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Health and Wellness Coach
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 117 days ago
About the Role
The Health and Wellness Coach provides services to Veterans seeking self-directed, lasting changes aligned with their values. They work with individuals on identifying their motivation for change, determining goals for their work together, developing sustainable action steps toward achieving their short and long-term goals, implementing action plans, and assessing progress in order to adjust plans as necessary.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties for this position may include (but are not limited to): Provides health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and inpatient settings using multiple formats (face-to-face, telephone, virtual, etc.) to increase/promote a positive lifestyle, habits, and behaviors.
- →Support Veterans in fostering internal strengths and external resources to develop self-directed strategies for personalized, sustainable, healthy lifestyle behavior changes and more effectively manage chronic disease.
- →Collaborates with interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and teams throughout the VA health care system in a Veteran-centered process to facilitate and empower Veterans to develop and achieve self-determining goals related to health and well-being that align with what matters most and their mission, aspiration, or purpose.
- →Utilizes motivational interviewing, coaching theories, and coaching techniques to assist clients in accomplishing their action steps and goals.
- →Provides education around health and wellness coaching services, evidence, and research.
- →Follow national Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation guidance and VHA policy relevant to health and wellness coaching.
- →Utilizes a coaching process model that aligns with NBHWC standards.
- →Ensures Veterans are informed of what to expect when engaging in coaching.
- →Connects Veterans with well-being services when they are in service of the Veteran's self-identified wellness goals.
- →Documents coaching encounters in alignment with local and national guidance.
- →The incumbent works under the general supervision of a Supervisory Health and Wellness Coach (or designee when appropriate), who establishes objectives and department priorities.
- →Performs other assigned duties as necessary.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: GS7 - 99326S; GS9 - 99325S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 64bf8358-7d91-4ff5-a006-ae5306895c7b
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