Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse to join the Stepping Hill Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Service. The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team flexibly, to assist in the delivery of a high-quality service, providing expert support and advice to patients with Coronary Heart Disease or post Cardiac Surgery. The post will involve in-patient ward visit, on-ward referral to other services, performing clinical assessments, case management of patients and assisting in the Cardiac Rehabilitation exercise classes., + Provide specialist nursing assessment, advice, rehabilitation, support, information and development of evidence-based care pathways for patients following an ACS event or cardiac surgery.
+ Be professional, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work.
+ Ensure a high standard of clinical care, for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do the same.
+ Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
+ Case manage patients and own clinical workload.
+ Provide telephone support to patients upon discharge from acute care.
+ Undertake a comprehensive assessment of cardiac patient by using investigative and analytical skills you will formulate individual management and treatment plans.
+ Provide counselling, goal setting on risk factor modification and interpretation of clinical information (eg. Echocardiogram reports) to enable risk stratification for appropriate delivery of care.
+ Supervise the Cardiac Rehabilitation exercise programme alongside the Exercise Specialist.
+ Provide group education to patients attending the supervised classes.
+ Communicate efficiently and effectively with the wider MDT, Consultants and GP's.
+ Work in line with the BACPR (British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation) Standards and Core Components.
+ Represent the trust externally (locally, regionally and nationally) regarding services provided to patients with cardiac conditions., + To provide specialist nursing assessment, advice, rehabilitation, support, information and development of evidence based care pathways for patients following an ACS event or cardiac surgery.
+ To be professional, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work. This would include the management of patients in your care without direct supervision.
+ To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner
+ To undertake a comprehensive assessment of cardiac patient. This will include those with a complex presentation. By using investigative and analytical skills you will formulate individual management and treatment plans.
+ To provide counselling, goal setting on risk factor modification and interpretation of clinical information (eg. Echocardiogram reports) to enable risk stratification for appropriate delivery of care.
+ To supervise the Cardiac Rehabilitation exercise programme alongside the Exercise Specialist.
+ To provide group education to patients attending the supervised classes.
+ To communicate efficiently and effectively with the wider MDT, Consultants and GP's.
+ To work in line with the BACPR (British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation) Standards and Core Components.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values 'We Care, We Respect, We Listen' are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: 'Making a difference every day.' They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear, We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population., Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
+ Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
+ NHS pension scheme membership
+ Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
+ NHS Staff discounts
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
+ Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice