Sports Therapy Apprentice - London, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will focus on forming therapeutic, meaningful relationships with patients, they will use a range of interventions/activities to enhance their care and improve their experience, More specifically the role will entail the following:

Under the supervision of the Sports Lead provide to devise and or co-facilitate physical exercise sessions both one to one and group based interventions in both hospital and community settings, under the guidance of the Lead Sports Therapist; this may include walking groups; exercise groups etc.

Under the supervision of the Sports Lead T provide individual/group assessment and activity within the inpatient Gym supporting service users in sports, health and fitness related activity.

To provide these exercise programmes and gym sessions in a manner which is safe, effective, inclusive and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Under the supervision of the Sports Therapy Lead regularly review and modify specialist treatment exercise and Gym programmes in response to the needs of the patients.

To ensure the safety of service users whilst they engage in physical exercise programmes and use the IP Gym at all times, following all relevant guidelines, regulations, and procedures.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve

Our values are:

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.