Job summary
Senior Exercise Physiologist
Prehabilitation is here to stay at Barts Health NHS Trust!
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts. We are looking for a Band 6 exercise physiologist who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 5 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our pehabilitation team.
We are pleased to be expanding our well-established team to continue providing a trust wide prehabilitation service. The successful post holder will hold a key role in the on-going development and running of a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service. The post-holder will support the team leads to deliver a trust-wide service that will not only reduce complications from hospital treatment but aim to improve patients' long-term health as they adopt lifestyle changes. The post-holder will also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams including attending a novel hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer clinic with surgeons, clinical nurse specialists and anaesthetists.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should be a dedicated, skilled and motivated clinician with a breadth of experience in exercise prescription across a range of chronic health conditions. At Bart's our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation; providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of care and being an outstanding place to work.For this reason, we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service. We therefore offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our clinicians. As a band 6 you will also have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and leadership skills through supporting and supervising students and other members of the team.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Physiology/Sports Science or equivalent
- Member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REP), or other associated body (BASES,BACR).
- Cancer rehabilitation qualification.
- Intermediate Life Support Skills.
Desirable
- Training in motivational interviewing and/or health coaching
- Member of special interest groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering high-quality, evidence based exercise intervention to a co-morbid patient
- Ability to discuss basic nutritional advice and deliver basic psychological support techniques / advice
- Experience using Motivational Interviewing in people with long term conditions
Desirable
- Experience in analysing data and utilising scientific writing skills to disseminate results e.g. poster writing for conferences
- Previous experience working at a band 6 or equivalent level
- Previous experience working in a Prehabilitation setting.
- Experience of supporting clinical education of students
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of published prehabilitation literature / guidelines to support assessment of different patient groups and delivery of exercise intervention
- High level knowledge of existing exercises testing and prescription guidelines
- Demonstrable and competent knowledge of exercise physiology and impact of varied clinical pathologies
- Understanding of different anti-cancer treatments and the side-effects that may impact intervention
- Recognises boundaries of own responsibilities
Skills / personal attributes & abilities:
Essential
- Excellent time management skills - ability to manage clinical caseload with non-clinical priorities.
- Ability to assess and interpret clinical information and adapt intervention dependent on this
- Ability to work flexibly and adapt when needed.
- Enthusiastic and able to take initiative in service development and data collection
Desirable
- Completion of student educator course
- Previous experience of cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Physiology/Sports Science or equivalent
- Member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REP), or other associated body (BASES,BACR).
- Cancer rehabilitation qualification.
- Intermediate Life Support Skills.
Desirable
- Training in motivational interviewing and/or health coaching
- Member of special interest groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering high-quality, evidence based exercise intervention to a co-morbid patient
- Ability to discuss basic nutritional advice and deliver basic psychological support techniques / advice
- Experience using Motivational Interviewing in people with long term conditions
Desirable
- Experience in analysing data and utilising scientific writing skills to disseminate results e.g. poster writing for conferences
- Previous experience working at a band 6 or equivalent level
- Previous experience working in a Prehabilitation setting.
- Experience of supporting clinical education of students
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of published prehabilitation literature / guidelines to support assessment of different patient groups and delivery of exercise intervention
- High level knowledge of existing exercises testing and prescription guidelines
- Demonstrable and competent knowledge of exercise physiology and impact of varied clinical pathologies
- Understanding of different anti-cancer treatments and the side-effects that may impact intervention
- Recognises boundaries of own responsibilities
Skills / personal attributes & abilities:
Essential
- Excellent time management skills - ability to manage clinical caseload with non-clinical priorities.
- Ability to assess and interpret clinical information and adapt intervention dependent on this
- Ability to work flexibly and adapt when needed.
- Enthusiastic and able to take initiative in service development and data collection
Desirable
- Completion of student educator course
- Previous experience of cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
