Job summary
12 Month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated exercise physiologist to join the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Cardiac Rehabilitation service. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to enhance your skills in caring for cardiac patients. Our service provides care to patients from Phase III- IV. We provide a service to patients from a variety of backgrounds and those that have a wide range of cardiac disease, including ACS, cardiac surgery, heart failure, heart transplantation, valve disease, device implantation, as well as vascular disease. As a band 5 Exercise Physiologist you will play a key role in providing exercise prescription for cardiovascular exercise and other conditions. You will also be involved with the delivery and evaluation of the exercise programme as well as the education components in phase III and IV. This will include delivery of face to face as well as virtual exercise and education sessions.
The post will involve cross-site working and some evening work.
Main duties of the job
Delivery of the exercise component of cardiac rehabilitation (Phases III - IV) both within the acute trust and primary care setting.
To advise individuals with coronary heart disease and other conditions on the most suitable form of physical activity and to promote lifelong healthy habits.
Contribute to the delivery of the educational component of cardiac rehabilitation.
To maintain and improve standards of professional practice in order to enhance the quality of care for a defined client group.
To establish new and innovative working practices in collaboration with health, leisure and social services and other agencies
Promoting research, in the provision of evidence based practice, collecting and evaluating audit data.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in anurban center that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), is due to open in 2023 and will provide care to our local populationfrom first class, purpose-built premises. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area andin improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Management of exercise programmes for patients with CHD and other related diseases
- Experience in delivering Cardiac Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Research (data and collection and analysis)
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Sports Science or Physiotherapy or equivalent
Desirable
- Health Education Qualification
- Qualified Gym Instructor
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good Communicator
- Organised
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, supervise and teach exercise to clients with CHD
Mental Effort
Essential
- Ability to deal with a rapid turn out of clients all with individual needs
- Ability to deal with client telephone enquires
Emmotional Effort
Essential
- Ability to deal with clients who may be distressed, in an appropriate manner
- Refer to other team members for support, if required
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Management of exercise programmes for patients with CHD and other related diseases
- Experience in delivering Cardiac Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Research (data and collection and analysis)
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Sports Science or Physiotherapy or equivalent
Desirable
- Health Education Qualification
- Qualified Gym Instructor
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good Communicator
- Organised
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, supervise and teach exercise to clients with CHD
Mental Effort
Essential
- Ability to deal with a rapid turn out of clients all with individual needs
- Ability to deal with client telephone enquires
Emmotional Effort
Essential
- Ability to deal with clients who may be distressed, in an appropriate manner
- Refer to other team members for support, if required
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
