Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (fixed)
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week (up to 20:00 once per week?)
- Job ref
- 390-CAR-BR-2244
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- chelmsford
- Salary
- £31,049 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Cardiac Rehabilitation
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Our Cardiac Rehabilitation service at Broomfield hospital is well established team that covers Broomfield hospital and the mid Essex region and we have a wonderful opportunity for a professional, confident Staff Nurse to join its small supportive team.
Your role will assist in supporting the current effective high quality Cardiac Rehabilitation service and the patient choice initiative, its future development including physical, educational, emotional, and psychological support of patients, relatives and carers enabling them to live with their disease, treatment and the implications thereafter.
You will be involved in all phases of the cardiac rehabilitation process, liaising effectively to establish and maintain professional relationships with the multi-disciplinary team, agencies, and organisations and covering both inpatients and outpatients working across all sites (Broomfield/ Maldon/witham/ Braintree districts).
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to act as an information resource for patients, to establish good relationships with patients and their families through all phases of cardiac rehabilitation and patient choice initiative, to help with Phase II telephone follow up calls and ensure accurate documentation and to compile comprehensive and accurate advice and discharge letters to GP's and other multi-disciplinary staff.
You will maintain a safe environment for patients attending cardiac rehabilitation as per risk assessments and protocols, assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patients care utilising an individual holistic approach, monitor all relevant Nice Guidelines and will also assist in the planning of discharge from rehabilitation of cardiac patients including future goal setting, implementation of secondary prevention issues and informing primary care clinicians of patient’s status and future needs.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Staff Nurse role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse NMC
Desirable criteria
- Immediate Life support training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of cardiac rehabilitation
- Demonstrate ability to provide high quality patient care.
Desirable criteria
- Previous cardiology or rehabilitation experience
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to exercise/ use gym equipment
physical
Essential criteria
- driving licence and access to a car
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Danielle Bartlett
- Job title
- Charge Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01245 51 6376
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