Community Respiratory Team - Health and Fitness Assistant

Job summary

We are offering a fantastic opportunity for a Health and Fitness Assistant to join our Community Respiratory Team on a part-time basis based at Stoke Health Centre.

The Community Respiratory Team provides high quality rehabilitation in both an outpatient setting and in the client's homes for those with a wide range of respiratory conditions as well as other related conditions and co-morbidities.

You will be working with the multi-disciplinary team to implement physical activity,intervention plans and other activities which promote service user health and wellbeing.

You will offer supportive advice in line with the principles of lifestyle coaching to service users who may not be able to access the gym/sports hall or who may not be involved in specific therapies for physical fitness, through choice or restrictions and to assist them in maintaining their fitness.

You will support service user(s) to attend the gym to manage their fitness and physical health by offering advice/guidance for:

Safe and most effective use of equipment in the gym

Exercise planning

Increasing self-efficacy and self-confidence in gym use

Support for preparation of community gym use

This role is for 30 hours per week, and we can offer some flexible working options.

You will be required to travel independently across a large geographical area and ideally hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical and administrative support to the team and work jointly with qualified therapists to provide quality treatment forcomplex patients. You will also on occasion be expected to work autonomously within their scope of practice.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

Have excellent communication skills to communicate effectively with patients who have complex communication needs, as well as with the Multidisciplinary Team, wider NHS teams and any external agencies.

• Support the implementation of intervention/therapy programmes developed and agreed by qualified staff
• Liaise with community and voluntary services, signposting where appropriate
• Plan, deliver and evaluate delegated rehabilitation within clear protocols
• Deliver health promotion and self-management advice
• Support in the completion of patient records, ordering equipment and data cleansing

You will have:

• Excellent communication skills
• NVQ level II in Sports Instructor/ Fitness qualification or willingness to complete training or the equivalent level of knowledge and skills acquired through experience
• GCSE Grade C or above in English & Maths, equivalent or actively working towards
• Demonstrable IT Skills
• Demonstrable previous experience working in Therapies in the NHS / Private sector

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications