Health Referral Practitioner - Colchester, Essex
Contract Type: x 2 Permanent
Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children's and Adults Barred List check is required for this post.
Interviews will take place week commencing 23 March 2025 at Leisure World Colchester.
Leisure World/ Colchester City Council is committed to delivering high-quality and accessible services to residents, visitors and businesses. We are a local government authority providing a diverse range of public and commercial services across Colchester, the second largest district in Essex.
We are seeking a Health Referral Practitioner who can motivate and encourage specialist populations to achieve improved health outcomes and personal wellbeing.
The role
As an essential member of the Leisure World team, your role is responsible for prescribing suitable physical activity and supporting behaviour change for NHS patients and third sector referred users. The Health Referral Practitioner position will include setting up and undertaking group and individual training sessions along with general day to day operation of the Active Wellbeing (GP Referral) programme including referral processing, data processing and wider community community wellbeing initiatives.
Qualifications and skills required
To be successful in this role, you will possess GP Referral Qualification – Level 3 REPs (or CIMSPA) recognised qualification or equivalent CIMSPA. We also hope that you have: Specialist qualifications e.g., level 4 Pulmonary, Cardiac Phase IV, Lower Back Pain, but not essential.
Have strong customer engagement, a good communicator with a genuine passion for Health and Wellness. Strong business acumen, resilient and results driven with the ability to grow a personal training business whilst being a great team player, providing every client an outstanding user experience.
What we offer
The Council encourages all employees to maximise their potential. You will be entitled to join an attractive pension scheme and will receive a generous annual leave entitlement.
Other benefits include:
• Free Gym
• Discounted Membership options (including Aqua Springs Day Spa)
• 20% off food and beverage
• Travel and online retail discounts
• Excellent training, development and progression opportunities
Colchester City Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.