Rehab Specialist

Nuffield Health; Frankley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health is seeking a Rehabilitation Specialist to lead and deliver rehabilitation programmes onsite within our charity framework. You will run rolling 12-week plans and facilitate live stream and in-person group sessions, adapting exercises as participants improve and helping them self-manage their health using on-demand content and journaling.

The role requires a Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification, IT proficiency, and experience with vulnerable adults.

Qualifications

• Essential Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification.
• Experience as Rehabilitation Specialist preferred.
• BSc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation desired but not essential.
• Strong IT skills and ability to use online platforms for live streaming.

Responsibilities

• Organise and run rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
• Deliver live stream and in-person group exercise classes for participants with varying abilities.
• Promote self-directed activity using on-demand classes and a participant journal for self-management.
• Recalibrate exercises and intensities based on improvements in effort and performance.
• Identify deterioration of participants and follow escalation processes with timely reporting.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Organisational ability

Self-motivation

Coaching & group exercise

Problem-solving

Education

Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification

BSc (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation

Job description

You will demonstrate leadership and influencing skills, be a good communicator, organised and self-motived. As part of this role, you will work collaboratively onsite, centrally and with our Charity team and our beneficiaries. You will need excellent IT skills and hold a Level 3 Personal trainer qualification which is essential for the role. Ideally you will have previous experience working in a Rehabilitation Specialist position and an understanding of rehabilitation, along with potentially a Bsc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation (desired not essential). As a Rehabilitation Specialist you will:

• Organise and run a series of rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
• Facilitate and deliver both live stream and in person group exercise classes, with people that have varying degrees of abilities and physical function.
• Be able to promote self-directed activity using pre-recorded on demand classes and a journal which will aid in the participants being able to self-manage their condition after the 12-week Programme.
• Capability to re-calibrate exercises and intensities based on regular improvements demonstrated by changes in both effort and performance.
• Identify any deterioration of participants and if necessary follow internal escalation processes, ensuring reporting is processed within a specific timeframe and that outcome data is accurately captured, which is essential in supporting our Charitable Purpose and tracking and monitoring participants progress.
• Engage in 1to1 telephone conversations each week with every participant to offer coaching in terms of setting short term and long-term goals, understanding restrictions, monitoring progress, understanding and offering emotional wellbeing support, and empowering self-directed activity.
• Problem-solving and diagnostic skills
• Organisational ability
• Effective decision-making skills
• Time and resource management
• Experience working with vulnerable adults
• Qualifications showing good English and number skills
• At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you. 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.