Health and Exercise Practitioner

NHS; Gloucester, Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Health and Exercise Practitioner for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves delivering falls prevention education, running exercise sessions, and managing a clinical caseload. Ideal candidates will have a background in healthcare or exercise instruction and experience in teaching.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people in a healthcare or exercise setting.
• Experience of teaching.
• Experience of working in a health promotion/education role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver education about falls prevention to groups and 1:1.
• Independently run a falls prevention exercise group and 1:1 exercise sessions.
• Manage a patient caseload and engage in clinical supervision.

Skills

Experience in healthcare or exercise setting

Teaching experience

Health promotion/education experience

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Health and Exercise Practitioner

The closing date is 26 May 2025

1 Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months.

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the countywide falls assessment and education service for 12 months as it expands. We provide detailed, multifactorial assessments to those who have had falls as well as falls prevention advice and education to the public alongside clinical education to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust staff.

Our health and exercise practitioners have a clinical caseload providing evidence based falls prevention exercise one to one in people's homes as well as in group settings. This role would be likely to include the running of the active balance class, so would suit someone with a healthcare or exercise instruction background who is confident in delivering group sessions. Experience of teaching would also be beneficial as the post holder would also arrange and deliver falls prevention talks to public groups and an interest in seeking out opportunities to expand this offer would be valuable.

Due to the varied nature of the role, an ability to proactively and independently manage your diary and have a flexible approach is also an asset. The ability to travel to various locations is essential, as is the ability to independently take equipment and resources along to talks from the team office base in Brockworth.

Main duties of the job

The service consistently receives positive feedback from patients and has an aim of 'reducing the number of people falling or at risk of falling in Gloucestershire through effective falls prevention education, information, assessment and intervention' which has in part led to the opportunity to expand our offer as well as develop the role and what we provide. Someone who is forward thinking and enjoys contributing to a team approach would therefore be welcomed.

If you have questions regarding this role or would like to have an informal discussion about your suitability please do call 0300 421 6241 to speak to Rachel Stead (Clinical Specialist Falls Physiotherapist) or another member of the team.

Main Duties include:

Deliver education to the general public and non-clinical staff groups about falls prevention and awareness based on National Guidelines and Quality standards

To run a falls prevention exercise group and 1:1 exercise sessions safely and efficiently, ensuring health and safety policies are adhered to at all times

Management and rehabilitation of falls assessment and education service patients - reviewing and progressing exercises, undertake clinical observations as delegated by a qualified health professional e.g. lying and standing blood pressure, repeating outcome measures, referring on and assessing with equipment

Have a good awareness of community and voluntary service organisations in order to be able to signpost on appropriately

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense ofbelonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. Tothat end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

Deliver education about falls prevention to groups and 1:1

Independently run a falls prevention exercise group and 1:1 exercise sessions safely and efficiently, ensuring health and safety policies are adhered to at all times

Manage a patient caseload and engage in clinical supervision regarding these patients and their management

Organise and manage own workload flexibly, in accordance with need and service requirements.

Attend team meetings / in house training sessions

Complete evaluation and audit of interventions / sessions as required

Be responsible for undertaking venue risk assessments and to carry out administrative duties relating to the set up and management of group sessions

Assist in the smooth running of the service by dealing with queries, tasking and relaying messages and responding to upset or worried patients and carers.

Access countywide assistant in service training

Undertake core band 4 competencies applicable to the Falls Assessment and Education Service

Undertake training and development deemed appropriate by your line manager

Ensure knowledge, skills and competencies relating to the role are updated

Engage in appraisal process and actively strive to meet Professional Development Plan

Contribute ideas towards the development of the service, continuously looking to improve the quality and efficiency of the service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Experience of working with people in a healthcare or exercise setting
• Experience of teaching
• Experience of working in a health promotion/education role

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.

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum pro rata