Rehabilitation Specialist
Warwickshire Hospital | Fitness | Permanent | part time
Up to £28,972 per annum, pro rata -depending on skills and experience
18 hours per week
Thisrole ofRehabilitation Specialist will be to deliver Nuffield Health Social Impact Programmes utilising the unique Nuffield Health pathway and championing the Charitable Purpose to ‘Build a healthier nation’. This role will play a crucial part in NuffieldHealth’s long-term vision forsupporting people with long term conditionswith tailored, structured exerciseprogrammes.
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the role will require the Rehabilitation Specialist to undertake virtual and in person facilitation of appropriateexerciseprogrammingfor people with varying abilities & physical function,offeringemotional wellbeing support, facilitating individual and group learning around various topicsand to promote positive behaviour change,allaiding in an individual’s recovery.
Where necessary and depending on which social impact programme.
1. Identifysuitable community locations (such as community centre, sport centreor local authority gym) to deliver the programme from.
2. Complete appropriate risk assessments & site evaluation to ensure location safe and appropriate
3. Ensure site is set up & ready to deliver the programme for each session. This includes ensuring equipment stored safely after use.
4. Ensure anysite specificrules and procedures are followed
Wherenecessary anddepending on whichsocial impactprogramme.
5. Recruit participants into the programme, working with site and GPLO’s
6. Monitoring Cohort registration/referrals
7. Manage the transition of phases and overlapped phases
Wherenecessary anddepending on whichsocial impactprogramme.
8. Deliver a rehabilitationprogrammeof varying lengths, models (virtual and in person) andspecialist areas.
9. Facilitate Cohorts of8 – 13participants
10. Engage inweekly1to1telephoneconversationsto help set goals, understand restrictions, progress, and offer emotional wellbeing support
11. Deliverlive stream classes for the cohorts using MS teams, with people of varying abilities and physical function.(where applicable)
12. Deliver in person exercise classes, with people of varying abilities and physical function
13. Facilitate individual & groupslearning with the aid of the journaland Hub.
14. Manage a discharge process when participants have completed their rehabilitation programme.
15. Identification of deterioration and further referral, including internal clinical escalations where appropriate.
16. Ensure that the participants are working through and completing their support journal, highlighting sections of particular help.
17. Ensure that all sessionsare scheduled ahead of time and participantsreceive their sessions plans in advance.
18. Deliverprogramme assessmentswhere necessary
19. Use of the correct entry point scale for all participants, offering progressions and regressions for allabilities.
Skills required:
20. Problem-solving and diagnostic skills
21. Organisational ability
22. Effective decision-making skills
23. Time and resource management
24. Experience working with vulnerable adults
25. Qualifications showing good English and number skills
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