Recognized qualification in exercise class instruction

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.  We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/

To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.  To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks.

We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.
• Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to Health and Wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will arrange.

VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. 

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months. 

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.

Vita Health Group

Attached documents

• Health and Wellbeing Coach JD BNSSG.docx