Cardiology Nurse Band 6

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist to manage a patient caseload, assess and plan exercise programmes, and support the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation services. The role involves pre/post assessments, data submission to MINAP/NICOR, and collaboration with the MDT to improve patient outcomes.

You will work within the Cardiology team, coordinate referrals, monitor vitals, and contribute to service development while upholding high standards

Qualifications

• Can independently assess and plan exercise programmes for patients.
• Ability to interpret vital signs and modify prescribed exercise.
• Experience working in cardiac rehabilitation settings and collaborating with MDT.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients and oversee pre/post assessment clinics.
• Coordinate administrative tasks to support the Cardiology Nurse Specialists team.
• Collaborate with Clinical Nurse Specialist to influence service development locally and nationally.
• Ensure MINAP and NICOR data submission to relevant audits and databases.
• Support twice weekly cardiac rehabilitation classes.
• Coordinate referrals for cardiac rehabilitation.
• Monitor vital signs and adjust exercise prescriptions as needed.
• Respond to acute events and escalate to MDT as appropriate.
• Contribute to governance, risk management and clinical audit activities.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Data analysis

Teamwork

Cardiac rehabilitation knowledge

Tools

MINAP data entry

NICOR data export

Electronic health records

Job description

The post holder must be able to manage a caseload of patients. They will independently assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate exercise programmes according to the needs of the individuals. They will organise and manage the pre and post assessment clinics to assess individuals' lifestyle, motivation for change and exercise capacity (step test) and contribute in administrative tasks to support the smooth running of the Cardiology Nurse Specialists team.

They will work strategically with the Clinical Nurse Specialist to influence the development of the service both locally and nationally. They will be responsible for ensuring the data is submitted to the Community Rehabilitation Team for the Cardiac Rehabilitation National clinical audits and to analyse the Trusts cardiac rehabilitation data to improve uptake and patients outcomes.

Support in the twice weekly cardiac rehabilitation classes.

Works closely with Cardiology Data Support Worker in ensuring the following:

• The collection and input of MINAP and Heart Failure data onto NICOR data base
• Assisting in the preparation and input of PCI data for exporting to NICOR
• To organise, prepare and attend monthly MINAP meetings
• To complete all updates post MINAP meetings
• To co-ordinate the referrals for cardiac rehabilitation of the following group of conditions,
• o Take and monitor patients' vital signs using knowledge of anatomical and physiological markers. Be able to interpret and clinically analyse these measures and modify prescribed exercise as indicated or advise appropriate member of the MDT as appropriate.
• o Respond to patients who may be suffering an acute coronary event or illness, which requires urgent care. Be prepared to act quickly, advise the patient or refer to other members of the MDT as appropriate, working within the hospital policies and guidelines.
• o Demonstrate specialist expertise and professional knowledge acquired through post registration academic, clinical, leadership and management development. Work as an excellent role model for professional practice.
• o Work with the multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust, utilising the umbrella of clinical Governance to maintain/improve and develop high standards of patient care. Place the patient's experience at the core of service delivery. Monitor and audit the quality of care through a range of strategies, including risk management incident reporting, complaints, research and effectiveness monitoring and clinical audit.

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