Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg for a Band 6 Specialist Nurse to join our Cardiac Rehabilitation team at Prince Charles Hospital.  We are seeking a passionate, forward thinking individual with a background in Cardiology.

You will work as part of a team of specialist nurses, providing a high standard of nursing care to all patients accessing the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. You will be a key member of the multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation service for patients following a cardiac event. This will be in the form of education and exercise programmes to meet the individual needs of patients and may take place in a variety of settings;

·         Hospital, clinic or community based sessions

·         Home visits

·         Telephone and face to face support.

To empower patients to self manage their condition, by developing individual care plans and promoting opportunities for long term self management.

Main duties of the job

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with cardiac conditions.

Receive referrals from a variety of established routes, e.g. wards, CCU, Cardiac Catheter Lab, tertiary centres, other specialist nurses and GP’s., ensuring that patients are suitable to enter the service.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills when dealing with patients and relatives, delivering information in a sensitive and empathetic manner.

Participate in out patient clinics, assessing patients’ clinical condition and identifying individual risk factors. Provide education and guidance in accordance with each patients needs. Visit patients in their own home when required, ensuring that the Lone Worker policy is adhered to at all times.

Produce specialist programmes of care for each individual patient, liaising with appropriate others as required, e.g. GP’s, Cardiologists. Be able to analyse the findings of investigations and diagnostic testing and act in the best interest of the patient, e.g. echocardiograms, E.C.G’.s, and blood tests.

Participate in patient education groups, providing specialist education, health promotion and advice to patients and relatives. Provide support during exercise programmes, working closely with the specialist physiotherapist.

Work closely with the Team Leader and Consultant Cardiologists discussing individual cases as required and taking advice when necessary.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.