# Clinical Exercise Physiologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Medway NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Medway Maritime Hospital - Eliot Ward
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/ pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 21.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T16:00:56.972Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Gillingham/Medway_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Preassessment/Preassessment-v8229299
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8229299?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.medway.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Clinical Exercise Physiologist Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics Care Group: Theatres and Anaesthesia Band: NHS AfC Band 5 Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/ pro rata

We are recruiting for a Clinical Exercise Physiologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

### Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Exercise Physiologist, you will play a crucial role in our multi-disciplinary prehabilitation team that works to support the Medway patients in their peri-operative pathway. You will communicate with patients to offer prehabilitation support, advice and help with motivation during their journey to self-improve and reduce their clinical risk of complications following surgery.

Using CPET and Biopsychosocial interventions as the basis of risk assessment and treatment, we will create a patient-centred service that will truly improve patient lives. You will be supported by a group of dedicated Consultant Periop Anaesthetic Physicians and bolstered by skilled allied health professions in support of this work.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be part of a team that will provide a high standard, fully comprehensive, multi-skilled Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing (CPET) and prehabilitation service in a professional manner, working to National and Departmental Guidelines whilst being accountable for own actions. Effective communication skills will support the post holder as they manage the patient pathway of these high-risk patients and support the other disciplines in their activity.

CPET testing will require competencies in ECG and general observations of physical parameters to monitor for ongoing pathology during the test. This will help support our consultants to ensure the safe delivery of the testing process. Guided by these CPET results, the post holder will have an expertise in creating personalised exercise prescriptions and Nutrional support. The successful candidate will work with other specialist members of the team to achieve the best possible outcome for the patients.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good organisational and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Fault find on complex equipment
- Calmly and accurately assess a clinical situation within own area of skill and act promptly and appropriately

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- To provide all skills in line with the recognised Professional Code of Practice (BASES)
- Commit to maintaining ALS/ILS training

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc in sport and exercise physiology or equivalent
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Evidence of further study or courses in relation to the topic

## Documents

- [band 5 jd (pdf, 864.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10538883)

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