Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Practitioner, Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (To work Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8am til 4pm)
- Job ref
- 040-HS035-0724
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
- Town
- Ystrad Mynach Hengoed
- Salary
- £28,834 - £35,099 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Practitioner
Band 5
We encourage applications from those who consider themselves to have a disability and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within our Cardiac Rehabilitation Service. You will be based at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, but you'll be expected to work across the ABUHB sites as required by the service.
We are looking to appoint a self-motivated and positive thinking person, with experience in cardiac rehabilitation, who can practice autonomously.
This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in this specialist area of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation to develop expertise and further their professional development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The role involves careful pre assessment for safe and effective exercise prescription; the safe and effective running of the out-patient exercise groups. You will support patients through their programme, setting clear goals for lifestyle optimisation and activity/exercise which you will review and adapt as required and at mid-point and end of programme. You will also provide ongoing goals and referrals to phase 4 community programmes following final review.
You will be responsible for the care of clients during their phase 2 and phase 3 cardiac prevention and rehabilitation. You will also be responsible for entering accurate data into the National Audit for Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR).
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You should have experience in running exercise classes with good interpersonal and presentation skills; feel confident to independently manage group sessions, follow up, plan and co-ordinate their rehabilitation programme and exercise advice. As part of a supportive team, you will provide and supervise a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme from referral to discharge, adapted to individual clinical need and patient preference, for all cardiovascular patients meeting the referral inclusion criteria.
We are looking for someone who has previous or current experience in cardiac rehabilitation with in date BACPR phase 4 instructor training.
In return you will be part of a very friendly, experienced and supportive team, dedicated to helping you to develop your career in this clinical field.
We encourage all staff to participate in Continuing Professional Development.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
English
Essential criteria
- Qualifications/Knowledge
- Experience
- Aptitude and Abilities
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications/Knowledge
- Experience
- aptitude and abilities
English
Essential criteria
- Other
Desirable criteria
- Other
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.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Davies
- Job title
- Lead Cardiac Rehabilitation CNS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 802265
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