Post date: 16-Feb-2016 09:54:06
Job Reference: 434-IM443506
Employer:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Department:cardiovascular disease
Location: High Wycombe
Salary:£26,041 - £34,876 pa
Do you want to be part of our future?
At Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust we have a simple vision – safe and compassionate care, every time. We are focussed on a programme of continuous quality improvement, listening to our patients and investing in our workforce to deliver an excellent patient experience.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was one of the first integrated Trusts in the country, providing acute, community and palliative care in people’s homes or from one of our five community hospitals, or two acute hospitals at Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe.
The Trust is committed to providing staff with learning and development opportunities to support their career progression. We offer on-site subsidised childcare, childcare vouchers, flexible working and a generous pension.
If you want to help us provide the best care in a compassionate and professional manner, then we want to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join the award winning Cardiac Rehabilitation Team based at Wycombe Hospital. The Care4today Cardiac Health programme is a well-established service and the post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the exercise component of the phase III cardiac rehabilitation service. They will facilitate and coordinate the organising and delivery of this health related physical activity programme to a high standard. This involves pre & post screening with functional capacity testing, of all cardiac rehabilitation patients at the beginning and end of a phase III programme. A key aspect of the role is to ensure patients are referred into the most appropriate physical activity programme, organising and developing group sessions and thus ensuring suitability for exercise to our programme and long term management.
The candidate will also be responsible for reporting and evaluating the programme, providing information to manage and communicate performance for onward long term management of patients cardiac disease. They are expected to provide senior clinical leadership and supervision to the cardiac rehabilitation programme.
For further details / informal visits contact:
For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact : Fiona McCartan Cardiac Nurse Specialist, Telephone:07824522016
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