Exercise Physiologist Cardiac Rehabilitation

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post holder to work within an established hospital and community cardiac rehabilitation service. The post holder will be expected to participate fully in the delivery of a comprehensive programme of Cardiac Rehabilitation sessions at hospital and local community sites.The successful applicant must be highly enthusiastic and motivated to deliver generic and exercise based cardiac rehabilitation with a strong knowledge base in health care and exercise based cardiac rehabilitation. The post holder will have proven experience within a health care setting delivering both individual and group exercise and educational sessions in a variety of formats, and be competent and confident in communicating at varied levels. A demonstrable working knowledge of cardiac rehabilitation, exercise physiology, coronary heart disease and an up to date knowledge and application of relevant exercise based guidelines and frameworks /core components is essential. Candidates will require access to transport for work purposes and may be required to attend home visits and sessions at local satellite centres (Ellesmere Port Hospital), Chester based venues.,

• Deliver a wide range of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation sessions in line with BACPR and ACPICR standards. Deliver: circuit sessions, 1:1 sessions, strength training, low impact circuits, strength and balance exercise sessions, strength and conditioning sessions . Deliver exercise assessments and evaluation sessions for all the above;
• Supervise, and lead exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation sessions in line with current BACPR ACPICR/AHA and AACPVR guidelines;
• Assess the clinical suitability of patients attending for exercise/functional assessments;
• Prescribing exercise to patients with wide ranging pathophysiology and co-morbidity.
• Delivering of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation to include educational talks ( exercise and relaxation classes.
• Plan, implement and devise procedures/actions to monitor the effectiveness of safe exercise based cardiac rehabilitation.
• Ensuring that patients progress through the relevant stages of the programme at the correct time and that appropriate information and advice is provided at each stage.This will include patient monitoring and initiation of further referrals to specialist services (e.g. psychology, wellbeing, smoking cessation).
• Participate fully in MDT;
• Ensure all data is completed and entered on departmental database (CCAD national minimum dataset and hospital based systems).
  
  Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.