Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Instructor | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)

North Bristol NHS; West of England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Instructor in Bristol. The role contributes to phase 3 rehabilitation, delivering exercise and education programmes and working closely with a multi-disciplinary team.

The post involves autonomous planning of tailored treatment programmes, leading exercise sessions for patients with complex needs, and monitoring outcomes to ensure high-quality care. Closing date: 12 Oct 2026.

Qualifications

• BACPR certified cardiac rehabilitation knowledge.
• Experience in leading exercise-based rehab sessions.
• Ability to assess patients and tailor programmes.

Responsibilities

• Support patients in the immediate recovery following a cardiac event within phase 3 rehabilitation with multi-disciplinary team input.
• Develop and deliver in-person and telephone-based exercise and education programmes; assess participants joining these programmes.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner, planning and developing appropriate treatment programmes tailored to individual needs.
• Lead delivery of the exercise component of phase 3 rehabilitation classes for complex or chronic cases.
• Monitor, evaluate and record patient outcomes; provide high-quality patient care with individual goals considering cardiovascular risk factors.
• Report to enhanced practitioners and service lead; support the development of junior staff and students.

Skills

Cardiac rehabilitation

Autonomous practitioner

Patient education

Programme development

Education

BACPR certification

Job description

Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Instructor | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)

Company:

Company: North Bristol NHS

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata for part time roles

We have an exciting opportunity for a cardiac rehabilitation exercise instructor to join our team. We are fully certified by BACPR and are able to provide innovative and flexible person-centred healthcare making use of digital healthcare, wellbeing programmes and close links with community services. We provide holistic support, advice and interventions to people in the weeks following a cardiac diagnosis when they need it most, and we can demonstrate excellent outcomes for our patients.

Across Bristol NHS Foundation Trust over 1000 people receive cardiac rehabilitation every year, making us the largest cardiac rehabilitation service in the region.

A cardiac rehabilitation exercise instructor will support patients directly in the exercise component of their rehabilitation, and will also contribute to all components of cardiac rehabilitation to meet the needs of our service users.

• To support patients in the immediate recovery following a cardiac event or diagnosis in all core components of phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation in collaboration with the broader multi-disciplinary team.
• To contribute to the development and delivery of in-person and telephone-based exercise and education programmes, and to the assessment of patients joining these programmes.
• To act as a skilled autonomous practitioner choosing, planning and developing the most appropriate treatment programmes tailored to individual needs ensuring access to high quality and equitable treatment in either hospital or community settings.
• To take responsibility for leading in the delivery of the exercise component of phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation classes for patients who may have complex and/or chronic diagnoses using evidence-based guidelines.
• To monitor, evaluate and record patient outcomes, offering advice and support. To provide a high standard of patient care by setting individual patient centred goals with consideration to cardiovascular risk factors.
• The post holder will report to the enhanced practitioners and service lead and will support the development of junior staff and students.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe’remeeting our pledge.

Please see complete job description for full duties and for person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026