Health & Fitness Advisor

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for fitness to join our Health and Wellbeing team. We are seeking a passionate, energetic and inspiring individual to join the team and provide motivational support, advice and guidance to our staff. The applicant must hold a Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification, Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification and be registered with CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sports and Physical Activity).

You will lead the development and delivery of the physical competency assessments programme for the Trust working closely with respective teams ensuring compliance to local and national policy and standards. Using your extensive experience in the field you will also provide training advice and support with a focus on lifestyle behavior change. You will be an innovative thinker with a flexible and pragmatic approach to work, be a people person who believes in, champions, and supports improvements in physical wellbeing.

You will be required to work across the Yorkshire region supporting all staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an excellent communicator and be willing to support the health and fitness needs of our diverse staff. This can range from supporting rehabilitation, undertaking assessments, inductions and designing personalised programmes to help our staff achieve their goals.

You will be people focused with a passion for health and fitness. Working within a multidisciplinary team including occupational health service providers you will use evidence base to develop new preventative approaches to raise awareness of and inform positive lifestyle and wellbeing improvements. You will use a variety of communication platforms and approaches to deliver health and fitness related interventions.

This is a rare and ideal opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and innovative individual who wants to positively influence change within a large, complex organisation. If you are interested, we would like to hear from you.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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