Job overview

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An exciting opportunity has arose for a highly motivated, flexible registered nurse in our cardiac rehabilitation team based at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

We offer a range of cardiac rehabilitation services to patients and their families working both in the hospital and also at community venues across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hambleton and Richmondshire.

The post holder will be expected to assist the cardiac rehabilitation manager to maintain the smooth running of the South Tees Cardiac Rehabilitation Service and in particular assist in the provision of a high quality cardiac rehabilitation to the local population.

The job will be based at The James Cook University Hospital but the post holder will be required to travel to Redcar Primary Care Hospital, The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and other community venues to provide Cardiac Rehabilitation Services.

Applicants must have post registration experience in a cardiac rehabilitation, cardiology or cardiothoracic environment.  They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work using their own initiative.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a high quality specialist service of Cardiac Rehabilitation to patients and staff at The James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital and surrounding areas.

They will deliver Phase 1 to Phase 3 of the cardiac rehabilitation programme to an appropriate group of patients during their admission, follow up on clinics and help organise and deliver phase III cardiac rehabilitation programme at The James Cook University Hospital, Friarage Hospital and various community settings.

The post requires you to work autonomously managing a caseload of patients demonstrating sound analytical and problem solving skills whilst also working  as part of the multi-disciplinary team responsible for cardiac care both in the acute and primary care setting.                                     

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

·        Your Leadership Impact

·        Leading your Team to Success

·        Leading Into the Future

·        Service Improvement for Beginners

·        Developing your Service Improvement Skills

·        Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.