Exercise Instructor (part time) inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 19 DEC 2023

We are looking for someone with experience of working in the field of healthcarebut more importantly is having the willingness to learn and the enthusiasm to make a difference.

We will expect you to be highly motivated, passionate about health and exercise, creative and committed to your own continuous professional development. You will also need to be able to work under pressure and have a good understanding of providing person-centered support.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Essential

• Registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals at Level 3, and /or a Sports Science degree
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Demonstrate effective team working skills.
• Good levels of IT literacy including use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience and understanding of providing support and interactive training to group participants, colleagues and professional groups.
• Confidence to work using own initiative under some supervision.
• Experience of developing relationships with external agencies and organisations (partnership working)
• An understanding of the legislation that applies to care and health work.

Desirable

• Additional qualification such as exercise referral
• Experience of working in a support practitioner role.
• Experience of working in a health care setting.
• Experience of explaining information to a range of work colleagues.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and lone working.

The team are focused on professional growth anddevelopment, andwill ensure you feel valued every day. Alongside this, as an Exercise Instructoryou will receive:

• 
  Supportive team
  with
  regular supervision, mentoring andsupport
  
• 
  £25,200full time equivalentper annum andgroup pension.
  
• Variety of service users to work with in the community setting,
  no day is the same
  
• Flexible working to provide you with that
  true work / life balance
  
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

The MSK Physiotherapy Service inBath andNorth EastSomerset are looking for passionate individuals to join us to undertake this key roleand provide excellent care and support to service users. We are looking for experienced Exercise Instructors on a part time basis to support our Osteoarthritis Pathway and Physiotherapy Service, this position is primarily to support our Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Pathway, which provides education, advice and exercise to people over a 12 week period.

You will also be involved with rehabilitation for back pain, post-operative rehabilitation and other musculoskeletal problems. This will include some online/virtual classes and appointments.

This is a part time opportunity working 18.75 hours across Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You will be based atKeynsham Health Centre but there may be requirement to travelto our other bases in Paulton Hospital and St Martins Hospital.

• Set up and run a number of exercise programs in various locations, including virtual classes.
• Have an active role in booking patient appointments for the OA pathway, 1:1 sessions and classes
• Accept delegated tasks from the team leader or senior physiotherapist.
• Manage & prioritise own caseload without direct supervision but with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Use judgement and initiative to produce exercise programmes, develop them and see them through to completion.
• Evaluate outcomes and produce discharge reports.
• Liaise with external agencies as appropriate.