Senior Physiotherapist - Cardiac Rehab

The cardiac rehab service is looking for a Senior physiotherapist with an interest and skills in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
The cardiac rehab service is part of the Integrated Community cardiology service, which provides diagnosis and management of heart failure, cardiac rehab phase 2 and 3, and GP with specialist interest cardiology clinics.
You will work with the cardiac rehab nurses, associate practitioners, assistant practitioner/exercise instructors and volunteer, to provide cardiac rehabilitation to patient either in group settings, via remote home-based programmes and will provide home visits where required.
The physiotherapist's focus will be on the assessment monitoring of functional outcomes, supporting quality improvement where needed, and individual tailoring of programmes where other conditions require adjustments
This role is very much working with our highly experienced nurses who will be able to support with nursing and heart failure management.
This is a new role in the service which we are excited to add to the team, to improve our MDT offer for patients. The service has recently started to participate in National Audit Cardiac rehab, and we are aiming for accreditation in 12-18 months.
Once in post, you would be expected to undertake student practice educator training and supervise students.
Due to the community nature of the role, a car driver with access to a car for business use is essential., + To work as part of the integrated community cardiology team to deliver nursing/therapeutic input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self-management on all activities of daily living.
+ Working as an autonomous practitioner, you will provide specialist input to patients in the cardiac rehabilitation caseload.
+ Work with colleagues across health, social care, mental health and voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
+ Empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patients carers and assistants with management of risk., Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A, Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.
Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
Secondment - if you are interested in undertaking a role on a secondment basis, please ensure that you have discussed this with your current line manager prior to submitting your application. Please note if you are already an employee of ESNEFT fixed term roles will only be offered on a secondment basis.
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The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.
Whilst we welcome applications from all and your application will be considered on individual merit, if you are offered a position and require a Skilled Worker Certificate of Sponsorship we may not be able to process your application to the final stage due Home Office eligibility.
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