About This Role
Helping people manage their health and wellbeing is the core of this Health Coach role, which is part of the innovative Te Tumu Waiora programme. This new role is diverse and fulfilling, empowering people to gain the knowledge, skills, and self-confidence to reach their health goals, especially Māori, Pacific, and youth. You will be based at the heart of primary care in North Auckland Practice clinics.
Responsibilities
- Support whaiora to manage their health and wellbeing
- Empower people to reach their own health and wellbeing goals
- Help with lifestyle changes (smoking cessation, exercise)
- Promote self-management (especially for managing long-term conditions like diabetes)
- Help navigate primary care and wider social services
- Support whaiora/whānau/groups to manage long-term conditions and/or lifestyle challenges
- Consistently work within scope and systematically follow the steps within the Health Coach model
- Work between multiple clinic locations across South Auckland
- Set up and run groups for patients enrolled in general practice (e.g., walking groups, diabetes groups)
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, and other Te Tumu Waiora team members (Health Improvement Practitioner and Community Support Worker) in your clinic context
- Enter clinical notes into the Patient Management System in a timely manner
Requirements
- Self-motivated, independent, and enjoy working as part of a team dedicated to improving people's health and wellbeing (including individual patients, whānau, and group consults)
- Desire to support whaiora and whānau to improve their health and wellbeing within general practice
- Excellent communication skills and a positive can-do attitude
- Resilient, flexible, organised, and able to create relationships with people from all walks of life
- Understanding and sensitivity to working with all cultures
- Good typing/IT skills
- Working rights in New Zealand (Citizen or Resident)
Nice to have:
- Certified Health Coach (Te Pou trained) or experience as a peer support worker, volunteer, or lived experience supporting a whānau member with a long-term condition such as diabetes
Benefits
- Specialised training and support provided
Important Details
- Employment type: various permanent part-time roles available; minimum FTE is 0.6
Application Process
- Complete the registration process via the apply link (no emailed applications will be accepted)
About the Company
ProCare Fresh Minds has opportunities for Health Coaches in the North Auckland area. The company is dedicated to reducing inequities and barriers to accessing services within primary care, to empower people to lead their own physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
