Fitness Instructor

Job Description:

Job Description

Fitness Instructor

Richmond Village Painswick, Stroud Road, Gloucestershire, GL6 6UL

£13.25 per hour

Permanent Part time, 6 hours per week

Tuesdays 2.00pm -8.00pm, some flexibility may be available

We make health happen

At Bupa, we offer essential support when it matters most. Richmond Villages Painswick provides luxury retirement living with personalized care that promotes independence and honours individual choice, allowing our residents to live their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10.

Our fitness instructors plays a crucial role at our retirement village by promoting health, wellness, and an active lifestyle among our residents. They design and lead engaging exercise programs tailored to the needs and abilities of seniors, helping to improve their physical fitness, mobility, and overall well-being. By fostering a supportive and motivating environment, our fitness instructors enhances the quality of life for our residents, encouraging social interaction and a sense of community.

Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of our cherished residents!

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Assisting members in setting and achieving their fitness goals, offering advice and encouragement to each member during their visit
• Ensuring you’re aware of every member’s health status prior to each appointment, ensuring records are updates as necessary
• Ensuring all Wellness Spa users receive sufficient instruction to ensure safe exercise
• Supporting membership retention through actively encouraging member participation and promoting a helpful and fun filled atmosphere to encourage repeat visits
• Informing the Wellness Spa Manager of any relevant issues at all times
• Developing and promoting organised events such as fitness challenges and group activities
• Supporting the Spa Manager to increase visits and revenue, promoting other services in the spa as required

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

Level 2 Gym Instructor/Level 3 Personal Trainer, with previous experience of instructing classes, as this role requires teaching multiple classes on shift. Previous experience in working in spas or the fitness industry along with pool responder qualification is desirable. Great patience and customer service with a proactive attitude will succeed in this role.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Free meal with every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.
• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. 

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Richmond Painswick Village