Health Coach, Primary Care Network Specialist

2 months ago

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Health Coach to join our Primary Care Network team at Fraser Health. As a Health Coach, you will play a critical role in supporting clients at risk for developing chronic disease or in the early stages of chronic disease by making realistic and maintainable lifestyle behavioral modifications.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support clients through the creation and implementation of personalized plans by utilizing approaches such as a stepped care approach focusing on improvements in lifestyle management behaviors and the setting of SMALL (specific, measurable, action-oriented, linked-to-your-life and long-term) goals.
  • Provide health education to the client/family/caregiver to increase their knowledge of the client's health status; promote/enhance the client's health status by teaching procedures appropriate for their care needs.
  • Liaise and collaborate with internal and external providers including community resources to support the development, evaluation and enhancement of current health education programs - focusing on primary prevention and chronic disease management strategies - for clients within the Primary Care Network utilizing traditional and progressive training practices.
  • Develop informational materials and participate in staff education programs, as required.
  • Provide lifestyle coaching to clients based on the Small Changes health behaviour change model by utilizing motivational interviewing techniques to address specific behavioural problems including, but not limited to, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, depressive and/or distressed symptom.
  • Collaborate with other primary care clinicians such as Social Workers, Physiotherapists, Dietitians, and Aboriginal Liaisons to develop and/or provide services such as specific wellness interventions, nutritional monitoring and goal setting, social support and system navigation, including connecting clients with resources specific for Indigenous Populations.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Science in Food, Nutrition, and Health or other relevant health-related discipline.
  • One year of recent, related experience in providing lifestyle coaching in community and primary care environments, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Demonstrated skills in lifestyle assessment and in developing, implementing and evaluating lifestyle management programs.
  • Ability to provide individual small-lifestyle change coaching.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in community and primary care environments.
  • Ability to develop, implement and evaluate health educational programs.
  • Ability to work with a culturally diverse population including working knowledge of First Nations, Metis and Inuit health, culture and traditions.
  • Knowledge of community resources and programs including ability to integrate the needs of the clients with existing resources.
  • Knowledge of primary prevention and chronic disease management strategies.
  • Ability to model, instruct and teach life skills.
  • Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team-based environment.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to assist clients to access online tools, resources and platforms.
  • Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.

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