Assistant Cardiac Rehab Exercise Practitioner

Job summary

The Integrated Croydon Cardiac Rehabilitation Team

12 month contract (Maternity leave cover)

The Croydon Cardiac Rehabilitation Team is an integrated service caring for patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) within the hospital and across the community. The team delivers education and exercise classes for patients recovering from cardiac events.

This is anexciting opportunityfor a proactive individualwith experience of working with cardiac patients. The post holder will be a self-motivated, resilient and organised individual who is keen to develop their skills in cardiac rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the cardiac rehab team delivering high standards of care to patients following a cardiac event according to national guidance. The role will include contributing to the assessment of patients for the exercise classes and assisting with the delivery of the exerciseprogramme. They will work both in the hospital and community settings.

Cardiac Rehab aims to help prevent patients with CHD from being admitted and readmitted to Croydon University Hospital and the post holder will have an active role in the team delivering this aim. The team works both in the hospital and the community in a variety of innovative ways and continues to develop services in order to meet patients' needs. Applicants will need to be willing to take on other roles within the team and be able to be flexible in their approach.

The post holder will also need to have good organisational, administrative and IT skills to support the clinicians with booking clinical appointments and managing clinical databases.

The post holder will be fully supported by the Band 6 and 7 Specialist Respiratory Practitioners and there is ample opportunity for development and training for the right candidate.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.