Cancer Prehabilitation Fitness Instructor

• Work under Physiotherapist guidance to deliver prehabilitation and rehabilitation for people living with and beyond cancer.
• Manage a caseload across all stages of the cancer pathway.
• Contribute to MDT meetings, raising and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Complete administrative duties, including accurate recording, monitoring, and auditing of assessments and outcomes.
• Oversee waiting lists and caseloads, ensuring smooth patient pathways.Deliver physical activity programmes (1:1 and group) across multiple sites for patients undergoing oncology treatments.
• Monitor patient progress and adapt programmes to ensure safe, effective care.
• Promote healthy living and support behaviour change.Provide personalised care using a "what matters to you" approach.Address health inequalities and promote inclusion in service delivery.
• Work collaboratively with patients, carers, MDT, and external partners.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and empathetically.

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Essential

• Level 3 Diploma in exercise referral (CIMSPA accredited)
• Level 4 Cancer Rehabilitation or willingness to work towards this.
• Specialist Exercise Instructor Level 4 qualification in chronic conditions e.g. Diabetes, Obesity.

Desirable

• Courses with relevance to the job e.g., equipment, dementia

Essential

• Recent, relevant experience of working in the leisure/ fitness sector with a range of clients including those on an exercise referral scheme
• Experience of delivering community-based exercise or rehabilitation in both one to one and group settings.
• Experience of working with people with complex health needs and the impact this can have on exercise
• Knowledge and understanding of goal setting principles

Desirable

• Knowledge of behaviour change methods
• Experience of working with people with cancer
• Experience in the delivery of cardiac, pulmonary or cancer rehabilitation
• Knowledge of health inequalities

Essential

• Understanding of the role of prehabilitation and rehabilitation within Cancer services.
• Able to recognise when guidance and support is required and initiate appropriate escalation processes
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working
• Knowledge of the impact illness and disability have on rehabilitation

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant clinical assessments and treatments
• Knowledge of the NHS constitution

Essential

• Communication and counselling skills, ability to convey sensitive information in an appropriate manner to patients/clients relative/ carers and the MDT
• Skills to cope with stressful situations, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers
• Planning and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise own workload and meet required timescales.

Desirable

• Motivational interviewing skills
• Skills in the use of digital technology

Essential

• Current UK driving license
• Access to own transport