Cardiac Fitness Instructor / Physio Assistant

The Cardiac Risk Management / Secondary Prevention & Rehabilitation Service is looking for an enthusiastic forward-thinking fitness instructor to join our team. The role is mainly to help run the cardiac exercise sessions at River Bourne Club in Chertsey., The post holder will:

• Work as an autonomous practitioner promoting physical activity and exercise to patients following a cardiac event.
• Run the cardiac rehab exercise classes mainly at River Bourne Club in Chertsey, and occasionally at Ashford Hospital
• Conduct functional capacity test as part of patient's assessment
• Assist in delivering the education sessions at River Bourne Club
• Assist in the maintenance of exercise equipment
  
  The successful candidate should have experience in promoting physical activity, providing, and managing exercise programmes. He / she ideally is BACPR -trained, or other equivalent training.
  
  Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care. We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics