Prehabilitation Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you at a leading NHS Trust in London! Join a dynamic prehabilitation team dedicated to enhancing patient health through lifestyle changes. As a Senior Exercise Physiologist, you will play a crucial role in delivering a trust-wide service aimed at improving health outcomes. This role offers the chance to work closely with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring comprehensive care for patients. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive environment, this position is perfect for those ready to take on new challenges and make a real difference in healthcare.

Benefits

Robust Training Programs

Opportunities for Quality Improvement Projects

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Experience in exercise prescription for chronic health conditions.
• Skilled in working within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and run a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service.
• Deliver services aimed at reducing complications from treatment.

Skills

Exercise Prescription

Chronic Health Conditions Management

Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration

Quality Improvement Projects

Education

Degree in Exercise Physiology

Relevant Certifications

Job description

Senior Exercise Physiologist

Prehabilitation is here to stay at Barts Health NHS Trust!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts. We are looking for exercise physiologists who are ready for new challenges and seeking opportunities to join our prehabilitation team.

We are expanding our well-established team to continue providing a trust-wide prehabilitation service. The successful post holders will play a key role in developing and running a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service. They will deliver a trust-wide service aimed at reducing complications from hospital treatment and improving patients’ long-term health through lifestyle changes. The post-holders will work closely with wider multidisciplinary teams, including attending a novel hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer clinic with surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, and anaesthetists.

The ideal candidate should be a dedicated, skilled, and motivated clinician with experience in exercise prescription for various chronic health conditions. At Barts, our vision is to be a high-performing NHS hospital group, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care in East London and beyond. We value personal and professional development, offering robust training programs, opportunities to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects, and a supportive environment for growth.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. We are on an improvement journey to become an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation, having lifted ourselves out of special measures and striving to enhance all services for patients.

Our vision emphasizes safety, high standards of harm-free care, and being an outstanding place to work, guided by our WeCare values and behaviors. We are committed to promoting inclusion and fostering an environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Emily Dore-Smith
• Job title: Prehabilitation Physiotherapist
• Email: [e-mail]

If you are excited by this opportunity, we would love to hear from you. For further discussion, please contact Emily Dore-Smith at [e-mail].