Exercise Referral Instructor
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- England,South West,Wiltshire,Swindon
- Part Time, Permanent
- £14.63 per hour
Job Description:
GLL is looking for a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator to work within our Swindon Partnership. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a GP Exercise Referral Facilitator job; it’s a career.
The GP Exercise (Health) Referral Facilitator role is responsible for prescribing suitable physical activity and supporting behaviour change for Medically Referred clients. The GP Exercise Referral Facilitator role will include setting up and undertaking group and individual training sessions along with general day to day operation of the GP Referral programme including referral processing, accurate record keeping and data processing.
The GP (Health) Referral Facilitator is responsible to the Healthwise Coordinator / Health Manager.
What you’ll do:
* To ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Physical Activity Referral Scheme (PARS), maximising effectiveness of all available resources.
* Carry out health and lifestyle assessments with referral patients and develop safe and appropriate programmes of physical activity / exercise.
* Act as first point of contact for patients referred onto the scheme
* To provide individuals with evidence-based, relevant and culturally sensitive information regarding a healthy lifestyle.
* To constructively interact with different people in a variety of areas within the operational team, wider health teams and GLL support services.
What you need:
* GP Referral qualification (Level 3)
* A recognised Fitness instructor or Personal training qualification (Level 3)
* Experience of pre-screening / assessing patients for suitability to physical activity / exercise programme
* Experience of monitoring and progressing individuals through an exercise programme
* A good understanding of the health and fitness industry
* Ability to motivate individuals and support behaviour change
* Good time management and punctuality
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
The GP Exercise (Health) Referral Facilitator role is responsible for prescribing suitable physical activity and supporting behaviour change for Medically Referred clients. The GP Exercise Referral Facilitator role will include setting up and undertaking group and individual training sessions along with general day to day operation of the GP Referral programme including referral processing, accurate record keeping and data processing.
The GP (Health) Referral Facilitator is responsible to the Healthwise Coordinator / Health Manager.
What you’ll do:
* To ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Physical Activity Referral Scheme (PARS), maximising effectiveness of all available resources.
* Carry out health and lifestyle assessments with referral patients and develop safe and appropriate programmes of physical activity / exercise.
* Act as first point of contact for patients referred onto the scheme
* To provide individuals with evidence-based, relevant and culturally sensitive information regarding a healthy lifestyle.
* To constructively interact with different people in a variety of areas within the operational team, wider health teams and GLL support services.
What you need:
* GP Referral qualification (Level 3)
* A recognised Fitness instructor or Personal training qualification (Level 3)
* Experience of pre-screening / assessing patients for suitability to physical activity / exercise programme
* Experience of monitoring and progressing individuals through an exercise programme
* A good understanding of the health and fitness industry
* Ability to motivate individuals and support behaviour change
* Good time management and punctuality
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
Job number 3726588
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Company Details:
GLL
Company size: 5,000 employees
Industry: Leisure & Tourism
GLL is a charitable social enterprise and the largest leisure provider in the UK. As a national organisation, we now operate in more locations than ev...