At a Glance
- Tasks: Support adults with mental health issues through sports and fitness activities.
- Company: Join the East London NHS Foundation Trust, dedicated to improving lives.
- Benefits: Flexible part-time hours, meaningful work, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to grow within a caring and inclusive organisation.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while promoting health and fitness.
- Qualifications: Experience in fitness instruction or facilitating exercise sessions is essential.
The predicted salary is between 37035 - 45265 £ per year.
- Sports Therapist Assistant | East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Company: East London NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in facilitating physical exercise sessions or a fitness instructor who wishes to work part time with adults with mental health issues in community and inpatient services.
The role requires flexibility and ability to commute across Newham.
- To support in the provision of sports, health and fitness related activities in response to patient need, in conjunction with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and within the Sports Therapy service.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of specialist assessment, treatment and evaluation relevant to sports health and fitness, in line with the Sports Therapy Team.
- To contribute to the planning, provision, development and evaluation of the Sports Therapy service.
To maintain positive key relationships with the following
- Head of Occupational Therapy Service
- Occupational Therapy colleagues
- Multi-Disciplinary Teams
- Service users and their representatives
- Links with external agencies and other appropriate community services
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.
Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
- To support adults with mental health conditions to access sports, health and fitness related activities in Newham.
- To support the Sports Therapy service in its provision of assessment and treatment of service users with mental health conditions and complex health care needs.
- To contribute to the planning, provision, development and evaluation of the sports therapy service.
- To support the Lead Sports Therapist with the development of specialist physical activity research, evidence-based practice and Clinical Governance projects that best support the development of the Sports Therapy Service aims and objectives in the improvement of patientcare and clinical practice.
- To facilitate physical activity for adults with mental conditions across both inpatient and community mental health services in Newham.
- This advert closes on Friday 21 Aug 2026
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