Cardiac Rehabilitation Fitness Instructor | Calderdale and NHS Foundation Trust

Job Overview

The post holder will undertake highly skilled support work for people who have cardiac disorders and complex multi‑pathology conditions. The work will involve assisting the cardiac rehabilitation nurses and therapists in supporting the screening, assessing, and goal setting of cardiac patients, and the delivery of a cardiac rehabilitation exercise and education programme, adapting the programme to meet individual patient requirements. The post also includes supporting the departmental volunteers together with cleaning, and reviewing equipment in line with protocols.

The post also includes specific administration tasks including audit to support the daily running of the department.

• As a Cardiac Rehab Assistant you require knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general concepts in the field of work. You may carry out a wider range of duties with guidance and supervision available when needed. You will contribute to service development and are responsible for self‑development.
• Working to agreed competencies and protocols and guided by the registered practitioners, the post holder will be key in support of the treatment and care of patients and also their carer/relatives where relevant. The post holder will work under indirect supervision of the registered practitioners in the team. This will involve taking responsibility for an identified and delegated workload following screening and/or assessment by a registered practitioner.
  
  The post holder will undertake delegated work following a rehabilitation plan devised by the Registered Practitioner or Assistant Practitioner, and will be expected to make minor adjustments to this following agreed protocols and guidelines, liaising with the registered practitioner as necessary.
• Work will be carried out mainly within a community setting but could include working in the service user’s home or other health care setting. Tasks will also be carried out in the hospital.
• Delivery and adaptation of the exercise component of the programme ensuring patient safety and suitability.
• Supervise cardiac rehab functional capacity testing including calculation of safe exercise.
• Implement treatment protocols, based on competencies.
• Monitor progress and feed back to the registered practitioner or assistant practitioner.
• Make minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre‑determined limits.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

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