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Exercise Physiologist
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts. We are looking for exercise physiologists who are ready for new challenges and seeking opportunities to join our prehabilitation team.
We are pleased to be expanding our well-established team to continue providing a trust wide prehabilitation service. The successful post holders will hold a key role in the on-going development and running of a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service. The post-holders will work to deliver a trust-wide service that will not only reduce complications from hospital treatment but aim to improve patients’ long-term health as they adopt lifestyle changes. The post-holders will also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams including attending a novel hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer clinic with surgeons, clinical nurse specialists and anaesthetists.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should be a dedicated, skilled and motivated clinician with a breadth of experience in exercise prescription across a range of chronic health conditions. At Bart’s our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation; providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of care and being an outstanding place to work. For this reason, we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service. We therefore offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our clinicians.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of principles of Prehabilitation and supporting evidence.
- High level knowledge of existing exercise testing and prescription guidelines specific to long-term conditions.
- Demonstrable and competent knowledge of exercise physiology and impact of varied clinical pathologies.
- Recognise scope of practice and boundaries of own responsibilities.
Desirable
- Understanding of different anti-cancer treatments and the side-effects that may impact intervention.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing a caseload of patients and working in a timely manner
- Experience of planning and executing face-to-face and home-based exercise programmes, analysing outcomes and adapting as required
- Experience of using motivation interviewing techniques to people with long term conditions.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering exercise intervention to people with cancer and other long-term conditions.
- Experience of data collection and analysis to evaluate outcomes.
- Experience or knowledge of prehabilitation / rehabilitation services.
- Participation in Research/Audit.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Exercise Science/Sports Science or equivalent
- MSc in Clinical Exercise Physiology or equivalent
- Training in motivational interviewing and/or health coaching
Desirable
- Registration with AHCS – Clinical Exercise Physiologist
- Cancer rehabilitation qualification.
- Intermediate Life Support Skills.
Skills / personal attributes & abilities
Essential
- Skills / personal attributes & abilities
- Ability to support senior colleagues in designing and implementing training programmes and research & audit activities
- Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of data protection and patient confidentiality.
- High level of computer literacy with good use of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook applications.
- Pays attention to detail and consistently produces accurate work
- Ensures personal, professional behaviour and integrity at all times
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
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This advert is for Exercise Physiologist with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Jul 2026.
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