Cardiac Rehab Exercise Professional

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training and development

Supportive multidisciplinary team

Résumé du poste

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Exercise Professional to deliver cardiac rehabilitation within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess functional capacity, lead group and individual sessions, and educate patients to adopt healthier lifestyles.

Under supervision, you will develop tailored exercise plans, participate in audits, and ensure safe delivery of high-quality cardiac rehab programmes for a diverse patient group across Bedfordshire and Luton.

Qualifications

• Assess functional capacity and mobility to tailor exercise plans.
• Deliver individual and group exercise sessions per patient needs.
• Provide education to empower lifestyle changes and improve outcomes.
• Use evidence-based practice to inform risk stratification and programming.

Responsabilités

• Assess and monitor patients' functional capacity and mobility.
• Deliver and adapt high-quality group and individual exercise sessions.
• Provide education to support lifestyle changes and adherence.
• Develop personalised, safe exercise programmes for co-morbidities.
• Contribute to programme evaluation and clinical audits.

Connaissances

Functional fitness assessment

Group exercise delivery

Cardiac rehabilitation knowledge

Lifestyle education

Description du poste

Are you passionate about helping people regain their confidence, improve their health and achieve their recovery goals? We are looking for an enthusiastic Exercise Professional to play a key role in delivering our Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.

In this rewarding role, you will assess patients' functional capacity and mobility, deliver inspiring individual and group exercise sessions, and provide education that empowers patients to make positive lifestyle changes. You'll develop and adapt personalised exercise programmes to meet a wide range of needs, ensuring patients with co-morbidities or physical limitations receive safe, effective and tailored support. You will also contribute to the ongoing evaluation and audit of the programme, helping to drive high-quality care and excellent patient outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your expertise in exercise and rehabilitation with a genuine passion for improving lives, supporting patients on their journey to better health and wellbeing., Under supervision of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Band 6 Exercise Professional, deliver and develop high quality cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes. Amongst others, these will include a high intensity circuit based cardio vascular exercise programme and a chair based exercise programme providing low intensity functional exercise.

Deliver, develop and maintain safe and effective group exercise sessions for patients with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions and work within the standards and protocols set by the BACPR and ACPICR under the supervision on the Cardiac Rehab Band 6 Exercise Professional

To use clinical reasoning and evidence based practise to risk stratify and deliver individual and group exercise programmes, and recommendations for patients based on specialist knowledge.

Under the supervision of the Band 6 Exercise Professional hold responsibility for a given caseload of patients within a defined area of cardiac rehabilitation.

To understand and apply clinical governance and clinical risk management principles to your own caseload.

Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate the cardiac rehabilitation service in absence of the Band 6 Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Professional and Cardiac Rehab Team Leaders.

To undertake appropriate functional testing assessments both pre, post cardiac rehabilitation, and interpret results in order to guide safe individualised exercise prescription.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.