Band 5 Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI)

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services); Oakham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government health service seeks a dedicated Band 5 Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor to provide high-standard rehabilitation at the Primary Care Rehabilitation Centre. This dual-role position involves 22.5 hours at RAF Wittering and 15 hours at Kendrew Barracks, focusing on exercise-based rehabilitation and patient care. The role is full-time, offering the opportunity for part-time job-sharing arrangements. Excellent benefits such as free parking and a supportive work culture are included.

Benefits

Free parking

Inclusive working culture

On-site shop

Pay as you dine facilities

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate required skills, knowledge, and experience in exercise rehabilitation.
• Registered with relevant professional body prior to application.
• Full Graduate Membership of BASRaT or equivalent is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical assessments and implement exercise treatment schedules.
• Communicate effectively with patients for informed consent.
• Maintain records of treatments and patient progress.

Skills

Exercise rehabilitation

Clinical assessment

Strong communication

Education

BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation

Bachelor of Health Sciences/BSc in Physiotherapy

Job description

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 5 Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI)

The closing date is 22 December 2025

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 5 Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming teams at the Primary Care Rehabilitation Centre (PCRF) Wittering and PCRF Kendrew Barracks.

The vacant post is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week. Part‑time applications are welcome; however, due to service delivery requirements, any part‑time arrangement must be on a job‑share basis to ensure full‑time coverage.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

• Free parking
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Pay as you dine facilities
• On‑site shop

Main duties of the job

This is a new position with a dual workplace, the incumbent will be primarily employed at RAF Wittering:

The role will be divided on a 60/40 split:

• 22.5 hours at RAF Wittering (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
• 15 hours at Kendrew Barracks (Thursday and Friday)

Working hours will fall within the PCRF opening times:

• Monday–Thursday: 08:00–17:00
• Friday: 08:00–15:00

The successful candidate will provide a high standard of exercise‑based rehabilitation including highly specialist work in the musculo‑skeletal/sports and training injury area for the population at risk (PAR), meeting Standards for Better Health by using a multidisciplinary approach.

You will provide a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high quality professional service. And provide full support to the line manager in ensuring the provision of a comprehensive and professional rehabilitation service for entitled personnel.

About us

Our success depends on our people. Our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Performing appropriate clinical assessments and design and implement safe and progressive exercise treatment schedules for all patients after the Medical Officer/Physiotherapist/Clinical Team Manager/ Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC only) has made a diagnosis.
• Communicating effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential.
• The Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) keeps a record of all specific treatments given and the individual patients progression/regression in respect of such treatments on Defence Medical Information Capability Program (DMICP) in accordance with the Standards of Proficiency to Practice (SPP). The ERI reports any findings to the Medical Officer or Physiotherapist.
• Developing and maintaining their own personal service, and professional standards to the highest attainable levels.
• Providing clinical reports to assist in the comprehensive discharge planning for both referring source and ongoing patient care under other health professionals.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews are planned for 8th January 2026.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

CV:

• Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
• Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
• To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment

The interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation‑based scenarios.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Further Information

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6‑month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points‑based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points‑based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non‑Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question— you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.
• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Behaviour Statement

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc (Hons)) in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation or Sports Therapy.
• OR
• Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc)/Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physiotherapy.

Registrations and Memberships

• Full Graduate Membership of the British Association of Sports Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT).
• OR
• Ex‑military Exercise Rehabilitation Instructors (ERIs) who have completed the JSSERI Remedial Instructors course.
• OR
• Qualified physiotherapist registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Primary Care Rehabilitation Centre (PCRF) Wittering

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0530

Job locations

Primary Care Rehabilitation Centre (PCRF) Wittering