Exercise Instructor

University of British Columbia•Vancouver, BC

7d•CA$40•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vision of the BC Brain Wellness Program is Brain Wellness, Beyond All Boundaries. We are leveraging the collective power of clinical care, lifestyle programs, education, and research to design a comprehensive and integrated approach to brain wellness for people with chronic brain conditions, care partners and healthy agers. The BC Brain Wellness Program is an interactive effort to establish clinically relevant lifestyle approaches to complement medical treatment in the clinics at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. By combining clinical care with interventions that support healthier lifestyles, the BC Brain Wellness Program team hopes to improve and sustain quality of life for people living with brain disorders and their care partners, as well as to offer healthy agers the opportunity to enhance their wellness and engage in preventative lifestyle measures. The BC Brain Wellness Program brings together the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. Expertise is drawn from many fields including the School of Music, Physiotherapy, Kinesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Nutrition as well as several community partners. The position is for a contract Exercise Instructor (15-20 hours per week). They will be responsible for modifying and improving the exercise intervention based on their expertise, and ensuring accurate data collection. The individual will work with participants one-on-one and in small group settings to deliver kinesiology and personal training services to meet the various needs of program participants. The individual will instruct group exercise classes. The individual must be aware of the brain wellness exercise program standard practices and must be knowledgeable in the field of exercise prescription. They must ensure: 1) patient confidentiality and safety; 2) Clinical data reliability and quality.

Requirements

Completion of a relevant technical program or a university degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum three years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist or Physiotherapist with insurance.
Proficiency in English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Ability to compose simple, clear, concise business letters.
Effective communication skills.
Ability to exercise tact and discretion with others in the obtaining and giving of information.
Ability to be sensitive to the issues faced by individuals living with neurological disease and be able to communicate compassionately with patient participants.
Ability to report accurately, prioritize workload, record keeping, scheduling, and work proactively in multidisciplinary team and independently.
Demonstrated experience in computer skills: Word Processing, Internet (Zoom), and database (Access, Excel) experience is required.

Nice To Haves

Excellent interpersonal skills are preferred to foster interprofessional collaboration opportunities.
Web design, scheduling and charting software (Jane), Work Day, Standard Level First Aid, and CPR C are assets.

Responsibilities

Conducts online and in-person assessments.
Provides education on proper movement and exercise mechanics.
Creates personalized exercise and rehabilitation plans for brain wellness kinesiology clients.
Provide supervision and educational support to the Kinesiology student volunteers.
Instruct online (via Zoom) and in-person (UBC and off-campus location such as St. Paul’s Hospital, Youville Residence, and other LTC facilities in Vancouver region) exercise classes for the BCBWP and research interventions such as the IMPACT360 study.
Prepare appropriate exercise class programming to facilitate an engaging class that is inclusive.
Work closely with the exercise lead and program manager in the design, execution, and evaluation of exercise programs at the BWP.
Provides the following services through one-on-one kinesiology services for people with chronic neurological and degenerative conditions and conditions that affect balance.
Functional assessment and falls risk screening
Exercise prescription and programming specific too their condition, exercise guidelines for that condition and patient identified goals
Falls prevention and falls prevention though exercise
Aerobic, balance, functional strength and flexibility training – tailored and specific to each participant
Manages billing for services through Jane.
Charts for all clients in Jane.
Communication with the wider healthcare team to flag changes in function and flag potential increased falls risk
Other related tasks assigned by the exercise team lead, program manager, or program director.