Community Rehabilitation specialist
Job Description
Job title: Community Rehabilitation specialist
Company: Nuffield Health
Job description: Community Rehabilitation SpecialistLeeds the Light and local community | Fitness | Fixed term | Full TimeUp to £30,000.00 per annum depending on experience40 hours per weekNuffield Health is the largest healthcare charity in the UK, made up of our award-winning hospitals, fitness and wellbeing centres, medical centres and workplace wellbeing services. For the last 60 years, Nuffield Health’s experts have been working together to make the nation fitter, healthier, happier and stronger, all for the public benefit. Everything we do feeds into our purpose – To build a healthier nation. Our unique knowledge and expertise mean we are ideally placed to support individuals requiring rehabilitation following illness or disease.As a Rehabilitation Specialist within the Leeds community you will deliver Nuffield Health Rehabilitation Programmes. Within this role you will also work directly with our partners Leeds Rhinos and will be the lead point of contact for their foundation. You will effectively maximise participation in our Move Together exercise programme by managing this activity across numerous locations whilst also expanding and growing our community based initiatives.This role will play a crucial part in Nuffield’s long-term vision for clinical rehabilitation and will require you to undertake remote (digital) and in person facilitation of exercise, emotional wellbeing support, healthy eating and goal setting to aid the participant’s recovery. The pathway will involve weekly 1 to1s, group exercise classes (virtual and in person), promote goal setting and self-directed activity.As our Rehabilitation Specialist, you will:Setup and deliver a series of 12-week rehabilitation programmes.Triage and manage escalations and exclusions throughout as part of a MDT Team.Facilitate and deliver both live stream and in person group exercise classes, with people of varying 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.Be able to re-calibrate exercises and intensities based on regular improvements demonstrated by changes in effort and performance.Identify any deterioration of participants and, where necessary, follow internal escalation processes.Be able to deliver or facilitate various exercise modalities from circuit training to strength training, whilst working within people’s varying physical abilities.Be required to work flexibly and have good organisational skills to balance multiple programme groups (cohorts) at once and process new referrals.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.Ensure that outcome data is accurately captured, which is essential in supporting our Charitable Purpose and tracking and monitoring participants progress.Respond to the ongoing requirements of the programme to ensure successful delivery of each cohort.Lead on community and outreach activity and partnerships.Be at the front of the local community working with a range of organisations to promote health & wellbeing in the Teesside community.Build key relationships to align our services with community needs.Understand local health inequalities and seek out opportunities to support local strategies.Deliver within the community as well as onsite.Have experience and an understanding of rehabilitation and recent delivery group delivery (desirable not essential).To succeed as a Rehabilitation Specialist, you will have the following skills and abilities:Leadership & influencing skills.Relationship building and stakeholder management.Good communicator.Calm under pressure.Motivational and engaging personality.Passion to make a difference.Self-starter with high levels of drive, energy and commitment.Strong organisation skills, with ability to manage time and workload effectively.Personal values that drive performance with clarity, transparency and fairness to team colleagues.Collaborative working within your site as well as Central Operations and the Charity Team.Have an energising impact on those around you.Excellent IT skills.Level 3 Qualified Personal Trainer or PT Level 3 – CIMSPA or Physio in exercise referrals.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. From emotional wellbeing support and physiotherapy, to a cycle to work scheme and online GP. 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.
Expected salary: £30000 per year
Location: Leeds
