Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Winchester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse to enhance patient care in Winchester. The role involves leading exercise classes and conducting clinical consultations in a collaborative rehab team, with an emphasis on maintaining high standards of care. Flexible working patterns and opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Opportunities for flexible working

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in cardiology/cardiac rehab.
• Demonstrable experience in autonomous work as Band 6.
• Knowledge of service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead exercise classes and clinical consultations.
• Support the cardiac rehab team in delivering patient care.
• Maintain high standards of care in the rehabilitation service.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to conduct clinical consultations

Exercise prescription

Job description

Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Winchester with travel to Basingstoke and Andover Town Winchester and Basingstoke Salary £46,148 - £52,809 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 27/06/2025 08:00

Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

Band 7

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurse (Band 7)

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Winchester

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated senior nurse with experience in cardiology/cardiac rehab, to join our friendly dynamic cardiac rehab team.

What we look for:

• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain and build strong working relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Experience of conducting one to one clinical consultations and prescribing and delivering exercise classes to our wide clinical population.
• Ambition, skill and drive to help support the service whilst maintaining excellent standards of care.

What we Offer:

• The opportunity to lead an experienced and knowledgeable team where you will be working alongside the other Band 7 clinicians to maintain our current high standards and proactively develop and drive the service forward.
• Joining an established service at an exciting time as we are evolving to meet the growing needs of our population.
• Your life outside HHFT is important, and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements.

Main duties of the job

The Cardiac Rehabilitation service provides specialist cardiac rehabilitation input to our patients across our catchment area with teams based in Winchester, Basingstoke ,Alton and Andover where we deliver outpatient services and exercise classes in a variety of settings. The main Cardiology wards and PPCI service is situated on the Basingstoke site where the majority of our patients are greeted and initially assessed at time of admission. We also receive referrals from primary care, tertiary and surgical centres to help support our local patients.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Action or [e-mail] .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

• • Knowledge of service improvement
• • Able to undertake skin surveillance for skin cancer patients in dermatology settings.

Experience

• • Significant demonstrable experience working autonomously as band 6
• • Holistic needs assessment

Skills

• • Awareness of current developments within the NHS

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Gill Farthing Job title Cardiac Specialist Nurse – Cardiac Rehab Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 079173193657 Additional information

Deborah Addison – Lead Cardiac Rehab Physiotherapist

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