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Job summary

Main area
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
389-24-6138103-A
Employer
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Town
Bradford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/05/2024 23:59

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Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Hours:      37.5                             

Most attractive aspect of the Post:  The post  offers the successful candidate a chance of caseload management in a community setting .Working one to one with patients referred into the service the successful candidate will benefit from being part of a forward thinking dynamic team working towards the goals and outcome measures of the commissioning pack for Cardiac Rehabilitation.

The post holds many development opportunities and offers a chance to manage an autonomous caseload and plan care around patient centred goals 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work the hours over 5 days, Monday to Friday, and manage a caseload of cardiac rehabilitation patients within the community setting. The service is home visit / clinic  based. You will also work on the ward providing stage 0- 1  of the commissioning pack pathway & in community exercise classes.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

  • We value people
  • We are one team
  • We care

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Two   years post registration experience, 1 of which must be in recent CVD  care
  • Understanding of the Commissioning guide for Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Clinical Governance awareness.
  • Participation in Clinical supervision.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills.
  • Demonstrate level of self awareness, strengths and weaknesses.
  • Clinical assessment skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Able to work on own initiative
  • Good time management skills
  • Ability to delegate, supervise and support colleagues
  • Negotiation / influencing skills
  • Ability to manage conflict professionally
  • Ability to give and accept constructive criticism
  • Assertiveness
  • Change management skills
  • Experience of implementing research based practice
  • Audit and research awareness
  • Presentation skills
  • Experience of project management
  • Ability to network as appropriate
  • To maintain accurate records, both written and electronic.
  • Manage risk and report incidents as appropriate and in accordance with the trust reporting mechanism.                  

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Two years post registration experience, 1 of which must be in recent CVD care
  • • Demonstrate leadership skills.
  • • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Must be willing to undertake further training and education as required.
  • • Research awareness.
  • • Venepuncture or willingness to work towards.
  • • Clinical assessment skills
  • • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • • Able to work on own initiative
  • • Good time management skills
  • • Ability to delegate, supervise and support colleagues
  • • Negotiation / influencing skills
  • • Ability to manage conflict professionally
  • • Ability to give and accept constructive criticism
  • • Able to accommodate flexible working
  • • Current valid driving licence
  • • Hepatitis B immunity
Desirable criteria
  • • Assertiveness
  • • Change management skills
  • • Experience of implementing research based practice
  • • Audit and research awareness
  • • Presentation skills
  • • Experience of project management
  • • Ability to network as appropriate

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
  • Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
  • Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Registered Nurse (Level1)
  • • Current NMC registration
  • • Relevant experience / qualification or training in CVD
  • • Relevant teaching and assessing qualification
  • • Car owner
Desirable criteria
  • • First Degree (or working towards)
  • • Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification (or willingness to work towards)
  • • Experience of working within primary care.
  • • Experience of Cardio exercise programmes.
  • • Cultural awareness, experience of working with ethnic minority groups
  • • Knowledge / understanding of Primary Care
  • • Experience of previous service development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Crossley
Job title
Cardiac Rehabilitation Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07903 700454
Additional information

Happy for any enquiries or a visit to the team