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Medway Community Healthcare CIC

About

Medway Community Healthcare (MCH) is an award winning Community Interest Company (CIC), formed in 2011, and was one of the first social enterprises in the NHS family. We are a £63 million business with around 1,350 staff working across more than 40 community health services and personalised social care services in and around Medway; caring for a population of around 280,000 people.

We have a diverse workforce offering varied and challenging roles in nursing, allied health professions, clinical support, medical and dental, administration and clerical and estates.

We're incredibly proud of what we do, and all our achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services. These qualities are born out of our values:

Working in partnership
Delivering quality and value
Being caring and compassionate

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you share our values and want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

Contact

Address: Medway Community Healthcare; MCH House; 21 Bailey Drive; Gillingham Business Park; Gillingham; Kent; ME8 0PZ
Contact Number: 01634 382777

Find out more

Jobs Website

Vacancy status: Open

Ref: 813-331-0924-LB-B Vacancy ID: 6817480

Community cardiac nurse - cardiac rehabilitation

Accepting applications until: 05-Dec-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 05-Dec-2024 23:59

Key details

Location

Gwefan: MCH house
Cyfeiriad: Bailey Drive, Gillingham Business Park
Tref: Gillingham
Cod post: ME8 0NJ
Major / Minor Region: Kent

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 5)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Community cardiology

Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:

is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked ‘Good’ by the CQC;
is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

Are you a nurse who would like to develop a career in cardiology?
Are you passionate about supporting patients with long term conditions to manage their health and enjoy life to their fullest?
Do you have the confidence to work alone and within a team, putting the patient at the heart of what you do?

If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the community cardiac rehabilitation team. We are looking for an experienced nurse who is eager to learn, cardiology experience is not essential.

The role would suit someone with excellent communication skills, who is keen provide education and motivate patients in their rehabilitation.

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To work under instruction from the senior staff to:

To provide an evidence-based phase I-III cardiac rehabilitation in line with all national and local guidelines.
To take an active part in the exercise and secondary prevention components of the cardiac rehabilitation service held at multiple sites in the Medway area.
Under the guidance of specialist nurse assist in answering correspondence and telephone calls from cardiology patients, to provide advice, support and follow up.
To visit cardiology patients in their homes or in clinic to review their progress, facilitate medication optimisation and support lifestyle changes.
To contribute actively to the monitoring and audit of the cardiac rehabilitation service.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

So what else?

· This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.

· We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.

· We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.

· You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The small print

· Informal visits can be arranged on request.

· We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.

· MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

At this time, MCH cannot fund or support any further nurses who require the OSCE training. Please do not apply if you require this training.

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

To work under instruction from the senior staff to:

To provide an evidence-based phase I-III cardiac rehabilitation in line with all national and local guidelines.
To take an active part in the exercise and secondary prevention components of the cardiac rehabilitation service held at multiple sites in the Medway area.
Under the guidance of specialist nurse assist in answering correspondence and telephone calls from cardiology patients, to provide advice, support and follow up.
To visit cardiology patients in their homes or in clinic to review their progress, facilitate medication optimisation and support lifestyle changes.
To contribute actively to the monitoring and audit of the cardiac rehabilitation service.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected.

When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.

MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At the heart of our values, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect and provide a workplace where people feel they belong.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.