Rehabilitation Specialist

nuffieldhealth; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Pension options

Retail discounts

Job summary

Nuffield Health's Twickenham Fitness and Wellbeing Club is recruiting a Rehabilitation Specialist on a part-time, permanent basis (22.5 hours per week).

You will deliver the Rehabilitation Programmes along the pathway, running 12-week cycles, facilitating live and online classes, and providing coaching on goal setting, wellbeing and self-directed activity to support recovery and long-term health goals.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification is essential.
• Experience in rehabilitation or related field preferred.
• Good English and numeracy skills required.

Responsibilities

• Organise and run rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
• Deliver live stream and in-person group exercise classes for varied abilities.
• Promote self-directed activity using on-demand classes and a participant journal.
• Adjust exercises and intensities based on progress and performance.
• Monitor deterioration and follow escalation processes with timely reporting.
• Hold weekly 1-to-1 coaching calls to set short/long-term goals and wellbeing support.

Skills

Problem-solving

Organisational ability

Decision-making

Time management

Experience with vulnerable adults

English and numeracy skills

Education

Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification

BSc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation

Job description

Rehabilitation Specialist

Twickenham Fitness and Wellbeing Club | Permanent | Part time

Up to £28,500 per annum, pro rata - depending on experience

22.5 hours per week

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 are looking for a Rehabilitation Specialist to help us build a healthier nation at our club. We are looking for a Rehabilitation Specialist who will deliver Nuffield Health Rehabilitation Programmes utilising the unique Nuffield Health pathway, championing the Charitable Purpose. This role will play a crucial part in Nuffield's long-term vision for clinical rehabilitation and will require the Rehabilitation Specialist to undertake remote (digital) and in person facilitation of exercise, emotion wellbeing support, healthy eating, and goal setting to aid the participants recovery. The pathway will involve weekly 1to1s, group exercise classes (virtual and in person), promote goal setting and self-directed activity.

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.

Skills required:

• 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

Helping you feel good.

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.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

It starts with you.