Physical Fitness Practitioner

Job overview

This is a physical fitness practitioner (PFP) role that involves working in a medium secure and low secure forensic mental health ward, across two different sites - Marlborough House, Milton Keynes and Woodlands House, Aylesbury. The post holder will be supported by the Lead PFP and Clinical Occupational Therapy Lead across the sites.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

• To plan, develop and provide health and fitness services in group settings or with individual patients
• To provide a programme of therapeutic activities appropriate to patients need within the service and establish service guidelines.
• To support patients to make links with community fitness intervention opportunities.
• Work with a defined caseload of patients to assess their physical fitness needs and strengths.
• Provide evidence-based 1:1 and group intervention to improve physical fitness.
• Use risk assessment tools to safely engage patients in relevant training programmes.
• Use appropriate outcome measures to understand the effectiveness of interventions and adapt interventions as necessary

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Receive and handle confidential information relating to patients’ mental health, offending history, safeguarding concerns and risk assessments.
• Work with patients who have committed serious offences or who present a significant harm to themselves and others.
• Work with patients to identify community-based opportunities to support physical health and fitness.
• Work alongside other members of the MDT to provide interventions to improve mental and physical health, making referrals when required, attending relevant clinical meetings to discuss goals and progress.
• Record relevant care plans and clinical information on the patient’s electronic health record.
• Support ward projects, bringing expertise around physical health and fitness.
• Contribute to educating patients in healthy lifestyle choices and smoke cessation.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under UKVI regulations. To be considered, you must already hold the valid right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

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.