Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (until end March 25)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 844-6405721
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Catherine's Heath Centre
- Town
- Birkenhead
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Rehabilitation Practitioner
Band 4
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
Within a multi-disciplinary environment, assist in the delivery of a comprehensive programme of secondary/primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and other cardiac diagnoses. The programme will be delivered within the Wirral Community Cardiology Service across the St Catherine’s Health Centre, Victoria Central Health Centre and West Kirby Health and Wellbeing Centre sites.
Main duties of the job
Within a multi-disciplinary team assist in the co-ordination, delivery and development of a comprehensive cardiovascular rehabilitation programme,
Working for our organisation
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Within a multi-disciplinary team assist in the co-ordination, delivery and development of a comprehensive cardiovascular rehabilitation programme,
Person specification
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
- Minimum of NVQ Level 3/Diploma or above in an exercise physiology related subject
- BACPR Specialist Exercise Instructor Level 4 Cardiac Qualification or willingness to work toward and complete as soon as possible
Desirable criteria
- Basic Life Support
- Evidence of further study in exercise physiology related subject
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of working within cardiovascular rehabilitation and clinical knowledge of associated treatments, interventions and outcomes
- Recent experience and knowledge of leading structured and graded exercise sessions including high risk cardiovascular patients
- Experience of leading/developing relevant programmes of lifestyle intervention for high-risk clinical groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading group patient education sessions
- Up to date knowledge of national and local strategies to reduce CVD
Skils and attributes
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to work as part of a team and to work to direction.
- Proven ability to work on own initiative
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to assess clinical information and structure patient care accordingly
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Proven excellent communication skills.
- Evidenced enthusiasm for working as part of a team
- A real desire to work with people with long term conditions
- A commitment to the organisation and the delivery of all of its aims and goals
- Access to a car for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- Member of BACPR
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Hannay
- Job title
- Lead Exercise Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 604 7307
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