Cardiac Rehab Exercise Assistant

Band 3

(15 hours per week) Mon, Wed, Thurs

The post holder will be part of the cardiac rehab team delivering 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 exercise programme in the hospital and community settings. They will also be required to carry out a range of non-clinical duties, including data entry.

Responsibilities include:

1. To assist the healthcare professionals in the initial assessment of patients for Cardiac Rehabilitation, including assisting with functional capacity tests and taking measurements such as BP, BMI, HR.
2. To conduct warm up and cool down components of the class and to participate in the induction of patients to cardiac rehabilitation classes.
3. To contribute to the safe and effective delivery of the cardiac rehab exercise sessions, ensuring safe individualised technique, exercise intensity, and monitoring of outcome measures during the class.

Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital. CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the Crocus home birthing team. Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery. Our experienced staff take care of people of all ages across the borough of Croydon. We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Anna Tovey
Job title: Cardiac Rehab Team Leader
Email address: anna.tovey@nhs.net
Telephone number: 02084013957