Fitness Instructor

Ygam; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Cancer Research is seeking a dedicated Fitness Instructor to deliver the Active Together programme in Hull. You will lead exercise classes and develop tailored plans for adults with cancer, working within a multidisciplinary team to support rehabilitation and improve quality of life.

The role focuses on safe, evidence-based exercise delivery, patient engagement, and collaboration with health professionals to ensure appropriate referrals and ongoing evaluation of outcomes.

Qualifications

• CIMSPA Level 3 GP Referral qualification is essential.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Experience delivering safe, effective exercise classes for adults with cancer.
• Experience with risk assessments, testing and personalised programmes.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and UK GDPR.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the physical activity component of Active Together service.
• Create and adapt exercise plans for adults with cancer.
• Deliver group and individual exercise classes.
• Collaborate with AWRC and Hull University collaborators.
• Support data collection and administrative processes.
• Refer to physiotherapy, nutrition and psychology as needed.
• Contribute to service development and guidelines.

Skills

CIMSPA Level 3 GP Referral

CPD evidence

Deliver exercise classes

Risk assessments

Exercise prescription

Health & Safety knowledge

UK GDPR knowledge

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Motivation & initiative

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Fitness Instructor

Cherry Tree Court, 36 Ferensway, Hull (on-site)

About Us

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do, and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As a Fitness Instructor, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please read the role profile linked above.

The Benefits

We offer a wide and generous range of benefits designed to support our employees through every stage of life. To read about these, please see the benefits section of our Careers Page.

The Role

Active Together is a multimodal prehabilitation and rehabilitation service that has been developed by world leading academics and practitioners at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University and funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.

The Active Together Programme is designed to prepare people with cancer for, and recover from, treatment quickly and to assist them to maintain healthy lifestyles after their cancer diagnosis. Further, the research evidence shows that exercise, part of the Active Together Service, can improve survival and quality of life of cancer patients.

The Active Together Service in Hull is collaboration between Yorkshire Cancer Research and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), working alongside researchers from Sheffield Hallam University to develop and evaluate the service. The Active Together Service is delivered by a multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Fitness Instructors, Dietitians, and Psychologists, delivering high-quality, patient-focused care.

Reporting to the Lead Fitness Instructor, the Fitness Instructor will be responsible for delivering the physical activity component of the Active Together programme; supporting and advising on a range of fitness activities / services to develop and deliver a rehabilitation service for adults with a cancer diagnosis; working collaboratively to deliver a multidisciplinary, inclusive and responsive service, ensuring customer service excellence and responding to service user diversity.

Specifically, you will:

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver the evidence based Active Together service as developed by the AWRC in the charity’s first bespoke cancer centre.
• Provide advice, guidance and support to adult service users affected by cancer, adhering to service standards; providing high quality care and support.
• Support service users who may have difficulties relating to the complex emotional, psychological and physical aspects of their cancer diagnosis.
• Create, evaluate and reassess individualised and group exercise plans in order to formulate a specialised programme of care for service users.
• Prepare for and conduct follow up appointments / assessments and report into Lead Fitness Instructor for review following appointments.
• Deliver group and individual exercise classes as part of the Active Together Service.
• Work closely with the AWRC to ensure the Active Together Programme is implemented correctly ensuring treatment fidelity and to ensure evaluation data is collected.
• Support the development and operation of administrative systems relevant to the service for data collection and record keeping within an agreed framework.
• Provide guidance and support for a diverse range of queries; maintain confidentiality and treat sensitive issues with appropriate tact and diplomacy.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of processes and procedures for the team, including guidelines and standards of good practice for rehabilitation of adults affected by cancer.
• Assist with communications and the promotion of activities/services following an established set of protocols and principles, in collaboration with other areas delivering the Active Together programme as required.
• Liaise with health care professionals to ensure service users are appropriately referred to physiotherapy, nutritional and psychological support as needed.
• Draft communications between the service and healthcare professionals regarding onward referrals or any queries relating to patient reporting symptoms, under the supervision of the lead fitness instructor or service manager.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• To have CIMSPA endorsed Level 3 GP Referral Qualification.
• To have evidence of continued professional development relevant to the role purpose and level.
• To have experience of confidently and professionally delivering safe and effective exercise classes and individual exercise programmes to people living with cancer.
• To have experience of carrying out risk assessments, exercise testing and prescribing personalised exercise programmes.
• To have in-depth knowledge of the benefits of exercise rehabilitation for people living with long term conditions and experience of dealing with people living with long term conditions.
• To be familiar with the most recent evidence on the effects of different exercises on long term conditions.
• To have experience of working with behaviour change frameworks.
• To have knowledge of Health & Safety legislation relevant to the role.
• To have knowledge of UK GDPR.
• To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills for delivering a service and working directly with service users.
• To have the ability to work with and assess service users living with or beyond cancer.
• To have the ability to work single-handedly with individuals and/or groups.
• To be able to motivate self and others.
• To have the ability to use own initiative.
• To have the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• To be organised with good time management skills.
• To be resilient and adaptable to change.
• To have a basic understanding of Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel with the ability to input data accurately.

Application

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer. We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us.