East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oEducated to GCSE level or equivalent
  • oSupport Workers Access Course/NVQ Level III/Level 1 or equivalent experience
  • oDegree in Sport and Exercise Science or Exercise Physiology, registered as a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Certified Exercise Practitioner or BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist OR Recognised REPS (Register of Exercise Professionals) Level 4 Cardiac Disease (Rehab) qualification in exercise and fitness e.g. BACPR Exercise Instructor Training qualification and current registration with REPs at Level 4

Desirable

  • oAssistant member of professional body CSP
  • oBACPR membership

Experience

Essential

  • oWorking in fitness industry/rehabilitation setting or healthcare
  • oWorking in teams
  • oExperience of community and hospital work

Desirable

  • oExperience of Cardiology work as an assistant.

Knowledge

Essential

  • oKnowledge of the phases of cardiac rehabilitation and appropriate exercise for cardiac patients
  • oKnowledge of the relevant strategic drivers eg NSF for CHD, BACPR Standards and Core Components for CR and NICE clinical guidelines

Desirable

  • oUse of Systmone
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oEducated to GCSE level or equivalent
  • oSupport Workers Access Course/NVQ Level III/Level 1 or equivalent experience
  • oDegree in Sport and Exercise Science or Exercise Physiology, registered as a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Certified Exercise Practitioner or BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist OR Recognised REPS (Register of Exercise Professionals) Level 4 Cardiac Disease (Rehab) qualification in exercise and fitness e.g. BACPR Exercise Instructor Training qualification and current registration with REPs at Level 4

Desirable

  • oAssistant member of professional body CSP
  • oBACPR membership

Experience

Essential

  • oWorking in fitness industry/rehabilitation setting or healthcare
  • oWorking in teams
  • oExperience of community and hospital work

Desirable

  • oExperience of Cardiology work as an assistant.

Knowledge

Essential

  • oKnowledge of the phases of cardiac rehabilitation and appropriate exercise for cardiac patients
  • oKnowledge of the relevant strategic drivers eg NSF for CHD, BACPR Standards and Core Components for CR and NICE clinical guidelines

Desirable

  • oUse of Systmone

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester/Kennedy House

Colchester/Clacton

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester/Kennedy House

Colchester/Clacton

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead for Community Specialist Pathways

Helen Welham

Helen.Welham@esneft.nhs.uk

07785908131

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


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