Associate Practitioner - Cardiac Rehabilitation
The closing date is 21 July 2025
Job summary
Our community cardiology team are seeking an exercise professional to join our cardiac rehab service. This is a job share post so you will be required to work Monday to Wednesday.
We are a team of nurses, physio, associate and assistant staff. We cover all of North East Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.
We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life, rehabilitation, and supporting how to manage their cardiac condition.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the delivery of patient care, maximizing the cost-effective use of professional time, both clinically and non-clinically
- To assess patients, provide programme of advice and rehabilitation activities to patients with acute or chronic needs within the competency framework developed by the Physiotherapist or Nurse.
- To organise and run exercise classes in the community and on virtual platforms with the registered staff, maintaining high professional standards.
- Able to work independently without direct supervision, but under instruction from the qualified staff, reporting back patient progress and informing the qualified clinicians of any problems.
- To independently progress treatments of delegated patients with access to guidance and determine when the patients have met their discharge criteria.
- To participate in audit and data collection including coordinating the uploading of data to the national audit portal.
About us
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Details
Date posted
07 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
432-HR452-25
Job locations
Colchester/Kennedy House
Colchester/Clacton
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester/Kennedy House
Colchester/Clacton
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
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