Job summary
- Main area
- Sports and Exercise Tecnhnician
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working Rota included)
- Job ref
- 380-AC0754
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Martin Hospital, Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Sports and Exercise Technician
Band 4
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Sports and Exercise Technician who has a keen interest and enthusiasm in Sports and Exercise within the well-established Physiotherapy team. We are keen to recruit an individual who has a wide knowledge of health and wellbeing related to sports and exercise.
St Martin Hospital is an acute inpatient mental health hospital that provides care to adults with mental health conditions.
Sports and Exercise Technicians are recognised as essential, core and supportive members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will be part of the sport tech team, which is within the physiotherapy service.
We are looking for an individual who is motivated to take part in service development projects. We offer regular supervision, Personal Development Plans, in-service training and support for Continual Professional Development activities.
Main duties of the job
- Provide and promote sport and exercise to service users in an acute mental health inpatient setting, through individual sessions and group settings.
- Educate & motivate service users to adopt healthier lifestyles and provide a range of health promotion activities, including the importance of regular exercise, healthy eating, weight management and smoking cessation.
- Work and plan alongside other members of the immediate team and wider MDT, communicating effectively about service users and service changes/developments.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- BTEC extended diploma/ Level 3 National Diploma in Sports and Fitness/ Personal Training or Equivalent Experience
Desirable criteria
- Sports and Exercise related training and/or development
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years’ experience of working within a fitness setting
- Experience of working as a gym instructor, with groups and individuals, screening, assessing and designing exercise programmes
- Experience of coaching/leading sports activities with people of differing abilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Experience of assessing and advising on healthy lifestyle issues
- Ability to teach a variety of sports
- Experience of working with service users with physical health conditions
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written skills
- Basic IT skills
- Group work skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of mental health conditions
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexibility to change and innovation
Desirable criteria
- Ability to reflect on own practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nathalie Yeames-Drieu
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07707151987
- Additional information
For further details/informal visits, please contact:
Nathalie Yeames-DrieuPlease note I do not work Mondays
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