Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to recruit two motivated Exercise Professionals to join the multidisciplinary team working for the Home First Unit and with the future aim to support the medical wards within an acute care setting. The focus of the role will be to prescribe and deliver high quality, individualized exercise programmes to patients recovering from acute illness.
The Home First Reablement Unit is a 30- bedded unit offering multi-disciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and reablement to patients recovering from acute illness to promote functional recovery and independence before discharge. The Physiotherapy and Nursing teams work collaboratively to support the patients recovery and this role would enhance the exercise therapy provision to our patients.
The post holder will provide tailored exercise support for patients to achieve their reablement goals and recovery their independence with ADLs. We are looking for two enthusiastic exercise professionals with experience in exercise prescription and delivery.
The Exercises Professional will work as an active member of the Physiotherapy team and aims to support patients with functional and physical deconditioning. Your caseload will be identified and allocated by the physiotherapy team, and you will work both independently and with supervision to deliver individualised and group exercise.
The Exercise Professionals will have responsibility for their own case load with advice and support from the Physiotherapy staff.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
The Exercise Professionals will promote exercise to enable patients to self-manage their mobility and activities of daily living and regain independence when possible. Patients will be assessed by qualified members of the Physiotherapy team and the Exercise Professionals will implement exercise programs for patients to achieve their goals. Interventions may be carried out in individual and group settings as appropriate such as 1:1 exercise sessions or group exercise classes for specific groups of patients. The successful candidates will develop an awareness of common problems effecting people with deconditioning such as fatigue, weakness and lack of confidence and will demonstrate the ability to adapt and modify exercises to suit the needs of the individual while maintaining their effectiveness.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom, providing first-class acute care for around one million people living in Norfolk and surrounding areas.
NNUH PRIDE values of People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. Our role is to offer the best care available for our patients. At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits and learning and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.
- To manage an allocated workload efficiently, and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time, in accordance with agreed guidance/care pathways.
- Collect relevant patient information from a variety of sources to assist with patient management e.g. ward handovers, observation charts, medical, nursing records and Physiotherapy notes.
- Use good communication to gain valid informed consent prior to undertaking any clinical tasks. With support, to work within the legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues.
- Use skills of motivation, explanation, and empathetic listening to encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme and optimise rehabilitation potential and/or quality of life. Barriers to effective communication may regularly be evident, e.g. learning difficulties, pain, psychological/emotional status, altered perception, dysphasia.
- Communicate responsibly and effectively with patients and carers. To use information gathered in a professional manner ensuring patient confidentiality is in line with the Trust Code of Conduct.
Please see the attached job description for full details.