Rehabilitation Specialist

Nuffield Health Brentwood; Rugby; On-site; GBP 24,000 - GBP 29,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare charity in Rugby is seeking a passionate Rehabilitation Specialist to deliver rehabilitation programmes. This role involves facilitating group exercise classes, engaging with participants one-on-one, and promoting self-management of their conditions. Candidates must have a Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification, excellent IT skills, and ideally possess a BSc in Sports Rehabilitation. Join us to make a positive difference in people's lives while enjoying a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience required in rehabilitation.
• Previous experience as a Rehabilitation Specialist is desired.
• Excellent IT skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Organise and run rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes.
• Facilitate live stream and in-person group exercise classes.
• Promote self-directed activity and monitor progress.
• Engage in 1to1 coaching conversations weekly.

Skills

Problem-solving and diagnostic skills

Organisational ability

Effective decision-making skills

Time and resource management

Experience working with vulnerable adults

Qualifications showing good English and number skills

Education

Level 3 Personal trainer qualification

BSc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation

Job description

Rehabilitation Specialist

Rugby FWC | Fitness | Permanent | Part time

Up to £28,972.92 pro rata depending on experience

7.5 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, 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 willdemonstrateleadership 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 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 havepreviousexperience 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.

Required Skills

• Problem‑solving and diagnostic skills
• Organisational ability
• Effective decision‑making skills
• Time and resource management
• Experience working with vulnerable adults
• Qualifications showing good English and number skills

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 and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.