Personal Trainer Healthcare - Full time or Part time hours available

Nouvita Healthcare Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Part-Time Personal Trainer to work with patients facing mental health challenges and learning disabilities. The candidate will travel to various care homes, providing personalized support. Strong communication skills and a recognized qualification as a Personal Trainer are essential. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on patients' lives.

Benefits

Employee discount

Referral programme

Qualifications

• Calm and understanding personality to motivate and engage patients.
• Ability to work with small groups or one-on-one with individuals with Mental Health needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide mobile service across care and nursing homes.
• Work with patients to improve their physical fitness.

Skills

Driving licence

Recognised formal qualification as a Personal Trainer

GCSE in Maths and English

Strong communication skills

Comfortable being hands-on with patients

Previous experience as a Physiotherapist Assistant or Personal Trainer

Previous experience as a support worker or health care assistant

Willing to demonstrate exercises

Understanding of mental health illnesses

Good standard of physical fitness

Education

Recognised formal qualification as a Personal Trainer

GCSE in Maths and English

Job description

Overview

Part time (22.5 hours)- 9am to 5pm

An outgoing and caring Personal Trainer is required to work with patients/service users with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and complex needs.

The ideal candidate will be calm, understanding and possess the ability to motivate and engage. Although you will be based at our hospital in Baldock you will perform a mobile service, travelling to our Care and Nursing Homes across our eight sites providing a high level of support.

The role will include working with small groups or one to one work with people with Mental Health needs or a Learning Disability. Full training in Mental Health and Learning Disability support is given in addition to supervision and practice support from the Therapies team.

This is truly rewarding role which can make a huge positive difference to the lives of our service users and patients.

Responsibilities

• Driving licence
• A recognised formal qualification as a Personal Trainer
• GCSE in Maths and English
• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable being hands-on with patients
• Previous experience of working as a Physiotherapist Assistant or Personal Trainer
• Previous experience as a support worker or health care assistant would be advantageous
• Willing to demonstrate exercises
• An understanding of mental health illnesses
• Good standard of physical fitness

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Referral programme

About Us

Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Confident employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Nouvita Healthcare and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to: [e-mail]