Simon Jones – Senior Physiologist (Onsite Projects)

I joined Nuffield Health in April 2007 as a Health and Wellbeing Physiologist. I initially worked as a mobile physiologist, which gave me the experience of working within a wide number of Hospitals and wellbeing centres, ranging from big multi-disciplinary flagship hospitals to stand alone health screening centres.

Working as a mobile Physiologist allowed me to build relationships with other colleagues from sites up and down the country and made the mobile aspect of my job really enjoyable. 

To work as a Health and Wellbeing Physiologist for Nuffield Health a background in Physiology is obviously essential. It is just as important to realise that this job also involves interpersonal skills and I enjoy the fact that I have an opportunity to help people to improve their health and wellbeing through my work.

My educational background includes a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science, in addition to corporate experience in the fitness industry. I have experience in prescribing advanced exercise programmes to people of all ages and fitness levels and I was also a corporate fitness centre manager before moving into physiology.

I joined Nuffield Health to challenge myself and ensure that I utilise the knowledge developed in my degree to the best of my ability. Whilst working within a hospital environment I've used cutting edge health screening equipment to gather information on the health of clients. This makes the job extremely interesting and enjoyable and gives you the right tools to ensure that you can tailor the lifestyle advice given to clients.

My current role with Nuffield Health is as an on-site physiologist. This involves working within an external company delivering health assessments, seminars and health interventions to the staff. This is an extremely varied role that helps me to develop my skills as a physiologist, whilst giving me further experience within a corporate environment. For example, one day I can be performing seminars on Blood Pressure or Stress management to office staff, then the next I can be delivering tailored health assessments to staff within a power station.

As the field of physiology progresses within Nuffield Health more opportunities are rapidly being developed making it an exciting place to work. I also have the benefit of an excellent CPD programme to ensure that my skills and knowledge are constantly kept at an extremely high level.