Rehabilitation specialist

Rehabilitation Specialist

Bristol Hospital Part Time 18 hours per week

Competitive Salary depending on experience

Nuffield Health islargest healthcare charityin the UK made up of our award-winning hospitals fitness andwellbeing centres medical centres and workplacewellbeing the last 60 years Nuffield Healths experts have been working together to make the nation fitter healthier happier and stronger all for the public we do feeds into ourpurpose to build a healthier unique knowledge and expertise mean were ideally placed to supportindividuals requiring rehabilitation following illness or disease.

This role of Rehabilitation Specialistwill be to deliverNuffield HealthSocial ImpactProgrammes utilising the unique Nuffield Health pathway and championing the Charitable Purpose to Build a healthier nation. This role will play a crucial part in Nuffield Healths long-term vision for supporting people with long term conditions with tailored structured exercise programmes.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team the role will requirethe Rehabilitation Specialisttoundertake virtual and in person facilitation ofappropriate exercise programming for people with varying abilities & physical function offering emotional wellbeingsupportfacilitating individual and group learning around various topics and to promote positive behaviour change all aiding in an individuals recovery.

Essential qualifications

• Level 3 personal training or equivalent qualification required.
  • This is to become CIMSPA accredited which a requirement for public liability purposes to deliver exercise-based programmes.
  • Organisations such as BASRaT can also be accepted.

Desirable qualifications

• Degree in exercise science clinical exercise or similar is desirable but not required.
• Additional qualifications or CPD in fields such as BACPR cardiac training recovery management GP referral circuit training outdoor training or symptom/condition specific exercise management is useful but not necessary.

Essential experience

• IT literate comfortable using online applications including video conferencing software MS Office and experience with bespoke operational systems such as VITA is useful.
• Experience in working with patients/participants with at least 1 long-term condition and can discuss/evidence how they worked with these individual(s)

Desirable experience Experience not required but will make the launch of LTC at site smoother

• Experience delivering group exercise training.
• Experience delivering 1-2-1 training.
• Experience in MSK management particularly around rehab after MSK surgery similar to NHs recovery programme.