Sports and Exercise Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Sports and Exercise Technician within the well-established Physiotherapy team at Littlebrook Hospital, an acute inpatient mental health hospital. The technician will promote sport and exercise to service users, educate them on healthier lifestyles, and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team. The position involves individual and group sessions, focusing on health promotion activities like exercise, healthy eating, and smoking cessation. The successful candidate will be part of the sport tech team and will be encouraged to participate in service development projects.
Key responsibilities
- To provide and promote sport and exercise to service users in an acute mental health inpatient setting, through individual sessions and group setting.
- To 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.
- To work and plan alongside other members of the immediate team and wider MDT, communicating effectively about service users and service changes/developments.
Essential criteria
- BTEC extended diploma/ Level 3 National Diploma in Sports and Fitness/ Personal Training or Equivalent Experience
- Experience of working as a gym instructor, with groups and individuals, screening, assessing and designing exercise programmes
- The ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
- Experience of coaching/leading sports activities with people of differing abilities
- Good written skills
- Being able to adapt own communication style to suit needs of patients
- Good IT skills including Word, Outlook and the ability to use RiO electronic records system, or be willing to undergo training
- The ability to work a variety of hours to suit the needs of the patients and the services
- Enthusiasm for working in challenging areas
- Flexibility to change and innovation
- To be self-aware and recognise appropriate boundaries in patient/staff relationships
Desirable criteria
- Driving licence
- Work in mental health setting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Sports and Exercise Technician
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
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.
Littlebrook Hospital is an acute inpatient mental health hospital which 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 that is motivated in taking 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
- To provide and promote sport and exercise to service users in an acute mental health inpatient setting, through individual sessions and group setting.
- To 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 ce
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