Exercise Therapy Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Exercise Therapy Team and In-patient wards, to work as an Exercise Therapy Assistant at St. Gorges Park Hospital.

The role involves working directly into the acute admission ward for patients over the age of 18 with a mental health illness who require assessment and treatment by a multi-disciplinary team in a hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

The Exercise Therapy team prescribe and deliver exercise as an intervention for the physical and mental health needs of our service users. The role of an exercise therapy assistant involves developing therapeutic relationships with our service usersby working to promote the benefits of physical activity, support positive lifestyle behaviours and improve the patient experience during admission.

The purpose of the role is to assist the exercise therapists to provide a range of exercise interventions on the ward andas part of a weekly timetable of activities. The exercise therapy assistant will work closely with the exercise therapist and ward staffto support our service users to achieve their individual goals.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the safety of service users whilst exercising by ensuring correct and safe exercise techniques whilst in the gym and exercise groups. The role entails daily documentation in electronic medical notes, facilitating exercise groups, routine domestic duties and routine ward based tasks.

Exercise Therapy work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and the post holder will be required to liaise with the other professionals within the MDT with regards to exercise treatment plans, physical health triggers, patient progress and discharge planning, they will attend ward meetings as required.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.