Job summary
Are you looking for a role where you can help our service users enjoy a good quality of life?
People diagnosed with an SMI (Serious Mental Illness) have significantly worse health outcomes and life expectancies. 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.
The main aim of this exciting 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.
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.
About us
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.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Level 3 qualifications in fitness
Desirable
- Evidence of use of academic qualifications in a job role.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of work within the health, social / voluntary care or educational sector
- Evidence of work within a multidisciplinary environment
- Aptitude to follow the Physiotherapist's directions and remain within scope of practice.
- Good supervisory, organisational and time management skills with ability to plan / prioritise work and to direct patients, carers, and colleagues.
- Ability to screen patients following set protocols for physiotherapy assessment and general fitness
- Ability to assess fitness for multigym and group activity
- Ability to motivate in a variety of ways
Desirable
- Work experience in mental health adult and /or forensic mental health.
Skills
Essential
- To actively facilitate / partake in and use own initiative to progress physiotherapy programmes, e.g., individual / group activities.
- A commitment to personal development and lifelong learning.
- Ability to write up / maintain patient / service records
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Level 3 qualifications in fitness
Desirable
- Evidence of use of academic qualifications in a job role.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of work within the health, social / voluntary care or educational sector
- Evidence of work within a multidisciplinary environment
- Aptitude to follow the Physiotherapist's directions and remain within scope of practice.
- Good supervisory, organisational and time management skills with ability to plan / prioritise work and to direct patients, carers, and colleagues.
- Ability to screen patients following set protocols for physiotherapy assessment and general fitness
- Ability to assess fitness for multigym and group activity
- Ability to motivate in a variety of ways
Desirable
- Work experience in mental health adult and /or forensic mental health.
Skills
Essential
- To actively facilitate / partake in and use own initiative to progress physiotherapy programmes, e.g., individual / group activities.
- A commitment to personal development and lifelong learning.
- Ability to write up / maintain patient / service records
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).
Additional information
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).
