Exercise Physiologist

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for an Exercise Physiologist to support the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme. This role involves delivering exercise programmes, assessing patient mobility, and working with a multi-disciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will have a degree in exercise physiology or a related field and experience in delivering cardiac rehabilitation. Travel between sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of health and lifestyle modification for cardiovascular health.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and develop high-quality cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes.
• Conduct assessments of patients' functional capacity and mobility.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team for patient management.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Evidence-based practice

Patient assessment

Group exercise facilitation

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Exercise Physiology or related field

Job description

Overview

Exercise Physiologist assisting in the implementation and auditing of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. This post includes patient functional capacity and mobility assessments, leading individual and group exercise and education, modifying individual exercise programmes for co-morbidities and physical limitations as appropriate. Deliver, develop and maintain safe and effective group exercise sessions for patients with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions and work within the standards and protocols set by the BACPR and ACPICR.

Responsibilities

• Use clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to risk stratify and deliver individual and group exercise programmes, and recommendations for patients based on specialist knowledge.
• Under supervision of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Physiotherapist, deliver and develop high quality cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes, including a high intensity circuit-based cardiovascular exercise programme and a chair-based exercise programme providing low intensity functional exercise.
• Deliver, develop and audit the cardiac rehabilitation service in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring timely communication of assessment findings, treatment and outcomes to other disciplines through reports and letters and refer to MDT colleagues or services as clinical need requires.
• Undertake autonomous functional testing assessments pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation and interpret results to guide safe individualised exercise prescription.
• Participate and deliver cardiac rehabilitation exercise and lifestyle education programmes in a variety of settings and locations; encourage goal-oriented exercise prescription and motivate behaviour change; liaise with the cardiac rehabilitation team to ensure continuity of advice and information; involve relatives/carers as needed.
• Assess health and health-related needs of patients, carers and families day-to-day, focusing on exercise and mobility, maintaining a safe environment, health status, risk stratification and activity goals; provide advice on CHD lifestyle modification and refer to appropriate services as necessary.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team and primary/secondary health care colleagues to provide optimum management of patients, especially those with complex cardiovascular disease presentations.
• Ensure timely communication of assessment findings, treatment and outcomes to other disciplines through the provision of reports and letters; refer appropriately to MDT colleagues or services as clinical need requires.

Additional information

We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton, with a large Trust committed to staff health and development. Travel between hospital sites may be required. All new staff are subject to a probationary period during the first six months in post.