Associate Exercise Physiologist

Associate Exercise Physiologist

St Bartholomews Hospital Physiology Permanent Full time

Up to 35000 depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

The successful candidate will work under the direction of senior members of the team to conduct clinical exercise testing risk stratification exercise prescription physical activity counselling exercise supervision and health education/promotion to assist in the recovery from illness and prevent or manage chronic disease. You will work under the direction of senior members of the team in conducting patient assessments functional capacity testing as well as leading the delivery of small group and individual exercise training and health education sessions.

Whilst working within your scope of practice you will work alongside other members of the MDT to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyle change for patients who have had a cardiac diagnosis surgery or procedure or are undergoing cancer treatment. You will provide supervision and line management for more junior members of the team. You will work to maintain excellent relationships with all stakeholders including cancer and cardiac care leads consultants and clinical nurse specialists.

You will be expected to manage and prioritise a patient caseload. You will have the opportunity to contribute to service development and quality improvement. You willhelp support some operational and clinical governance requirements of the department.

About the person

We are seeking a highly motivated exercise professionalwith experience of working in a clinical setting. The ideal candidate would have experience of cardiac and/or cancer rehabilitation. This role would suit an individual who has aspirations to be an AHCS registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist and is keen to gain further skills knowledge and experience.

You should have a proven ability to work effectively in a team and have excellent communication and time management skills.

• BSc Sports and Exercise or Science or health-related Science degree or equivalent (minimum 2:2)

It will be desirable to have:

• BASES Certified Exercise Practitioner/ BASES Accredited Sports and Exercise Scientist or working towards

• Level 4 BACPR cardiac rehabilitation exercise instructor qualification

• Level 4 qualification in cancer and exercise rehabilitation(CIMSPA recognised)

• Experience working in a hospital setting

• Experience of running group rehabilitation classes

• Clinical exercise prescription

• Chronic disease management

• Public health experience

• Post-graduate qualifications in a health-related discipline

• AHCS accredited clinical exercise physiology masters or working towards.

Candidates must be computer literate as we will be using an electronic patient record system

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We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and fitness wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.

Nuffield Health Barts Hospital

Weve opened the doors to Nuffield Health at St Bartholomews Hospital: The City of Londons only independent hospital situated next to St Bartholomews NHS hospital. This is our flagship center for cardiac services and will also provide a full range of surgical and medical services including: orthopaedics oncology general surgery genecology and urology services.

Our hospital consists of 55 beds including 7 Specialist intensive care beds four of the most advanced digital operating theatres and Endoscopy and minor ops theatre. With 28 consultation rooms. Cardiac catheterisation lab Oncology Day unit and full diagnostic imaging suite including MRI CT ultrasound mammography and general X-ray.

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