Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Worker

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Worker to support home-based exercise programmes for patients post-MI, after PCI or cardiac surgery, and for heart failure. The role involves visiting patients in their homes and supporting the band 7 physiotherapist in programme delivery.

The post requires driving and business insurance, with supervision provided. 37.5 hours per week and a closing date of 16 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates basic IT literacy for patient records and communications.
• Ability to interpret basic clinical measurements and observations.
• Requires NVQ3 or equivalent with demonstrated experience at HCA level 3.
• BACPR or equivalent training to support cardiac rehab programmes.

Responsibilities

• Assist nurses and physiotherapists in delivering care in the community.
• Check baseline observations before delivering prescribed exercise plans.
• Cover cardiac rehabilitation group classes as needed across multiple centres in the city.
• Provide home-based exercise instruction and monitoring.
• Ensure patient privacy and dignity at all times.
• Work with the physiotherapist and nursing staff to deliver home exercise programmes.
• Contribute to the cardio rehab multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Emergency action

Blood pressure monitoring

Professional development

Education

NVQ Level 3 in relevant subject

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification

BACPR completion of HCA development programme

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Worker

The closing date is 16 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Cardiac Rehabilitation worker to join our motivated, enthusiastic Community Cardiology team working in the home exercise programme.

The post involves visiting patients in their own homes to facilitate individualised exercise programmes for patients post Myocardial Infarction, PCI, cardiac surgery and for patients with heart failure. An exercise programme is prescribed by our Band 7 physiotherapist; the successful candidate will support, motivate and deliver this programme.

Clinical supervision and support will be provided to the post holder.

Applicants must be a car driver with full use of their own car and will require business insurance.

• Interview Date Thursday 03 December 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes /week

Main duties of the job

• To assist the Registered Nurses and Physiotherapists and work autonomously in providing high quality patient care within the Community Setting.
• Checking baseline observations, signs and symptoms prior to delivering the prescribed, individualised exercise plan and set goals.
• The job includes covering cardiac rehabilitation phase 3 group work at four Centres across the City alongside a Cardiology Specialist Nurse as required.
• Car Driver is essential.
• Ongoing support, clinical supervision and the relevant training will be provided

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• To abide by Trust policies and procedures
• To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care within a community setting and in patients own homes
• Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
• Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives
• Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care
• To work with a physiotherapist and nursing staff to deliver exercise programmes in the patients home and community venues
• To provide cover for the cardiac rehabilitation centre group classes in the absence of the band 4 fitness instructor.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

• Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
• Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
• Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
• Understanding of confidentiality
• Understanding of basic safeguarding

SKILLS

• Basic IT skills
• Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
• Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire.
• Competent in blood pressure monitoring

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
• Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
• Previous experience within speciality

QUALIFICATIONS

• NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification
• BACPR Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust