To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other professions to maximise treatment potential and to ensure understanding of treatment intervention. To demonstrate a wide range of communication techniques and interpersonal skills to enable and support patients who may present with low motivation to take part in Health, Exercise and Activity programmes. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, and gaining trust and consent are utilised regularly. To provide spontaneous and planned advice. This includes teaching and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to ensure a consistent approach to patient care. To communicate and demonstrate knowledge of/exercise equipment, explanation of rules, regulations, and fair play for a multitude of sports and exercises. To understand and cascade contraindications of sports science interventions, plus the effects of exercise on physical and mental health. To maintain own continued professional development by utilising methods such as supervision, reflective practice, and up-to-date research, evidence-based approaches, and developments from internal and external sources such as conferences and incorporating them into work as appropriate. To actively partake in the knowledge and skills framework (KSF), supervision, appraisal, and in-service training programmes by attendance and participation within meetings, training sessions, and tutorials to ensure maintenance and improvement in knowledge related to physical and mental health, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of the Health and Exercise service. To train others including students undertaking Sports Science degrees by acting as a work placement mentor as requested. To be involved in the education of individuals from other disciplines by enabling them to gain experience and knowledge of the role of Health and Exercise professionals. To provide advice and education on physical activity, healthy eating, etc. To prioritise caseload and coordinate/action any team allocated tasks. To assess clinical and non-clinical factors individually or jointly with other professionals. To gain valid consent and advise patients prior to physical activity to enable safe and effective implementation of monitored treatment programmes. To make onward referral to medical staff for investigations, to Physiotherapy and other multi-disciplinary team members, external agencies, and other healthcare providers depending on patients' needs identified from assessment. To assess and manage the physical needs of the individual in the context of other complex needs. To continually evaluate outcomes and reassess treatment plans and risk assessments as the patient condition changes. Reporting changes in patient condition and treatment plans as appropriate. To support the patient to transition to services provided by external agencies, liaising with community-based physiotherapy and health & exercise team members, private and external organisations, leisure centres, and tennis centres. To provide a variety of interventions such as individual, group, and community-based activities to enhance effectiveness and enable progression of patient treatment. To keep accurate and timely notes of assessments, interventions, and decisions in both paper and electronic format. To produce letters, reports, and discharge summaries as required in line with the Trust Record Keeping Policy, and to report information in a timely manner to the multi-disciplinary team. To be actively involved in ward rounds, multi-agency care planning meetings, and case conferences as appropriate, representing the EAP Team/service and contributing to the care programmes of patients. This includes providing information concerning progression or changes in physical or mental health and advising other multi-disciplinary team staff as required. To educate other healthcare professionals about Health and Exercise activities for appropriate and timely referrals. To share experience with other Trusts to encourage best practice in Health and Exercise and to assist in Service development through networking with external agencies. To collect local activity data as required and take part in Trustwide and service audit activity, assisting in implementing service improvements on a physiotherapy and health and exercise service or care group basis. Support team members in the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including the induction of junior staff. Support in planning and delivering teaching sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies, including professions from primary care, to implement mandatory training or share specialist knowledge and skills. Contribute to overall service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies using audit and policy development. Undertake other duties appropriate to the post as requested by management. Ensure competent planning and organisational skills, allocating sufficient time for ongoing clinical and managerial supervision, including workload management, focusing on improving quality of care and audit in line with the Government Modernisation Programme. Implement risk assessments and management plans daily, working with people with common, severe, and enduring mental health problems who are frequently distressed and emotionally disturbed. Respond to emergencies as required following training and Trust policies. Assess and manage the malnutrition risk of all in-patient admissions, including onward referral to other MDTs as risk levels change. Complete further physical health assessment tools including the Health and Lifestyles Assessment/LESTER tool etc., leading on care planning for needs/intervention provision. Deputise for the EAP Team leader as required, supervising and undertaking regular supervision with junior team members.