Rehabilitation Specialist

Nuffield Health; West Byfleet; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health West Byfleet Rehabilitation Specialist is sought to deliver rehabilitation programmes and support participants through weekly sessions, both online and on-site, within our Fitness and Wellbeing Club. You will lead classes, set goals, and promote self-directed activity to aid recovery.

The role requires a Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification and experience in rehabilitation, with strong communication and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Proven problem-solving and diagnostic abilities.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Decision-making under time pressure.
• Effective time and resource management.
• Experience working with vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Organise and run rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
• Facilitate live stream and in-person group exercises for varied abilities.
• Promote self-directed activity using on-demand classes and a participant journal.
• Re-calibrate exercises and intensities based on progress.
• Identify deterioration and follow escalation procedures with timely reporting.
• Conduct weekly 1:1 coaching calls to set goals and support wellbeing.

Skills

Problem-solving

Organisational ability

Decision-making

Time management

Experience with vulnerable adults

Education

Qualifications showing good English and number skills

Job description

Rehabilitation Specialist West Byfleet Fitness and Wellbeing Gym | Permanent | Part-Time £27,248 pro-rata 15 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, emotional 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-motivated. 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).

Responsibilities

• 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

• Qualifications showing good English and number skills

Benefits

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
• 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. Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services. As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.