Job overview

Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurse (Band 7)

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Winchester

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated senior nurse with experience in cardiology/cardiac rehab, to join our friendly dynamic cardiac rehab team.

What we look for:

• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain and build strong working relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Experience of conducting one to one clinical consultations and prescribing and delivering exercise classes to our wide clinical population.  
• Ambition, skill and drive to help support the service whilst maintaining excellent standards of care.

What we Offer:

• The opportunity to lead an experienced and knowledgeable team where you will be working alongside the other Band 7 clinicians to maintain our current high standards and proactively develop and drive the service forward.
• Joining an established service at an exciting time as we are evolving to meet the growing needs of our population.
• Your life outside HHFT is important, and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements.  

Main duties of the job

The Cardiac Rehabilitation service provides specialist cardiac rehabilitation input to our patients across our catchment area with teams based in Winchester, Basingstoke ,Alton and Andover where we deliver outpatient services and exercise classes in a variety of settings. The main Cardiology wards and PPCI service is situated on the Basingstoke site where the majority of our patients are greeted and initially assessed at time of admission. We also receive referrals from primary care,  tertiary and surgical centres to help support our local patients.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].