Prehab4Cancer Exercise Specialist / Physiologist

TN United Kingdom; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Exercise Specialist/Physiologist to join an award-winning team in Salford. This role focuses on delivering a pioneering physical activity program aimed at supporting cancer patients, enhancing their quality of life through tailored exercise and nutrition interventions. The successful candidate will work closely with a passionate team, driving innovative health outcomes and making a significant impact in the community. If you are committed to improving lives and have the necessary expertise, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering physical activity programs for cancer patients.
• Strong understanding of exercise physiology and rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face and remote exercise programs for cancer patients.
• Coordinate and manage the prehab and rehab program in Greater Manchester.

Skills

Exercise Physiology

Patient Care

Nutrition Guidance

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Exercise Science

Certification in Physiotherapy

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26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Exciting new opportunity to play a leading role in the delivery of a pioneering physical activity programme supporting people affected by cancer

Prehab4Cancer Exercise Specialist/Physiologist

(Greater Manchester Location)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31/3/26 with possibility of extension

Location: To be hosted by Salford Community Leisure (on behalf of GM Active CIC) and deployed to a defined geographical area within Greater Manchester

Interview Date: w/c 12th May 2025

Salford Community Leisure is recruiting on behalf of GM Active CIC for the role of Prehab4Cancer Exercise Specialist.

GM Active are seeking a highly skilled Exercise Specialist/Physiologist to join the multi-award winning Prehab4Cancer programme. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that cares deeply about improving the lives of people effected by cancer in Greater Manchester. The scheme empowers patients to take back control of their diagnosis, build resilience ahead of intense cancer related treatment and improve patients’ quality of life.

GM Active is a collective of 12 leisure and community organisations from across Greater Manchester that are all part of the same movement, to get more people physically active. GM Active’s vision is for a network of innovative, responsive, resilient, and high performing Greater Manchester Leisure and Cultural Trusts that deliver transformational health and wellbeing outcomes through collaboration across Greater Manchester’s communities.

Increasingly, exercise and physical activity is seen as standard elements of patient care across cancer treatment pathways. The Prehab4Cancer programme delivers to patients, a multimodal prehab and rehab intervention. Patients are referred directly from primary care to be supported with an exercise, nutrition and wellbeing programme, before and after treatment to improve individual health outcomes. The scheme is independently evaluated ( GM_Prehab4Cancer_Evaluation_Report_Final-003.pdf ) and has proved outstanding results.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a uniquely placed, award winning team and to play a leading role in the delivery of a life changing interventions. The scheme has ambitions to continue to innovate and to create world leading outcomes for people affected by cancer across Greater Manchester.

Receiving guidance and support from the Programme Manager, you will be an integral part of the specialist Prehab4Cancer core delivery team coordinating and delivering a varied and insight driven prehab and rehab programme for cancer patients. This role will incorporate both face to face delivery and remote delivery so will have an element of home working.

The post holder will manage the project in a defined geographical area of Greater Manchester during times of annual leave or when the service demands.

T he successful post holder will join the Prehab4Cancer core delivery team which is housed within Salford Community Leisure (SCL). SCL is committed to Building a Great Place to Work; with over 500 employees servicing more than 3 million customer visits at 40 venues across the city each year. We exist to ‘enhance the lives of people living in Salford through providing sport, leisure and cultural opportunities.’ We pride ourselves on recruiting the right people with the right values into the right roles. We are looking for professional, respectful, knowledgeable, passionate and solution driven people to join our team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact the Programme Manager Jack Murphy on 07719 902038 or email [emailprotected]

If you wish to be considered for this role and join our team please ensure you detail in your application form how you meet and demonstrate the skills, experience, knowledge and behaviours outlined in the person specification .

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Successful applicants will be notified of interview date.

For more information on Salford Community Leisure visit our website: www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk

We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first two months’ salary payments at a rate of £24.75 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.

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