Sport & Exercise Therapy Instructor

3 weeks ago

Dartford, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Bracton Centre 6 ward medium secure unit and Memorial site has 2 low secure units. The post holder will work under the supervision of the Band 6 Trust Sports and Fitness Lead to deliver a sport & exercise therapy, under the Occupational Therapy department. This entails planning and implementing an evidence-based exercise prescription programme, tailored to the clinical conditions of the service user/s needs. As well as being a member of the wider Occupational Therapy team, supporting the Seven Day Therapies Programme.

The Sport & Exercise Therapy instructor will work with both individuals and groups contributing directly to the Sport & Exercise Therapy programme and the wider Occupational Therapy Seven Day Therapies Programme on average two in four weekends on a rota basis. The post holder will also offer a range of sporting activities as well as support access to community sport provisions to promote social inclusion.
- To manage own clinical caseload
- To work autonomously under the supervision of Trust Sport & Fitness Lead
- To co-lead lead on the development of service user projects e.g. Uplift programme
- Communicate with service users/carers, MDT and wider Occupational Therapy team.
- Provide feedback on caseload and therapeutic activities at monthly supervision.
- Have an awareness of local sport, exercise and physical activity providers that will promote social inclusion and skills development for service users.
- To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by Occupational Therapy lead.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
- To work effectively as a member of OT team and the Sport & Fitness team in providing a programme of ward, department or community based therapeutic activities
- Under supervision of Trust Sport & Fitness Lead /co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities
- Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users progress.
- To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users
- To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of Sport & Exercise programme.
- Ensure all data is completed and entered on RiO
- Maintaining good communication with the multi-professional team (MDT) to ensure integrated team working and improve the operational delivery of services.
- To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service
- To work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme on average two in four weekends on a rota basis.

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