Healthy Lifestyle Coach - MHIST West

Job overview

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen to be a part of the Mental Health Intensive Support Service based in Chester.

This service provides specialist assessment, treatment, interventions & support, to help people recover from complex mental health problems & to regain the skills & confidence to live successfully in the community.

The role of Healthy Lifestyle Coach within the team will encompass working within the physical health pathway with patients within the community to promote healthy lifestyles to support them to achieve their goals.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 23/04/2026 and the proposed interview date is 08/05/2026

Main duties of the job

As a Healthy Lifestyle Coach you will be working alongside patients in the community rehabilitation team to assess their lifestyles and wellbeing, set goals for improving their health, agree action-plans, and provide practical support and information that will help people to change their behaviour. This will include promoting the benefits of being physically active and eating healthily, reducing alcohol intake, breastfeeding, practising safe sex, stopping smoking, etc.

The post holder will help people identify how their behaviours may be affecting their health and support individuals  to create a health plan.

This role will involve taking the lead in planning, organising and running the physical health clinic. This will include monitoring of parameters (e.g. BP, weight, height, BMI)bloods, ECGs in clinic and follow  up of outcomes and liaising with primary care and medical specialists as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!