Health Coach - North Auckland General Advert

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Are you passionate about supporting whaiora to manage their health and wellbeing?

ProCare Fresh Minds has exciting opportunities for someone wanting a career as a Health Coach in the North Auckland area.

We are looking for candidates who are keen and passionate about supporting people within their community. Whether you are someone who is looking to build a career or you are already a trained/certified Health Coach, we'd love to hear from you!

You would be based at the heart of primary care in North Auckland Practice clinics, where your role is all about empowering people to reach their own health and wellbeing goals. This is a diverse and fulfilling new role that empowers whaiora and whānau to gain the knowledge, skills and self-confidence to reach their own health and wellbeing goals.

This includes lifestyle changes (smoking cessation, exercise); promoting self-management (especially for managing long-term conditions like diabetes); and helping navigate primary care and the wider social services they need to help them succeed.

This Health Coach role is part of the innovative programme, Te Tumu Waiora:

Exciting and fulfilling role - focused on improving the health and wellbeing of our Auckland Whānau, especially Māori, Pacific, and youth.

Relationship-centred - Integrated within a general practice clinic and connected to a national rollout.

Supporting whaiora/whānau/groups to manage their long-term conditions and/or lifestyle challenges.

Specialised training and support provided.

Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Various Permanent Part-time roles available; minimum FTE is 0.6.

About you:

* You need to be self-motivated, independent, and enjoy working as part of a team dedicated to improving people's health and wellbeing (this includes individual patients, whānau and group consults).

You do not need a degree for this role; however, you must have a desire to support whaiora and whānau to improve their health and wellbeing within general practice.

Have excellent communication skills and a positive can-do attitude.

* Can consistently work within scope and systematically follow the steps within the Health Coach model (specialised training provided).

Flexibility to work between multiple clinic locations across the South Auckland.

Are keen to set up and run groups for patients enrolled in the general practice e.g. walking groups, diabetes groups etc (support provided).

Are confident to work collaboratively with GPs and nurses and other Te Tumu Waiora team members (Health Improvement Practitioner and Community Support Worker) in your clinic context.

Will need to be resilient, flexible, organised and able to create relationships with people from all walks of life.

Have an understanding and sensitivity to working with all cultures.

Will have good typing/IT skills as you will be required to enter clinical notes into the Patient Management System in a timely manner.

This role may suit someone who is a *certified Health Coach (Te Pou trained) or has been a peer support worker, volunteer, and has lived experience supporting a whānau member* with a long-term condition such as diabetes.

Working as a Health Coach offers a busy but incredibly rewarding environment, whereby you will tangibly get to see the difference and positive impacts that you can have on people's lives. Full specialist training and support will be provided for all successful applicants. You can learn more about these roles at www.tetumuwaiora.co.nz.

The way in which we support the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders is evolving and changing, for the better. With the government's commitment to the national rollout of the Te Tumu Waiora programme, a huge emphasis is placed on reducing inequities and barriers to accessing services within primary care, to empower people to lead their own physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.

How to apply?

If this sounds like something you are looking for, please click the "apply" button and complete the registration process via the link. Please note that no emailed applications will be accepted; you need to apply online.

If you would like to find out more details about the role, reach out to Lee at [email protected].

Only individuals with working rights in New Zealand will be considered for the selection process; you will need to be a Citizen or Resident.

Please, no agency enquiries

ProCare is an equal-opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, backgrounds, and experiences.