Job Introduction
Make a real difference to people living with long‑term lung conditions.
You will work alongside Respiratory Physiotherapists and Nurses to support the delivery of safe, effective care for people living with long-term lung conditions such as COPD and bronchiectasis. Using your coaching skills and knowledge of exercise, you’ll help patients build confidence, improve physical ability, and achieve their personal rehabilitation goals.
Base
The role will be based at St Martin’s Hospital, Bath (BA2 5RP), with travel required across the Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) area, and occasional travel to Swindon and Wiltshire.
Main Responsibilities
- Set up and deliver pulmonary rehabilitation exercise programmes across a range of community settings, including potential virtual/online classes
- Actively support the booking and coordination of patient appointments for 1:1 assessments and group classes
- Carry out delegated tasks from the Team Leader or Senior Physiotherapist
- Manage and prioritise your own caseload with professional autonomy, supported by senior colleagues
- Support individuals to achieve person‑centred goals, monitoring progress and adjusting interventions as needed
- Plan, progress, and tailor exercise programmes for participants attending pulmonary rehabilitation classes
- Use initiative and sound judgement to develop exercise programmes and support participants through to completion
- Evaluate outcomes and prepare discharge summaries
- Liaise with external agencies where appropriate to support patient care
- Support service promotion and engage with stakeholders as part of the wider team
Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.
Essential
- Experience working in a healthcare rehabilitation setting, either hospital or community‑based
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time‑management skills
- Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Good literacy and IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Confidence using digital platforms such as Microsoft Teams to support online sessions
- Experience supporting and educating individuals and groups, including patients, colleagues, and professionals
- Ability to work independently using initiative, with appropriate supervision
- Experience of partnership working and building relationships with external organisations
- Understanding of relevant health and care legislation
- A valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes
Desirable
- Completion of training or courses related to health, rehabilitation, or exercise
- Experience communicating information to a wide range of colleagues
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and lone working
Package Description
As a Band 4 Exercise Instructor - with special interest in Pulmonary Rehabilitation, you’ll be part of our valued team based at St Martins Hospital, Bath. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £27,674 - £30,557 FTE with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
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