Staff Nurse in Cardiac Rehabilitation

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hereford is seeking a band 5 staff nurse to join their Cardiac Rehabilitation Team. The role includes delivering quality care to patients with coronary heart disease, providing education and risk factor modification advice. Candidates should have recent cardiology experience and strong communication skills. This is a fixed-term position for one year, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to patient care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Great work-life balance

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with counselling and teaching qualifications.
• Accredited qualification in cardiology or willingness to complete.
• Good communication skills with the ability to manage complex information.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality service to patients with coronary heart disease.
• Provide education and advice for safe self-management.
• Conduct assessments and support exercise sessions.

Skills

Communication

Leadership development

Knowledge of government initiatives

Education

Registered Nurse

Counselling qualification

Teaching qualification

Accredited cardiology/BACPR qualification

ILS course

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join our Cardiac Rehabilitation Team has arisen for a band 5 staff nurse, to cover maternity leave, for a 1 year fixed term post.

Under the direct supervision of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist and Senior Nurses within the team, you will delivery a high quality service to people with coronary heart disease.

You should have a good understanding of coronary heart disease, including myocardial infarction, angina, coronary angioplasty, coronary bypass surgery and valve surgery.

You will work closely with cardiac rehabilitation, heart failure cardiac rehabilitation, cardiology clinical nurse specialists and cardiology consultants.

You will provide inpatient and outpatient assessment to people with coronary heart disease, identifying risk factors for health behaviour change, whilst working to national, local and trust guidelines.

Main duties of the job

• Working within cardiac rehabilitation, delivery evidence based practice to people with coronary heart disease.
• To assess people diagnosed as inpatients with coronary heart disease under cardiac rehabilitation remit, providing education and risk factor modification advice
• To provide advice and education for safe self-management of medicines
• To provide education and advice on exercise and activity post coronary heart disease events
• Under supervision from senior members of the team, participate in the exercise & education sessions within cardiac rehabilitation
• To work independently, within their own limitations of experience and competence

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Counselling qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Accredited cardiology/BACPR qualification or willingness to complete
• ILS course or willingness to complete

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Communicates well with patients, carers and professional colleagues often with complex information or situations
• Good knowledge of government initiatives or equivalent
• Development of leadership skills

Experience

• Recent cardiology experience in an acute or community setting
• Participation in audit/research evidence into practice

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.

Cardiac Rehabilitation, The Old Chapel, Stonebow Road

Clinical Nurse Specialist Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation, The Old Chapel, Stonebow Road