• Job Description

  Req#: A2961-25-0014?language=en&page=98&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Enfield Unity PCN are looking for an enthusiastic & dedicated health coach to work with our Personalised Care Team, meeting the needs of local communities to reduce health and social inequalities.

  Main duties of the job

  • Support service users to develop healthier eating habits and learn about healthy balanced meals.
  • Promote and support weight loss, or prevent further excess weight gain, among service users living with overweight or obesity
  • Support service users to develop strategies and self-regulatory skills to overcome challenges and self-manage weight maintenance goals
  • Offer smoking cessation support
  • Plan and organise workload, this will include the management of a caseload of clients.
  • Deliver one to one or group stop support sessions, ensuring ease of access for clients from local communities.
  • Provide a high quality, efficient service throughout a diverse range of community settings.
  • Monitor outcomes of treatment programmes for their effectiveness.
  • The advisor may potentially be required to work with complex health needs in relation to behaviour change.
  • In partnership with the service coordinator and manager develop new service initiatives, based on periodic impact needs assessments.
  • Develop and maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
  • Ensure a commitment to own personal development by keeping up to date with research and best practice.
  • Attend team meetings and training as required.
  • To actively participate in promotional events.

  About us

  Enfield Unity PCN is comprised of 17 GP Practice sites across Enfield.

  Medicus Health Partners (MHP) is the lead practice for Unity PCN and will be the employing organisation. MHP is a super-partnership made up of 9 of the 17 PCN sites.

  The successful applicants will have access to the training & support offers of this large organisation.

  The successful applicants will be working closely with the PCN Personalised care Team, Clinical Directors and Clinical Leads.

  Details

  Date posted

  03 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £25,000 to £29,000 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  18 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  A2961-25-0014

  Job locations

  Carlton House Surgery

  28 Tenniswood Road

  Enfield

  Middlesex

  EN13LL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Motivate and empower patients to make behaviour changes around diet and physical activity as well as smoking cessation.

  2. Engage with patients and to provide lifestyle advise and support. This includes delivering basic health checks such as height/weight/BP. A personalised care plan is developed working with the patient, focusing on lifestyle.

  3. Provide a sensitive approach so that individuals accessing the service feel that they are in a safe space and facilitators offer a non-judgemental, empathetic and non-threatening environment.

  4.The service will include a minimum of three full-length consultations with the Healthy Lifestyle advisor (delivered either as a mixture of face-to-face or remote, depending on patient preference and service practicalities)

  5. Plan and organise workload, this will include the management of a caseload of clients.

  6. Deliver one to one telephone and face to face support sessions as well as group sessions on healthy lifestyle including stop smoking support sessions, ensuring ease of access for clients from local communities.

  7. Provide a high quality, efficient service throughout a diverse range of community settings.

  8. Manage conflict effectively either in a group setting or with individual clients.

  9. Monitor outcomes of treatment programmes for their effectiveness.

  10. The advisor may potentially be required to work with complex health needs in relation to behaviour change.

  11. In partnership with the service coordinator and manager develop new service initiatives, based on periodic impact needs assessments.

  12. Develop and maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

  13. Ensure a commitment to own personal development by keeping up to date with research and best practice.

  14. Attend team meetings and training as required.

  15. To actively participate in promotional events.

  16. Carry out any other duties that relate to this post.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Motivate and empower patients to make behaviour changes around diet and physical activity as well as smoking cessation.

  2. Engage with patients and to provide lifestyle advise and support. This includes delivering basic health checks such as height/weight/BP. A personalised care plan is developed working with the patient, focusing on lifestyle.

  3. Provide a sensitive approach so that individuals accessing the service feel that they are in a safe space and facilitators offer a non-judgemental, empathetic and non-threatening environment.

  4.The service will include a minimum of three full-length consultations with the Healthy Lifestyle advisor (delivered either as a mixture of face-to-face or remote, depending on patient preference and service practicalities)

  5. Plan and organise workload, this will include the management of a caseload of clients.

  6. Deliver one to one telephone and face to face support sessions as well as group sessions on healthy lifestyle including stop smoking support sessions, ensuring ease of access for clients from local communities.

  7. Provide a high quality, efficient service throughout a diverse range of community settings.

  8. Manage conflict effectively either in a group setting or with individual clients.

  9. Monitor outcomes of treatment programmes for their effectiveness.

  10. The advisor may potentially be required to work with complex health needs in relation to behaviour change.

  11. In partnership with the service coordinator and manager develop new service initiatives, based on periodic impact needs assessments.

  12. Develop and maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

  13. Ensure a commitment to own personal development by keeping up to date with research and best practice.

  14. Attend team meetings and training as required.

  15. To actively participate in promotional events.

  16. Carry out any other duties that relate to this post.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of behaviour change models.
  • Knowledge of the problems experienced by socially disadvantaged sectors of the community.
  • An understanding of the impact of obesity and smoking on health.
  • Knowledge of dietary approaches represented by the Eatwell Guide.
  • Knowledge of up to date and relevant recommendations on physical activity levels and reducing sedentary behaviour.
  • Working knowledge of the issues related to information governance and the need for confidentiality and how to maintain it.
  • Working knowledge regarding safeguarding processes and policies.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent time management and organisation skills.
  • The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • The commitment to provide an efficient and effective service.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft and Competent IT skills.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of stop smoking and tobacco control policies

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • A level or equivalent qualification
  • Qualified in health coaching or equivalent
  • Knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviour change as a specialist field acquired through relevant experience or further education background

  Desirable

  • Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
  • Completed Care Certificate
  • Certified NCSCT Practitioner
  • Qualified in nutrition

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in an environment that promotes behaviour change
  • Experience of working with clients from a variety of social and cultural background
  • Enthusiastic and self- motivated

  Desirable

  • The ability to adopt a flexible working pattern
  • Experience of working in GP Practice
  • Experience with Emis Web

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of behaviour change models.
  • Knowledge of the problems experienced by socially disadvantaged sectors of the community.
  • An understanding of the impact of obesity and smoking on health.
  • Knowledge of dietary approaches represented by the Eatwell Guide.
  • Knowledge of up to date and relevant recommendations on physical activity levels and reducing sedentary behaviour.
  • Working knowledge of the issues related to information governance and the need for confidentiality and how to maintain it.
  • Working knowledge regarding safeguarding processes and policies.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent time management and organisation skills.
  • The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • The commitment to provide an efficient and effective service.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft and Competent IT skills.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of stop smoking and tobacco control policies

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • A level or equivalent qualification
  • Qualified in health coaching or equivalent
  • Knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviour change as a specialist field acquired through relevant experience or further education background

  Desirable

  • Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
  • Completed Care Certificate
  • Certified NCSCT Practitioner
  • Qualified in nutrition

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in an environment that promotes behaviour change
  • Experience of working with clients from a variety of social and cultural background
  • Enthusiastic and self- motivated

  Desirable

  • The ability to adopt a flexible working pattern
  • Experience of working in GP Practice
  • Experience with Emis Web

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Medicus Health Partners

  Address

  Carlton House Surgery

  28 Tenniswood Road

  Enfield

  Middlesex

  EN13LL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.medicushealthpartners.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Medicus Health Partners

  Address

  Carlton House Surgery

  28 Tenniswood Road

  Enfield

  Middlesex

  EN13LL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.medicushealthpartners.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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