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Are you passionate about fitness, rehabilitation, and making a real difference? We’re looking for a motivated and dynamic Health & Fitness Instructor to join our innovative Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) at Broadmoor Hospital.
This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to work in a high secure setting, where you will support and encourage patients with acute and enduring mental illness to engage in meaningful physical activity as part of their recovery journey and overall wellbeing.
As part of our dedicated Health & Fitness team, you will deliver engaging, structured, and patient-focused activities across a wide range of environments, including:
Ward-based gyms
Main Fitness Suite
Indoor Sports Hall
Outdoor 3G Polymeric Multi-Use Games Area
Fitness Studio
You’ll play a key role in creating inclusive, motivating, and therapeutic activity programmes that promote physical health, build confidence, and enhance social engagement.
This role also offers the opportunity to step into leadership on shift, where you will support, supervise, and develop colleagues, ensuring activities are delivered safely, effectively, and to a high standard. The successful candidate must have a minimum of Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification.
Take a lead role in providing day-to-day support, guidance, and leadership within the Health and Fitness Department, working closely with a Band 5 Supervisor to ensure high-quality service delivery.
Bring creativity and innovation by designing and delivering new and engaging health and fitness activities, responsive to patient interests, age, culture, and backgrounds — including both individual and group programmes.
Work collaboratively with Dietitians and Physiotherapists to plan and deliver targeted sessions that support patients with physical limitations, mobility challenges, and weight management goals.
Act as a positive role model and key resource for the team, actively participating in and contributing to all patient sessions to maximise engagement and therapeutic benefit.
Ensure the team maintains high standards of clinical documentation, supporting staff to record accurate, timely, and professional notes within RiO, in line with service expectations and timeframes.
Support the monitoring of patient progress by ensuring regular, high-quality reporting, including CPA and LATCH updates, capturing achievements, engagement, and areas for development.
Take responsibility for maintaining a safe and compliant environment, ensuring that all daily, weekly, and quarterly checks and procedures are completed accurately and on time.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
