Advanced Exercise and Rehabilitation Instructor | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based healthcare provider is seeking a dynamic individual to join the Cancer Therapy Team. This role focuses on providing tailored exercise interventions for cancer patients, managing individual caseloads, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills, along with a passion for supporting individuals through their rehabilitation journey. Experience in cancer rehabilitation or related fields is preferred. This position requires flexibility and teamwork to enhance patient care and promote health.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people affected by cancer or willingness to learn.
• Ability to devise individual patient care plans.
• Experience in leading exercise sessions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in exercise interventions for cancer patients.
• Provide tailored advice and support to patients on physical activity.
• Manage your own patient caseload effectively.
• Promote physical activity pathways during patient care.
• Contribute to team projects and service development.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Information technology skills

Motivational interviewing skills

Job description

The cancer physiotherapy team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust are calling for a dynamic, and motivated individual, looking for an opportunity to join our Cancer Therapy Team working within the award‑winning Guy’s Cancer Centre.

One opportunity exists for an experienced personal trainer, or Band 3 or 4 rehabilitation instructors, looking to develop their skills in cancer rehabilitation and work in an outpatient team.

Applicants would ideally have previous experience of working with people with cancer or a strong desire to do so. The applicants would be providing person‑centred assessments and intervention to cancer patients throughout their treatment pathway from prehabilitation to rehabilitation. Successful applicants will be involved in leading one‑to‑one and group exercise sessions, delivering these either remotely or in‑person, as well as carrying out administrative tasks to support the team. The post holders will be required to support service developments and show flexibility when adapting to and leading change. Excellent communication, organisational and information technology skills are essential for the roles.

Key responsibilities include:

• To lead and participate in physical activity and exercise interventions either face to face, by telephone or over virtual platforms, in 1:1 or group formats, for patients with a cancer diagnosis awaiting treatment (prehabilitation), currently receiving treatment or following treatment.
• To provide individualised advice, information and support using motivational interviewing skills based on risk assessment and patient choice to support patients to become more physically active. This will involve devising individual patient care plans including screening, onward referral, information delivery, goal setting, and identification of barriers, coping strategies and plans for monitoring.
• You will be expected to carry your own caseload of patients and you will have access to a well‑equipped gym, with a wide variety of machines, free weights and equipment to enable you to deliver tailored exercise interventions.
• To promote the Guy’s Cancer physical activity pathway, and to be a participant in health promotion during all stages of patient care.
• To participate in team projects, service development and in‑house training.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best‑known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

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This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025.