Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the UCLH Prehabilitation team. Our Prehab service started in 2021 and is run by a close team who are passionate about improving patients fitness for surgery. We now receive about 400-500 referrals per year. Our data shows that all patients have benefited from an improvement in fitness, fatigue and quality of life following completion of the prehab programme, optimising them for their surgery.
Due to the success of the service we have been awarded a Sustainability and Transformation Grant to recruit an additional Prehab Support Worker for 12 months to expand our service.
We are looking for an excellent team player who has experience leading exercise classes and providing one-to-one exercise training to join our team and help grow the service. The current team consists of Doctors, Physiotherapists, Dieticians and admin support. Patients can also be referred for pain management, psychology and smoking cessation as required.
The post holder will be responsible for providing virtual exercise classes, one-to-one exercise sessions, basic nutritional advice and some follow up phone calls. This role is ideal for someone who feels passionately about exercise, nutrition, wellbeing and patient experience. There is some flexibility in the hours and ability to work from home, once established in the role.
Main duties
* Implementation and progression of treatment plans delegated by qualified staff.
* Running of virtual group exercise classes.
* Complete follow up telephone calls with patients on the prehab pathway. Completion of outcome measures.
* Review patient goals and progress as appropriate.
* Explore potential barriers to engagement and escalate as appropriate to wider team.
* Reinforce the physiotherapist\s advice and patient education.
* Documentation of all patient contact in electronic health records system in accordance with the Trust and professional guidelines.
* Admin tasks to support the running of the service.
* Data collection for service improvement and research.
* To complete accurate nutritional screening with patients.
* To gather nutritional information from patients.
* To assess tolerance of oral nutritional supplements prescribed by the dietitian.
* To help dietitian to develop and deliver group education to patients.
* To provide basic nutritional advice to patients with support and supervision from dietitian.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
* University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
* National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
* University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
* Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
* University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
* The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in womens health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Details
Date posted: 17 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £33,094 to £36,195 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 309-UCLH-6939
Job locations: University College Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 2BU
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff. UCLH is recognised as a top trust to work at in England, based on the NHS staff survey results.
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Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
* Broad general education
* Personal training qualification level 4 or equivalent (Desirable)
Experience
* Essential: Working with people, working in a team, delivering exercise classes and programmes, ideally to people with underlying medical conditions
Desirable: Working with patients in an outpatient clinic setting, working virtually
Communication
* Fluency in written and spoken English
Personal Qualities and Skills
* Good computer literacy and keyboard skills
* Excellent team working and communication skills
* Interest in Nutrition (Desirable)
Assessment & treatment planning
* Confident in communicating with a variety of patients in 1:1 and group settings
* Confident in designing and implementing 1:1 exercise programmes based on patient needs and abilities
Other
* Able to participate in 7-day services
Other
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Employer details
Employer: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: University College Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU
Employers website: uclh.nhs.uk
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