Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Nuffield Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. You will perform clinical exercise testing, conduct assessments, and manage exercise programs for patients recovering from cardiac issues. Essential qualifications include registration with the AHCS and experience in health coaching and chronic disease management. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £46,500 and a full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience in providing tailored exercise programs for cardiovascular disease.
• Experience of working in the healthcare and/or clinical setting.
• Experience of health coaching/behavior change support.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical exercise testing and risk stratification.
• Conduct patient assessments and functional capacity testing.
• Lead small group and individual exercise training sessions.

Skills

Health coaching

Clinical exercise prescription

Chronic disease management

Group rehabilitation classes

Independent patient assessment

Education

Registration with the AHCS

Job description

Clinical Exercise Physiologist

St Bartholomew's Hospital | Physiology | Permanent | Full time |

Up to £46,500 (dependent on experience)

37.5 hours per week

The successful candidate will be able to use scientific rationale to perform 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 independently in conducting patient assessments, functional capacity testing, as well as leading on the delivery of small group and individual exercise training and health education sessions.

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.

About the person

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with experience of providing individual and group tailored exercise programmes for those with cardiovascular disease.

It will be essential to have:

• Registration with the AHCS as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (via the MSc or equivalence route)

• Experience of working in the healthcare and/or clinical setting

• Experience of health coaching / behaviour change support

• Clinical exercise prescription

• Experience of running group rehabilitation classes

• Chronic disease management

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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. 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 what's important to you

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