Job summary
The post holder will be part of the Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Service, based within the Calderdale Cardiac Rehabilitation Service. They will carry out administrative duties to support the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team and contribute to the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation across Calderdale. In addition, they will provide highly skilled support to individuals who have been referred to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team.
The work will involve assisting with the Cardiac Rehabilitation groups, contacting patients, and assisting with the office administration for the Cardiac Rehabilitation Service.
The post holder will (in allocated time) act as a point of contact for all communication for the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working under indirect supervision of the registered practitioners in the team. This will involve taking responsibility for an identified and delegated workload following screening and /or assessment by a registered practitioner. The post holder will undertake delegated work following a rehabilitation plan devised by the registered practitioner and will be expected to make minor adjustments to this following agreed protocols and guidelines, liaising with the registered practitioner as necessary. Work will be carried out in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Base and community venues.
- Assisting with exercise assessments of cardiac patients
- Assisting with and or completing the exercise assessments at point of discharge
- Monitoring progress and feeding back to the registered practitioner.
- Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre-determined limits
- Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatments.
- Assisting with group exercise and advice sessions.
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To utilise the SystmOne clinical information system to retrieve patient information, register referrals and discharges, deal with tasks, type and send letters.
prepare responses/letters/acknowledgments and requests for the Cardiac Rehabilitation clinical lead and therapy staff.
To ensure written documentation is accurate and disseminated to other professionals within the Trust, external agencies and carers
To provide a first point of contact for service users, answering the telephone and dealing with enquiries in a sensitive manner to document and convey messages to the team.
To arrange appointments for clinic consultations, home visits and meetings face to face and/or virtual.
To process audit statistics for relevant personnel and assist with inputting audit data onto the ongoing national audit for cardiac rehab
To check email accounts, process referrals and amend waiting lists for cardiac rehab
If required to be present at long covid MDT meetings to take notes and complete templates within patients notes.
To print patient assessment packs including exercise sheets and information booklets
To set up and clean down the group venues both before and after groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To utilise the SystmOne clinical information system to retrieve patient information, register referrals and discharges, deal with tasks, type and send letters.
prepare responses/letters/acknowledgments and requests for the Cardiac Rehabilitation clinical lead and therapy staff.
To ensure written documentation is accurate and disseminated to other professionals within the Trust, external agencies and carers
To provide a first point of contact for service users, answering the telephone and dealing with enquiries in a sensitive manner to document and convey messages to the team.
To arrange appointments for clinic consultations, home visits and meetings face to face and/or virtual.
To process audit statistics for relevant personnel and assist with inputting audit data onto the ongoing national audit for cardiac rehab
To check email accounts, process referrals and amend waiting lists for cardiac rehab
If required to be present at long covid MDT meetings to take notes and complete templates within patients notes.
To print patient assessment packs including exercise sheets and information booklets
To set up and clean down the group venues both before and after groups.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or Care Certificate Standard - demonstrating the 15/16 standard have been meet and signed by an employer.
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Moving and Handling
- Infection Control
- Customer Care
- Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies.
Desirable
- Competent in venepuncture, cannulation and simple wound dressings
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Healthcare Support or equivalent experience.
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous experience with a healthcare setting (18 months
- Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Literacy skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of record keeping
- Experience in undertaking point of care testing
- Experience in application of basic dressing techniques
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Access to transport to undertake multiple visits to patient's place of residence
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Good communication skills
- Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
Desirable
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or Care Certificate Standard - demonstrating the 15/16 standard have been meet and signed by an employer.
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Moving and Handling
- Infection Control
- Customer Care
- Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies.
Desirable
- Competent in venepuncture, cannulation and simple wound dressings
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Healthcare Support or equivalent experience.
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous experience with a healthcare setting (18 months
- Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Literacy skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of record keeping
- Experience in undertaking point of care testing
- Experience in application of basic dressing techniques
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Access to transport to undertake multiple visits to patient's place of residence
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Good communication skills
- Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Dean Clough Cardiac Rehabilitation Team Community Healthcare 4th Floor Bowling Mill Dean Clough Mills HX3 5AQ
Halifax
HX3 5AQ
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
