Fitness instructor | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,944 - £34,937 pa inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, W10 6DZ |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7238075/333-J-KC-0869 |
Summary
The fitness instructor role will be working alongside another fitness instructor across 4 adult acute mental health wards and 2 PICU wards.
The role involves developing therapeutic relationships with service users to promote the benefits of physical activity and support them to engage in health and wellbeing activities.
You will be supported and supervised by the lead Occupational Therapist and Band 5 Fitness Instructor.
• To provide a sports & exercise service to St Charles Mental Health Centre
• To be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating group gym facilities and sessions.
• To support service users to improve their health and wellbeing by coaching individuals/ groups to lead a healthy lifestyle as well as carrying out health promotion interventions
• To use behaviour change techniques with individuals/ groups to empower them to identify, make, and sustain positive lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing
• To provide interventions informed by personal ‘recovery approach’ principles in order to improve in-patient service users’ quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and
live the life they want to lead
• To work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and another Fitness Instructor in coordinating and facilitating client centred activities.
Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's largest NHS Trusts.
With great size, comes fantastic opportunities, to develop, innovate and progress.
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and
providing patients and families with a positive experience.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please refer to the attached job description for a detailed description of the main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
The role involves developing therapeutic relationships with service users to promote the benefits of physical activity and support them to engage in health and wellbeing activities.
You will be supported and supervised by the lead Occupational Therapist and Band 5 Fitness Instructor.
• To provide a sports & exercise service to St Charles Mental Health Centre
• To be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating group gym facilities and sessions.
• To support service users to improve their health and wellbeing by coaching individuals/ groups to lead a healthy lifestyle as well as carrying out health promotion interventions
• To use behaviour change techniques with individuals/ groups to empower them to identify, make, and sustain positive lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing
• To provide interventions informed by personal ‘recovery approach’ principles in order to improve in-patient service users’ quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and
live the life they want to lead
• To work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and another Fitness Instructor in coordinating and facilitating client centred activities.
Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's largest NHS Trusts.
With great size, comes fantastic opportunities, to develop, innovate and progress.
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and
providing patients and families with a positive experience.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please refer to the attached job description for a detailed description of the main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
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