Exercise Facilitator

Cambridge University Hospitals; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Staff bus travel savings

Park and Ride free access

Subsidised parking

Staff café and break spaces

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Facilitator to deliver the exercise component of the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. The role spans secondary care and community sites and involves providing high quality cardiac rehabilitation programmes to a range of patients.

You will join Addenbrooke's Cardiac Rehabilitation team, ensuring knowledge of research and emerging practices is kept up to date and contributing to development and

Qualifications

• BSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
• BACPR Phase IV Qualification.
• MSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
• Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist with Clinical Exercise Physiology UK / BASES / ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
• BLS with defibrillator skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and exercise prescription needs of all patients referred to Cardiac Rehabilitation.
• Provide specialist advice and support to patients and colleagues within a MDT.
• Provide progression and adaptations of hospital and community-based Cardiac Rehabilitation.
• Deliver up-to-date education to patients about exercising with cardiac conditions and cardiovascular risk.
• Assist in coordinating and developing Cardiac Rehabilitation delivery, including research and development initiatives.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Microsoft Excel

Time management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Flexible/adaptable working

Education

BSC in Sports Science

BACPR Phase IV Qualification

MSC in Sports Science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Main area B5 Exercise Facilitator - Cardiac Rehabilitation Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-D-263156

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital - Division D Town Cambridge Salary £32,073 - £39,043 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/10/2026

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to work within the Addenbrooke's Cardiac Rehabilitation team. We are looking for a Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise professional to deliver the exercise component of the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. The role will involve working across both Secondary Care and Community sites, and you will be responsible delivering high quality comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes to a variety of Cardiac patients.

The Service has NACR accreditation at green, and contributes to the East of England Cardiac Network. As an exercise physiologist you will be required to ensure you keep your knowledge of research and emerging practises up to date and contribute and assist in development or innovations within the service.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the assessment & exercise prescription needs of all patients referred to the Cardiac Rehabilitation service.
• To provide specialist advice and support to patients, and colleagues within a multidisciplinary team.
• To provide progression and adaptations as required of patient’s hospital and community based Cardiac Rehabilitation.
• To deliver up to date education to patients around exercising with a variety of cardiac conditions, but also basic knowledge of all risks for cardiovascular diseases.
• To assist in coordinating and developing the delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation, including undertaking research into various topics, developing novel and new approaches to Cardiac Rehabilitation and attending relevant Continued professional development opportunities.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 20th September 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on the 5th October 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
• BACPR Phase IV Qualification.
• MSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
• Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist with Clinical Exercise Physiology UK / BASES / ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
• BLS with defibrillator skills.

Experience

• Experience of delivering exercise to cardiac patients.
• Experience of prescribing and delivering exercise programs across different modalities I.E Face to face, Virtual, and home based programs.
• Experience of conducting and analysing data from a variety of exercise tests.
• Experience of delivering educational content to patient groups.
• Experience of delivering cardiac rehabilitation exercise within a hospital / community setting/ home based.
• Experience of delivering exercise to a complex patient group with multiple co-morbidities.
• Experience and understanding of working in a healthcare environment and health care systems.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the pathophysiology, aetiology and epidemiology, diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease and its related co-morbidities.
• Sound understanding of the role of exercise in management of coronary heart disease.
• Understanding of the importance of risk stratification of patients and contraindications to exercising.
• Knowledge around national bodies for Cardiac Rehabilitation and guidelines for undertaking exercise components of Cardiac rehabilitation.
• Knowledge of the importance of exercise as a therapy for heart failure and other complex cardiac conditions.
• Knowledge of the importance of exercise as therapy for common co-morbidities within the cardiac population (E.G diabetes, arthritis, respiratory conditions).
• Understanding of the patient pathways and how to support the patient through this.
• Evidence of undertaking regular learning to improve and uptake knowledge with new immerging research or recommendations.

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office, including comprehensive knowledge of Excel.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload ; effective time management.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs.
• Capable of working within a multidisciplinary team with effective interpersonal skills.
• Have a proactive, enthusiastic and a positive approach.
• Ability to produce good quality accurate clinical documentation.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
• To act in a professional manner at all times.
• Be able to travel independently to community programs as required.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.