Staff Nurse - Cardiac Rehabilitation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chelmsford seeks a professional Staff Nurse for their Cardiac Rehabilitation team. You will support patients through their rehabilitation journey and work closely with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care. The position requires Immediate Life Support training and relevant experience in cardiology or rehabilitation. The role offers a salary of £31,049 per year.

Qualifications

• Immediate Life Support training is required.
• Previous cardiology or rehabilitation experience is preferred.
• Ability to exercise/use gym equipment is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist in supporting high-quality cardiac rehabilitation services.
• Liaise effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Compile comprehensive advice and discharge letters.

Skills

Understanding of cardiac rehabilitation

Demonstrate ability to provide high quality patient care

Ability to exercise / use gym equipment

Education

Immediate Life Support training

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - Cardiac Rehabilitation

The closing date is 28 October 2025

Our Cardiac Rehabilitation service at Broomfield Hospital is a well‑established team covering Broomfield Hospital and the mid‑Essex region, and we have a wonderful opportunity for a professional, confident Staff Nurse to join its small supportive team.

Your role will assist in supporting the current high‑quality Cardiac Rehabilitation service and the patient choice initiative, its future development including physical, educational, emotional, and psychological support of patients, relatives and carers enabling them to live with their disease, treatment and the implications thereafter.

You will be involved in all phases of the cardiac rehabilitation process, liaising effectively to establish and maintain professional relationships with the multi‑disciplinary team, agencies, and organisations and covering both inpatients and outpatients working across all sites (Broomfield/Maldon/Witham/Braintree districts).

Main duties of the job

As an information resource for patients, you will establish good relationships with patients and their families through all phases of cardiac rehabilitation and patient choice initiative, help with Phase II telephone follow‑up calls, ensure accurate documentation, and compile comprehensive and accurate advice and discharge letters to GPs and other multi‑disciplinary staff.

You will maintain a safe environment for patients attending cardiac rehabilitation as per risk assessments and protocols, assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patients’ care utilising an individual holistic approach, monitor all relevant NICE Guidelines and assist in the planning of discharge from rehabilitation of cardiac patients including future goal setting, implementation of secondary prevention issues and informing primary care clinicians of the patient’s status and future needs.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and to provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences to become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to increased employment opportunities across our Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Immediate Life Support training

Experience

• Understanding of cardiac rehabilitation
• Demonstrate ability to provide high quality patient care.
• Previous cardiology or rehabilitation experience

Physical Requirements

• Ability to exercise / use gym equipment
• Driving licence and access to a car

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.

£31,049 per year (Pro Rata for Part Time)