Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5 or 6 dependent on experience
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 423-7751683
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Skipton General Hospital
- Town
- Skipton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £46,580 B5 £31,049 to £37,796/ B6 £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/02/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurse (Band 5 or 6 dependent on experience)
NHS AfC: Band 5 or 6 dependent on experience
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
Airedale Cardiac Rehabilitation Service aims to support people and their families following recent heart attacks or expected cardiac interventions such as stents or internal defibrillators. We also provide support for people prior to and following heart surgery.
Our team comprises of Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurses, a Healthcare Support Worker and administration support, we work alongside the wider community nurse specialist team. We are also supported by the therapy services to run our cardiac rehab exercise classes and have access to several of the multi-disciplinary teams.
A cardiac rehab specialist nurse has an amazing opportunity to make a big difference in a patient’s life in such a positive way that it is a true privilege.
An essential but very rewarding aspect of the role is to quickly gain rapport with a patient and their families so that we can promote self-care and offer individualised care. This means we are fortunate in being able to offer patients the time they need which can be a rare commodity in the current NHS.
Main duties of the job
The role is varied and interesting, we offer flexibility to our patients and our employees as much as possible with patient care being offered in their own homes, clinics, community venues, video calls and the hospital.
We are a small friendly focused team who are passionate about promoting self-care to empower our patients to keep their hearts healthy. We have developed our service to include virtual options alongside our face to face activities.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a compassionate, empathetic nurse who has a love of cardiology, and a positive attitude. If you have a passion for promoting healthy lifestyles, self-care and fitness and want to work in beautiful surroundings this may be just the role for you!
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details including the full job description and person specification for this role please see the attached documents.
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Current UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle for business use
- Ability to travel across a large geographical area
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified nurse registered with NMC
- Recognised qualification in Teaching and Assessing
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of a professionally validated specialist courses.
- Leadership Courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- Two years relevant experience working at Band 5 level
- Relevant and recent experience working in cardiology
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies including statutory, private, and voluntary sector services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of cardiac rehab assessments and treatments
- Experience of working within primary care and community settings
- Experience of taking part in or leading on projects/service improvements
- Experience of providing personalised care and promoting self-care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Understanding of the NHS Constitution and its implications.
- Knowledge of Trust Values
- Ability to work well within a team
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of cardiac rehab patient management in acute or community setting.
- Knowledge of BACPR guidance, NACR and NICE cardiac rehabilitation guidelines
- Motivational interviewing skills
- Audit and critical appraisal skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nicola Drake
- Job title
- Cardiac Rehab Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01756 702337
- Additional information
Informal visits to the team are encouraged and recommended prior to interview, please contact 01756 702337 to arrange.
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