Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse Lead

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

About

We are an integrated hospital and community services healthcare organisation serving around 400,000 people in Hartlepool, Stockton and parts of County Durham. We also provide bowel and breast screening services and a number of community based services to a wider population in Teesside and Durham.

Our turnover is around £365m and we employ a number of medical, nursing, clinical and non-clinical support staff totalling approximately 5,500 people.

We operate our services from two main hospital sites, University Hospital of North Tees and University Hospital of Hartlepool.

The University Hospital of North Tees provides emergency and planned medical and surgical care, maternity services and a wide range of diagnostic services and outpatient clinics.

The University Hospital of Hartlepool provides patients with a wide range of diagnostic services and outpatient clinics, day case and low risk surgery.

We also run services from various other sites across the local area including Lawson Street (Stockton), One Life Centre (Hartlepool) and Peterlee Community Hospital.

Key details

Location

Site: Billingham Health Centre

Address: 58 Queensway, Billingham

Postcode: TS23 2NP

Major / Minor Region: Durham

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (fixed term)

Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Cardiac Rehabilitation

We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation, however our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.

Job overview

*Advert may close early if sufficient number of applications is reached*

Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse - Based in North Tees and Hartlepool community working across the area.

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Supporting patients post cardiac event, providing education and guidance on lifestyle behaviours. Leading on and participating in Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise classes and carrying out required exercise assessments.

Working for our organisation

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.”

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be a nurse with cardiology experience who holds or is working towards clinical assessment skills and non-medical prescribing qualifications. Developing knowledge and skills of managing Cardiac Rehabilitation case load. They will work within a nurse-led team, contributing towards the provision of high-quality care to cardiology patients.

The main responsibilities of the role will relate to clinical expertise with an emphasis on initiating, performing and maintaining standards of clinical excellence. The post holder will be able to work within the multidisciplinary team. This will include the assessment, diagnosis, interpretation of results, management and review of cardiac patients, under the supervision of a cardiologist and lead/cardiac rehabilitation specialist nurse.

Most clinics are nurse-led and include the management of secondary prevention patients, Angina management, the post holder may also develop their skills to work within the nurse-led, Secondary Prevention Optimisation Clinics (PCI review clinics), Angina Management, assessing for commencement to cardiac rehabilitation exercise component, Health Education and Behavioural change, audit and research.

**Please note - Once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy may close early**

Please check your email address on a regular basis as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method.

As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening: Disclosure and Barring Scheme: (previously Criminal Records Bureau) Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions. Should you require a copy of the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, please contact a member of the recruitment team on 01642 624023.

It is the policy of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost for their DBS certificate. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay on commencement with the Trust. Please note the essential qualifications required for the post outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to hold and provide evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be shortlisted.

For any new employees commencing employment with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, you will be subject to satisfactory completion of a 6 month probationary period. Please note that internal applications and individuals that are appointed to fixed term appointments of less than 6 months duration are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or a bank member of staff). As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history. Applicants are requested ensure e-mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references are not acceptable.

If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant.

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy. If you experience any technical difficulties applying for this post please contact a member of our recruitment team on 01642 624023 quoting the vacancy reference.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• 2 Years post NMC qualification
• Cardiology Experience
• Fully qualified driver and access to vehicle
• Degree or evidence of working towards

Desirable criteria

• Teaching Qualification
• Independent Non-medical prescribing
• Relevant Cardiac Rehabilitation course

Interview

Essential criteria

• 2 years post NMC qualification
• Driver and access to vehicle
• Degree or working towards in relevant subject
• Cardiology Experience

Desirable criteria

• Non-Medical Independent Prescribing
• BACPR Course
• Heart Manual Training
• Teaching Qualification

Documents

• Job Description (742.6) PDF KB
• Staff Networks - Recruitment Information (310.8) PDF KB
• NTHFT Employment Applicant Guidance (594.1) PDF KB
• NTHFT Customer Care Charter Overview (155.8) PDF KB
• Privacy Notice (717.8) PDF KB

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Janine O'Rourke

Job title: Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse Lead

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 07825938535