Fitness Instructor

Fitness Instructor
Active Together, Cherry Tree Court, Hull

Two positions available

From £30,000 per year (Depending on experience and qualifications)

37 hours per week (with some evening and weekend working, part-time hours may be considered)

We are committed to paying the Real Living Wage.

About Us

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

The Benefits

We offer all employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.

We ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Fitness Instructor, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

The Role

Active Together is a multimodal prehabilitation and rehabilitation service that has been developed by world leading academics and practitioners at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University and funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. The Active Together Programme is designed to prepare people with cancer for, and recover from, treatment quickly and to assist them to maintain healthy lifestyles after their cancer diagnosis. Further, the research evidence shows that exercise, part of the Active Together Service, can improve survival and quality of life of cancer patients.

The charity will be delivering the Active Together programme through our new Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre at Cherry Tree Court, Hull. The service will be open to patients in Hull and the surrounding areas.

Reporting to the Lead Fitness Instructor, as the Fitness Instructor will be responsible for delivering the physical activity component of the Active Together programme; supporting and advising on a range of fitness activities / services to develop and deliver a rehabilitation service for adults with a cancer diagnosis; working collaboratively to deliver a multidisciplinary, inclusive and responsive service, ensuring customer service excellence and responding to service user diversity.

Specifically, you will:

Service delivery and operations

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver the evidence based Active Together service as developed by the AWRC in the charity s first bespoke cancer centre.
• Provide advice, guidance and support to adult service users affected by cancer, adhering to service standards; providing high quality care and support.
• Support service users who may have difficulties relating to the complex emotional, psychological and physical aspects of their cancer diagnosis.
• Create, evaluate and reassess individualised and group exercise plans in order to formulate a specialised programme of care for service users.
• Prepare for and conduct follow up appointments / assessments and report into Lead Fitness Instructor for review following appointments.
• Deliver group and individual exercise classes as part of the Active Together Service.
• Work closely with the AWRC to ensure the Active Together Programme is implemented correctly ensuring treatment fidelity and to ensure evaluation data is collected.
• Support the development and operation of administrative systems relevant to the service for data collection and record keeping within an agreed framework.
• Provide guidance and support for a diverse range of queries; maintain confidentiality and treat sensitive issues with appropriate tact and diplomacy.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of processes and procedures for the team, including guidelines and standards of good practice for rehabilitation of adults affected by cancer.

Communications

• Assist with communications and the promotion of activities/services following an established set of protocols and principles, in collaboration with other areas delivering the Active Together programme as required.
• Support the development of online and public-facing resources and proactively ensure information is kept up to date and accurate e.g. social media channels, designated websites.

Key working relationships

Liaise with health care professionals to ensure service users are appropriately referred to physiotherapy, nutritional and psychological support as needed.

Draft communications between the service and healthcare professionals regarding onward referrals or any queries relating to patient reporting symptoms, under the supervision of the lead fitness instructor or service manager.

Work collaboratively across the multidisciplinary service team to provide consistent and high-quality service provision; liaise with stakeholders and colleagues; share information and represent the area in working groups and meetings.

General

Embody the charity s values both within and outside the organisation, role modelling behaviour and supporting equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Work flexibly across the service to accommodate peak periods and adapt to changing demands in service delivery.

Provide advice, support, one-to-one and group classes as needed that support the health and wellbeing of charity employees.

Promote the culture and vision of the services, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing personal development.

Be trained as a First Aider and where appropriate, a Mental Health First Aider and Fire Marshal.

Undertake additional or other duties outside the key job duties within the team and across the charity, as the charity may reasonably require.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

Essential

To have a CIMSPA endorsed Level 3 GP Referral Qualification.

To have evidence of continued professional development relevant to the role purpose and level.

To have experience of confidently and professionally delivering safe and effective exercise classes and individual exercise programmes to people living with cancer.

To have experience of carrying out risk assessments, exercise testing and prescribing personalised exercise programmes.

To have in-depth knowledge of the benefits of exercise rehabilitation for people living with long term conditions and experience of dealing with people living with long term conditions.

To be able to travel across the Yorkshire region

To be flexible to deliver weekend and evening classes as needed.

To be familiar with the most recent evidence on the effects of different exercises on long term conditions.

To have experience of working with behaviour change frameworks.

To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills for delivering a service and working directly with service users.

To have the ability to work with and assess service users living with or beyond cancer.

To have knowledge of Health & Safety legislation relevant to the role.

To have knowledge of UK GDPR.

A willingness to complete our pre-employment checks (to be undertaken once the role is offered and accepted) which include:

o A check on your employment history by seeking two references

o A check on your eligibility to work in the UK as per the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

o A check on your highest educational achievement(s)

o A check on your professional qualification(s)

A DBS Check at the enhanced level.

Application

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, before 5 November 2025. Please read our privacy notice before applying.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer. We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact the People Team.