Physiotherapy Technical & Fitness Instructor - Fulbrook Centre, Oxford

Oxford Health NHS Trust

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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

Date posted

11 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-OA6854193-A

Job locations

Fulbrook Centre

Churchill Hospital, Old Road

Oxford

OX3 7JU

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 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.