Health and Wellbeing Coach - West Somerset Primary Care Network
£13 – £16 / hour
Salary
As advertised by the employer
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Going rate
Occupation not currently eligible
This role may not meet Skilled Worker requirements
SOC 3219 is not currently on the eligible-occupation list, so a Skilled Worker visa is unlikely here. Check the occupation eligibility rules and confirm with the employer.
Worth checking: this could also be SOC 2229 (Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified), which is on the eligible-occupation list. Ask Symphony Healthcare Services Limited what the duties actually are.
About the role
Symphony Healthcare Services are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionateHealth and Wellbeing Coach to join West Somerset Primary Care Network, supporting patients across our four member GP practices and wider West Somerset communities.
This is a predominantly patient-facing practitioner role. The postholder will deliver a regular programme of individual coaching appointments, reviews and, where appropriate, group sessions; manage an active caseload; and use appointment capacity effectively.
This job role is a permanent contract, with the option to work between 30 and 37.5 hours per week.
The pay rate is from £13.27 per hour, up to £16 per hour, DOE.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st November 2026.
Job description
The successful candidate will be compassionate, reflective and self-aware, with a genuine passion for supporting people to improve their health and wellbeing. They will enjoy working with people from diverse backgrounds and recognise the strengths, skills and potential that exist within every individual and community.
You will be required to provide structured, person-centred coaching through face-to-face, telephone and digital appointments, selecting the format according to patient need, accessibility and service arrangements.
You will receive and respond to referrals through agreed PCN pathways, clarify suitability for health coaching and prioritise according to patient need, risk and service criteria, as well as maintaining an active, appropriately sized caseload with clear goals, planned follow-up intervals and timely discharge or onward referral when coaching objectives have been met or the intervention is no longer appropriate.
To learn more about this role, please read our Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to complete a Personalised Care Institute (PCI) accredited Health and Wellbeing Coach training programme if not already qualified.
Desirable
- Coaching, counselling or other relevant qualifications demonstrating reflective listening and behaviour change skills.
- Training in Green Social Prescribing or Nature-Based Health and Wellbeing.
- Walking Group Leader, Lowland Leader or equivalent outdoor qualification
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of using coaching approaches, motivational interviewing or other behaviour change techniques.
- Experience of working within health, social care, community development or voluntary sector settings.
- Experience of facilitating one-to-one and group interventions.
- Experience of successful partnership working across statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations.
- Experience of networking and developing collaborative relationships.
- Experience of delivering or supporting Green Social Prescribing or nature-based health interventions.
- Experience of working in rural communities.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate behaviour change skills
- Skilled in active and reflective listening, building trust and rapport quickly
- Understanding of dynamic risk assessment and safe practice in outdoor environments
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, act decisively and ask for help when needed
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and digital skills
Desirable
- Understanding of personalised care and supported self-management
- Understanding of the evidence supporting nature-based approaches to improving health and wellbeing
About the employer
Established in 2016, Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) provides NHS primary care provision across 21 sites within Somerset, linked to 14 general practice contracts. The organisation cares for approximately 132,000 patients and employs around 600 staff.
Symphony is a subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and manages its services through the support of a central team (including HR, finance, corporate and operational governance).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Specifically, our vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable, high quality general practice, collaborating with our communities to improve experiences and health outcomes. We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance, and transform our services for the benefit of patients and staff.
Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony is committed to equality opportunity for all.
Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).
We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Symphony Healthcare Services Limited, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified (SOC 3219) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay- Median £29,016
ONS publishes no quartiles for this occupation, so the shaded band is a rough guide.
This role's pay (£13 – £16 / hour) isn't directly comparable to the annual national figures above.
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