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Job summary

Main area
Perioperative Pathways
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-7716870PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Health and Wellbeing Coach

NHS AfC: Band 4

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Band 4 Health and Wellbeing Coach

Health and Wellbeing Coaches take an approach that considers the whole person in addressing existing issues and encourages proactive prevention of new and existing illnesses. 

They use an approach that is non-judgemental, based on strong communication and negotiation skills, which supports personal choice and positive risk taking, addresses potential consequences and ensures patients understand the accountability of their own decisions, making the patient at the centre of every conversation.

Main duties of the job

As a Health and Wellbeing Coach, you will utilise your health coaching skills to support people on the surgical waiting list, to become optimised for surgery - this will include, but not limited, to stopping smoking, reducing BMI, reducing alcohol consumption, managing long term conditions (diabetes and hypertension) and increasing activity levels.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions.

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate.

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live.

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. 

We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Coach and motivate patients through multiple sessions to identify their needs, set goals, and support them to implement a personalise plan.
  • Provide personalised support to individuals to ensure that they are active participants in their own healthcare journey; empowering them to take more control / active role in managing their own health and wellbeing and improve their health outcomes.
  • Providing interventions.
  • Build and maintain relationships with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers.
  • Working with local community groups, other health, social care, and voluntary sector providers to connect patients to community-based services.
  • Supporting people to establish and attain goals set by the person based on what is important to them.
  • Working across the perioperative pathway to deliver specific health advice, where appropriate.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to A level / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge of healthcare settings acquired through training and experience.
Desirable criteria
  • Training in motivational interviewing / coaching.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of dealing with complex patients including patients in a sensitive or heighten emotional state.
  • Experience of dealing with highly complex/sensitive issues.
  • Experience of working in health organisations.
  • Understands importance of, and has experience in, stakeholder management and engagement including communication planning.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Collis
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 6546
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