Exercise Physiologist Cardiac Rehabilitation

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post holder to work within an established hospital and community cardiac rehabilitation service. The post holder will be expected to participate fully in the delivery of a comprehensive programme of Cardiac Rehabilitation sessions at hospital and local community sites.The successful applicant must be highly enthusiastic and motivated to deliver generic and exercise based cardiac rehabilitation with a strong knowledge base in health care  and exercise based cardiac rehabilitation.  The post holder will have proven experience within a health care setting delivering both individual and group exercise and educational sessions in a variety of formats, and be competent and confident in communicating at varied levels. 

A demonstrable working knowledge of cardiac rehabilitation, exercise physiology, coronary heart disease and an up to date knowledge and application of relevant exercise based guidelines and frameworks /core components is essential. A minimum degree level education is required with previous NHS /exercise experience in the delivery of  cardiac rehabilitation .  Exercise instructor qualifications such as BACPR Phase iv is also required (or equivalent) .

Candidates will require access to transport for work purposes and may be required to attend home visits and sessions at local satellite centres (Ellesmere Port Hospital).

This post is part time - 25.5 hours per week.

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• Deliver a wide range of  exercise based cardiac rehabilitation sessions in line with BACPR and ACPICR standards.  Deliver: circuit sessions, 1:1 sessions, strength training, low impact  circuits, strength and balance exercise sessions, strength and conditioning sessions . Deliver exercise assessments and evaluation sessions for all the above;
• Supervise, and lead exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation sessions in line with current BACPR ACPICR/AHA and AACPVR guidelines;
• Assess the clinical suitability of patients attending for exercise/functional assessments;
• Prescribing exercise to patients with wide ranging pathophysiology and co-morbidity.
• Delivering of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation to include educational talks ( exercise and relaxation classes.
• Plan, implement and devise procedures/actions to monitor the effectiveness of safe exercise based cardiac rehabilitation.
• Ensuring that patients progress through the relevant stages of the programme at the correct time and that appropriate information and advice is provided at each stage.This will include patient monitoring and initiation of further referrals to specialist services (e.g. psychology, wellbeing, smoking cessation).
• Participate fully in MDT;
• Ensure all data is completed and entered on departmental database (CCAD national minimum dataset and hospital based systems).

Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. 

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.  We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. 

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.