Rehabilitation Specialist
Ilford Fitness and Wellbeing Gym | Permanent | Part-Time
Up to £27,310.40 pro-rata, depending on experience
10 hours per week
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We are looking for a Rehabilitation Specialist to help us build a healthier nation at our Ilford gym. 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 Charty team and our beneficiaries. You will need excellent IT skills and hold a Level 3 Personal trainer qualification.
As a Rehabilitation Specialist you will:
1. Run a series of 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
2. Facilitate and deliver both live stream and in person group exercise classes, with people of varying abilities and physical function.
3. 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.
4. Be able to re-calibrate exercises and intensities based on regular improvements demonstrated by changes in effort and performance.
5. Identify any deterioration of participants and where necessary follow internal escalation processes.
6. Deliver or facilitate various exercise modalities from circuit training to strength training, whilst working within peoples varying physical abilities.
7. Be required to work flexibly and have good organizational skills to balance multiple Programme groups (cohorts) at once and process new referrals.
8. 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.
9. Ensure that outcome data is accurately captured, which is essential in supporting our Charitable Purpose and tracking and monitoring participants progress.
10. Respond to the ongoing requirements of the Programme to ensure successful delivery of each cohort.
11. Have experience and an understanding of rehabilitation (desired not essential).
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