Exercise Physiologist

Role overview

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking exercise physiologists to join and help grow its trust-wide prehabilitation service. This position offers the chance to contribute to a multidisciplinary team focused on preparing patients for treatment, reducing treatment-related complications, and supporting long-term health improvements through positive lifestyle change.

The role will involve working closely with wider clinical teams, including participation in a specialist hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer clinic alongside surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, and anaesthetists.

About the employer

Barts Health is among the largest NHS trusts in the UK and is recognised as a major healthcare provider. The organisation aims to deliver safe, compassionate, high-quality care across East London and beyond, while fostering a workplace built on excellence, innovation, and the WeCare values.

What the role involves

The successful candidate will play an important part in the continued development and day-to-day operation of a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service across the trust.

The trust is looking for a clinician who is committed, highly skilled, and motivated, with broad experience in exercise prescription for people living with a variety of long-term health conditions.

Training and development

The trust highlights strong support for professional growth, including a structured teaching and training programme. There is also scope to take part in Quality Improvement and Audit projects within a supportive environment designed to help clinicians develop further.

Inclusion and workplace culture

The organisation states that it is committed to inclusion and to creating a working environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging. It values differences and encourages an inclusive culture for all employees.

Contact for informal enquiries

For additional details or an informal discussion about the post, candidates may contact Duncan Grant, Senior Exercise Physiologist, at [email protected]. Further discussion is also available with Emily Dore-Smith at [email protected] or Duncan Grant at the same email address.