Rehabilitation Specialist

Rehabilitation Specialist

Sunbury FWC Fitness Permanent Part time

Up to £29,841.77 pro rata depending on experience

15 hours per week

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

We are looking for a Rehabilitation Specialist to help us build a healthier nation at our club. You will deliver Nuffield Health Rehabilitation Programmes using the unique Nuffield Health pathway, championing the Charitable Purpose. This role will play a crucial part in Nuffield's long term vision for clinical rehabilitation and will require remote (digital) and in person facilitation of exercise, emotional wellbeing support, healthy eating and goal setting to aid participants' recovery. The pathway will involve weekly 1 to 1s, group exercise classes (virtual and in person), and promote goal setting and self directed activity.

You will demonstrate leadership and influencing skills, be a good communicator, organised and self motivated. You will work collaboratively onsite, centrally and with our Charity team and our beneficiaries. You will need excellent IT skills and hold a Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification, which is essential. Ideally you will have previous experience as a Rehabilitation Specialist and an understanding of rehabilitation. A Bsc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation is desired but not essential.

• Organise and run a series of rolling 12 week rehabilitation programmes.
• Facilitate and deliver both live stream and in person group exercise classes to people with varying degrees of ability and physical function.
• Promote self directed activity using pre recorded on demand classes and a journal to aid participants in self managing their condition after the 12 week programme.
• Re calibrate exercises and intensities based on regular improvements demonstrated by changes in effort and performance.
• Identify any deterioration of participants and follow internal escalation processes, ensuring reporting within a specific timeframe and accurate outcome data capture to support our Charitable Purpose and track participant progress.
• Engage in weekly 1 to 1 telephone conversations with each participant to offer coaching in goal setting, understanding restrictions, monitoring progress, providing emotional wellbeing support, and empowering self directed activity.

• Problem solving and diagnostic skills
• Organisational ability
• Effective decision making skills
• Time and resource management
• Experience working with vulnerable adults
• Qualifications showing good English and number skills

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. 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 what's important to you.