Fitness Instructor
Job overview
The Hope and Resilience Hub based within the Radbourne Unit is a service which is recovery-focussed in approach and which encompasses a main day service and recreation service.
We are currently seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Fitness Instructor to provide assessments and training sessions within our on site gym, for service users who are being cared for within our adult, acute, inpatient wards.
If you have a passion for supporting people who have mental health needs and understand the positivity that exercise can bring to recovery in mental health, then this post may be for you.
The post is 4 days per week, working 08.30 to 16.30, Monday to Friday (weekend work is also considered) in a newly-equipped gym, with support from the wider team, clinical supervision, an annual appraisal and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Band 3 Fitness Instructor to join the Hope and Resilience Hub Team at the Radbourne Unit.The Fitness Instructor will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in the Hope and Resilience Hub and also on the acute inpatient wards.
You will work with patients to provide therapeutic meaningful activities to support individuals' recovery and will be committed to delivering high quality, person-centred care within the gym environment promoting fitness and wellbeing.
We are an evolving team which is open to change and developing new ways of working and have a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers.
This role will involve facilitating and reviewing referrals, managing risks and communication to all professionals. Ensuring safety of gym equipment and assessing patient needs within the gym environment. It is anticipated that this will be achieved through MDT work, representing the team at unit level and within the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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- As part of the multi-disciplinary team the Fitness Instructor will work flexibly in a recovery focussed way, developing and delivering health & wellbeing activity within an individual and group environment that focuses on Person Centred Care and Recovery Principles.
- Within the role you will need to have the ability to work independently.
- You will need to show initiative, drive and ability to think creatively for solutions.
- The post holder will be required to be a dynamic individual and demonstrate a range of skills, including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness and critical, self-reflection skills.
- DHCFT can offer both personal and clinical development opportunities, in addition to regular professional and clinical supervision, personal development plans, and support for continual professional development activities.
- As a member of the team the post holder will be expected to adopt the policies and philosophy of the service. They will promote social inclusion, enabling independence and enhancing the autonomy of the service user. This will involve being proactive in initiating and sustaining a respectful, consistent and reliable therapeutic relationship with service users that enhances their ability to build social networks and work in partnership with other agencies.
Person specification
Education /Qualifications
Essential criteria- Fitness Instructor Qualification at level 3, Relevant qualifications : BTEC, City & Guilds, NVQ3 or equivalent
- Relevant experience of a fitness instructor
- First aid qualification
- Customer care training
Experience / Skills
Essential criteria- Experience of independently planning, preparing and facilitating groups in specified activity
- Awareness of mental health issues
- Ability to provide instruction with tact and persuasion
- Technical knowledge required for specific work area
- Physical fitness required for leading a range of activities requiring accuracy
- Planning, organisational and problem solving skills
- Experience of training people in fitness programmes
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Experience of customer care
- Have a range of activity skills within or beyond specific area of work