Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are inclusive
and dedicated, working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking for a Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor
to join our welcoming team of dedicated military and civilian healthcare
professionals and administrative staff located at the Queen Elizabeth Healthcare
Centre, Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The position offers 37.5 hours per week.The salary will be
pro rata where the part time hours are undertaken and applications for part time
or job share to cover these hours are welcome.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits Include:
- Free Parking
- Access to gym (which can be during the working day if it fits working hours)
- Fortnightly In-Service Training and CPD time, AND quarterly Regional In-Service Training
- Support by the Team Lead in your personal and clinical development
- Opportunities to develop the Service
- Study leave allocation
- Excellent rehab setting and facilities to maximise your autonomous Evidence-Based Practice input with patients
- Local Amenities
- Access to NHS Pension
- A large friendly, motivated and experienced team
- A culture encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be sustaining and improving the training and operational effectiveness of injured Service
Personnel by provision of high quality targeted rehabilitation, accelerating their return to optimal
physical capacity, whilst influencing their psychological and social health.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and
responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high quality
professional service.
- Working within the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Programme (DMRP) is to provide
a high standard of exercise based rehabilitation including highly specialist work in the
musculo-skeletal/sports and training injury area for the PAR, meeting Standards for Better
Health1 by using a multidisciplinary approach.
- Developing and maintaining of their own personal, service, and professional
standards to the highest attainable levels.
- Providing clinical reports to assist in the comprehensive discharge planning for both
referring source and ongoing patient care under other health professionals.
Please pay particular attention to
the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role
requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel for interview.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK3 Knowledge & Info Resources
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our
uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our
patients when based at home.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and
responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high quality
professional service.
- Working within the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Programme (DMRP) is to provide
a high standard of exercise based rehabilitation including highly specialist work in the
musculo-skeletal/sports and training injury area for the PAR, meeting Standards for Better
Health1 by using a multidisciplinary approach.
- Developing and maintaining of their own personal, service, and professional
standards to the highest attainable levels.
- Providing clinical reports to assist in the comprehensive discharge planning for both
referring source and ongoing patient care under other health professionals.
Please pay particular attention to
the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role
requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel for interview.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK3 Knowledge & Info Resources
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our
uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our
patients when based at home.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership to British Association Sports Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT).
- Bachelor of Science (BSC )in Sport Exercise Therapy/Rehabilitation/Sports Science or equivalent.
- Qualified Joint Service school Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor or equivalent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership to British Association Sports Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT).
- Bachelor of Science (BSC )in Sport Exercise Therapy/Rehabilitation/Sports Science or equivalent.
- Qualified Joint Service school Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor or equivalent.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
