Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 6 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-6403163-AHP-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom & St Helier (cross site working)
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 inc. HCAS pa (pro rata) outer
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Physical Activity Specialist
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Physical Activity Specialist with a passion and specialist interest in cardiac rehabilitation.
The cardiac rehabilitation service offers phases 1 to 3 to patients following heart surgery, PPCI, MI, angioplasty procedures and heart failure etc.
You will be assessing, teaching and supporting patients in their recovery on the telephone, face to face, and virtually as part of the hospital based cardiac rehabilitation programmes. As part of a multidisciplinary team you
will work with patients encouraging and supporting them to return to optimal health.
The role includes patient assessment, delivering individual and group education, supporting patients and delivering group and 1:1.
This post will involve cross site working.
Full-Time Fixed-Term 6 months
Main duties of the job
You need:
• excellent communication skills
• must be a team player
• be extremely organised
• work well under pressure
• general IT skills
• ability to work flexibly
• to be able to work independently, prioritise and manage own workload
If you believe you have these qualities and are looking for a rewarding, interesting yet challenging role within a small friendly team please contact us.
Working for our organisation
About the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George’s Hospital and St George’s Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
******Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the job description and person specifications.******
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 4 BACPR Phase IV Exercise Instructor professional qualification OR Degree in Sport and Exercise Science or Exercise Physiology.
- Evidence of CPD relevant to treatment of Coronary Heart Disease
- Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working independently in cardiac rehabilitation
- Comprehensive knowledge of CVD & the implications for exercise prescription
- Experience of assessing, prescribing, delivering & adapting exercise to patients with cardiac conditions & those at high risk of a cardiac event
- Experience of delivering cardiovascular lifestyle advice to patients and families
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of the cardiac rehab process
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice associated with people with CVD
- Experience in virtual/telephone clinics
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of Long Term Conditions
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good organisational skills
- Good presentation/teaching skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work under pressure, flexibly and as part of a team.
- IT skills - basic knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to clinical practice
- Flexible, responsive approach to work
- Able to deal very sensitively and non-confrontationally with colleagues, patients and relatives
- Maintain professional image
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participative approaches to the introduction of change and a history of participating and implementing in change.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Roz Paine
- Job title
- Cardiology Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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