Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor Employment Contract UK

Day-to-day operating brief

What Rehabilitation Instructor (Injury prevention) work looks like in practice

An Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor supports return to activity after injury or during a managed recovery pathway within their qualification and referral framework. Terms should identify conditions accepted, referral information, assessment scope, exercise plans, pain and symptom monitoring, functional goals, progress reports, gym and remote sessions, equipment, consent, records, insurers or employers where relevant and the distinction from diagnosis and physiotherapy. A rehabilitation instructor works between prescribed recovery goals and supervised exercise, with scope depending on qualification and setting. They may implement an agreed programme, observe response and communicate progress to a physiotherapist, clinician or programme lead. Terms need to distinguish instruction from diagnosis, treatment and clearance, while covering referral validity, contraindications, outcome measures, equipment and clinical information. Employers should define what happens when symptoms worsen, a participant requests unscheduled hands-on treatment or return-to-work and return-to-sport decisions exceed the instructor's authority. A staged return-to-work programme may also need task simulations, agreed tolerances and a factual report to an occupational-health or clinical lead without the instructor deciding fitness for employment. Employers should additionally identify the permitted exercise space, cleaning between users, adaptive equipment, appointment duration, non-attendance procedure and responsibility for reviewing progress against the original functional goals.