Exercise ProfessionalNHS

Job summary

We are looking for Exercise Professional to join the Physical Therapies Team based at Langdon Hospital, Devon. This dynamic and rewarding role working in Secure services under the leadership of the Specialist Physiotherapist and the Lead Exercise Professional involves supporting, developing and delivering the provision of physical activity interventions. The post holder will use their skills and knowledge to deliverprogrammes of exercise, physical activity and rehabilitation to optimise the mental andphysicalhealth of service users. They will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the Physical Therapies Team, coordinating, supporting and planning physical activities both on site and in the community. They will also take a lead in teaching and promoting healthy lifestyle strategies to service users and staff, supporting service users to make informed healthy lifestyle choices.

Working as part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to peoples lives from the moment you start. We expect all our staff to embrace this way of working, recognising the value of everyone involved in service design and delivery.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working in a team with a Specialist Physiotherapist, a Lead Physical Health Practitioner (Lead Exercise Professional) and Exercise Professionals as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.

You will be working with service users who, as a consequence of their mental health needs, often have had contact with the legal system and require a safe and secure environment that enables them to receive a wide range of treatments, therapies and care to assist in their recovery.

The Physical Therapies team us evidence-based interventions to coproduce supportive sessions for mental and physical wellbeing as well as long term condition management. We aim to optimise service user health outcomes by using person centred care in our daily interactions. Having an innovative, flexible and curious approach to supporting service users with complex comorbidities. We will support you to learn the skills you need to thrive in this unique work environment and ask that you are motivated, flexible and eager to learn.

The successful candidate will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills with both staff and service users. In a Secure setting there may be challenging situations and interactions, where the candidate will need to be able to demonstrate these communication skills.

We advise booking a visit to the Langdon Secure Services site to gain a better understanding of the role and what the service provides.

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for further information.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.