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Rehabilitation Specialist

Nuffield Health
United Kingdompart_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Aug 2026
💰 £27,985/yr

About the role

Rehabilitation Specialist 

Derby Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent | Part-Time 

Up  to £27,985.32 per annum (pro-rata), depending on experience 

18 hours per week

 
At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you. 

We are looking for a Rehabilitation Specialist to help us build a healthier nation at our Derby Hospital who will deliver Nuffield Health Rehabilitation Programmes utilising the unique Nuffield Health pathway, championing the Charitable Purpose. This role will play a crucial part in Nuffield’s long-term vision for clinical rehabilitation and will require the Rehabilitation Specialist to undertake remote (digital) and in person facilitation of exercise, emotion wellbeing support, healthy eating, and goal setting to aid the participants recovery. The pathway will involve weekly 1to1s, group exercise classes (virtual and in person), promote goal setting and self-directed activity. 

You will demonstrate leadership and influencing skills, be a good communicator, organised and self-motived. As part of this role, you will work collaboratively onsite, centrally and with our Charity team and our beneficiaries. You will need excellent IT skills and hold a Level 3 Personal trainer qualification which is essential for the role. Ideally you will have previous experience working in a Rehabilitation Specialist position and an understanding of rehabilitation, along with potentially a Bsc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation (desired not essential). 

 

As a Rehabilitation Specialist you will:  

  • Organise and run a series of rolling 12-week rehabilitation programmes. 

  • Facilitate and deliver both live stream and in person group exercise classes, with people that have varying degrees of abilities and physical function. 

  • Be able to promote self-directed activity using pre-recorded on demand classes and a journal which will aid in the participants being able to self-manage their condition after the 12-week Programme. 

  • Capability to re-calibrate exercises and intensities based on regular improvements demonstrated by changes in both effort and performance. 

  • Identify any deterioration of participants and if necessary follow internal escalation processes, ensuring reporting is processed within a specific timeframe and that outcome data is accurately captured, which is essential in supporting our Charitable Purpose and tracking and monitoring particip

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