Job overview
Are you looking for a role where you can help our service users enjoy a good quality of life?
We're looking for a Technical & Fitness Instructor to join our Buckinghamshire based team working out of the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury.
Our Physiotherapy and Fitness Instructors are key to supporting our service users to move more, move well, move for fun and improve their physical health and address this inequality. People diagnosed with an SMI (Serious Mental Illness) have significantly worse health outcomes and life expectancies.
The main aim of this role is to focus on physical health rehabilitation, engagement, and enablement to optimize service users’ ability to live independently and enjoy a good quality of life.
Please note, to be successful in your application you must hold at least a level 3 qualification in fitness.
Main duties of the job
This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative professional, ideally someone from a physical health rehabilitation or fitness background, who has experience or wants to work with individuals with mental health problems. The individual must understand the impact of physical functioning on mental health rehabilitation, enablement and recovery.
You will work alongside a dedicated and passionate team including physiotherapists, physical health leads, dietitians, occupational therapists, nurses, and activity coordinators to increase access to exercise, movement and physical rehab to support individuals' mental and physical health recovery, development of new skills and to find ways to move their body that they enjoy, as well as carrying out physical health interventions prescribed by the physiotherapist.
You will supportthe ward-based multi-disciplinary team (MDT) by working closely with service users to achieve their physical health goals and facilitating opportunities to enhance their engagement in community-based physical health resources. Effective and efficient liaison with other teams and agencies will be essential to ensure collaborative working for the benefit of service users.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to support the ward-based multi-disciplinary team (MDT) by working closely with service users to achieve their physical health goals and facilitating opportunities to enhance their engagement in community-based physical health resources. Effective and efficient liaison with other teams and agencies will be essential to ensure collaborative working for the benefit of service users
You will also carry out physical health interventions prescribed by the physiotherapist whilst supporting the ward team with liaison with the Mental Health Physiotherapist.
You will be part of the inpatient mental health physiotherapy team and the ward-based MDT. You will have clinical supervision from a qualified physiotherapist, join in-service training and meet regularly with other physiotherapy TI’s and fitness instructors from a range of mental health services.
Alongside our comprehensive in-house training offer, which includes masters level modules, Oxford Health is proud to be leading the way in developing healthcare apprenticeships to support our staff with their career aspirations.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Please note - The role is subject to evaluation.
Person specification
Question 1
Essential criteria
- Do you hold at least a level 3 qualification in fitness?
Question 2
Essential criteria
- Please tell us how you have used your level 3 qualification to support someone to improve their fitness.
Question 3
Essential criteria
- Briefly describe your relevant experience working in the health, social / voluntary care or educational sectors.
Question 4
Essential criteria
- Tell us why you would like to work within a mental health setting in the NHS.
Documents to Download
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Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Penny Sansom
Title: Professional Lead Physiotherapist - Mental Health
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