Physiologists Jobs
Through our nationwide network of Hospitals, Clinics and Fitness
and Wellbeing Centres, we offer the UK's most advanced programme of
health assessments. Combining the benefits of state-of-the-art
technology with specialist expertise, these assessments are
designed to inspire positive change in our clients' behaviour -
helping people to get healthy and stay that way.
Our corporate health screening clients have access to a
comprehensive range of healthcare services from prevention to cure,
Likewise, the training and career development opportunities we
provide go far beyond what would normally be available to Sports
Science/Exercise Science/Physiology graduates.
At Nuffield Health, our Health and Wellbeing Physiologists are
experts in the understanding of how modern lifestyles affect health
and wellbeing. Graduates in Sports/Exercise Science or Physiology
who are already experienced in helping individuals improve their
health will undergo an extensive and industry-leading clinical
training programme designed to increase their understanding of
nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress, posture, the development and
progression of common lifestyle diseases, electrocardiography and
health psychology strategies. In addition, our Health and Wellbeing
Physiologists are educated to understand the true meaning of
"health" and to develop strategies to improve their client's
energy, sleep quality, mood and general wellbeing.
This knowledge will be utilised by our expert Physiologists to
perform advanced one-to-one health assessments on a range of
clients and, often alongside a Health Assessment Doctor, using the
results to recommend and coach evidence-based lifestyle
interventions to improve their client's overall health and
wellbeing.
When recruited as an Academy Health and Wellbeing Physiologist,
you will begin a 5 week training program to prepare you for the
role. The first 4 weeks will be an intense theory-based residential
training programme to ensure you are familiar with our products,
our values and expectations. This includes an Intermediate Life
Support course and a Venepuncture course. You will also undertake
extensive training to conduct sub-maximal V02 max ECG testing. Once
you have completed that, we will start to induct you into your role
- you'll spend the 5th week shadowing one of our
experienced Health and Wellbeing Physiologists before completing
the remaining part of your induction programme with support and
coaching based at your own site. Whichever role you've applied for
in whichever location, the first 4 weeks of our Training Academy
can be run from any of our hospitals across the UK so flexibility
is required as you may need to stay away from home Monday - Friday
for the 4 week period during which hotel accommodation will be
provided.
Following successful completion of the training programme, all
of our Academy Health and Wellbeing Physiologists will become full
professional members of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
who act as the professional body for Health and Wellbeing
Physiologists. With a membership base of over 6,000 health
professionals, and as a leading organisation in the world of health
promotion and engagement, the RSPH enhance the profile of Health
and Wellbeing Physiology, as well as helping to set standards and
best practice within our field of work. Membership of the RSPH
significantly strengthens the prospective career opportunities of
an Academy Health and Wellbeing Physiologist, and further
underlines Nuffield Health's dedication to the development of
Health and Wellbeing Physiology.
You can achieve your career potential with our structured
development pathways programme
Starting on a salary of £20,000 pa as an Academy Physiologist an
established and highly supportive development structure is in place
to ensure that you quickly fulfil your career potential. Once you
successfully complete all the elements of your probationary period,
your first progression will be to a fully-fledged Health and
Wellbeing Physiologist and from there you'll have the opportunity
to develop your experience and capability, further increasing your
earnings. As you continually enhance your skills and with our
support, you'll be looking to increase your client contact hours
and once you've achieved circa 2,400 hours, you're
potentially ready to step up to Senior Health and Wellbeing
Physiologist. From there you may have the choice of moving on
to be a Health and Wellbeing Physiology Team Leader, a 'Meet our
Experts' Physiologist or an Onsite Project Manager.
For the most ambitious and focused Physiologists, we would
anticipate you would ultimately be moving onto a Regional Lead
Physiology role specialising in the clinical aspects of the role or
alternatively you may be looking to opt for a more commercially led
challenge as a Clinic Manager, running a Health Assessment Clinic,
an Integrated Clinical Services Manager running an integrated
Physiotherapy and Health Assessment offering or an Account Manager
looking after some of our highly valued key account clients. There
are a number of different pathways open to you dependent upon the
aspects of the role you most enjoy and where your strengths
lie.
Beyond this stage, you could be moving into a highly influential
position either as a member of the Senior Physiology Management
Team, Integrated Centre Manager or Regional Operations Manager.
Alternatively, at any stage in your career you may decide to
pursue an equally rewarding but alternative career path as you will
have access to Group wide opportunities across our estate of over
200 Fitness & Wellbeing Centres, Independent Clinics and
Hospitals as well as roles within our Head Office and Regional
Office support functions.
It's fair to say that when you join Nuffield Health as an
Academy Health and Wellbeing Physiologist, there is no limit to
your potential, dependent upon your own personal aspirations and
ambitions.
Diagram of Structured
Career Development Pathways for Academy
Physiologists
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