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317 Cardiac Care - Community
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:30-16:30 (30 min break))
Job ref
317-2025-21-18-DR
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Arthurs Hill Clinic
Town
Arthurs Hill Clinic
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
12/06/2025

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Worker

Band 3

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. 

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

Band 3 Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Cardiac Rehabilitation worker to join our motivated, enthusiastic Community Cardiology team working in the home exercise programme.

The post involves visiting patients in their own homes to facilitate individualised exercise programmes for patients post Myocardial Infarction, PCI, cardiac surgery and for patients with heart failure. An exercise programme is prescribed by our Band 7 physiotherapist; the successful candidate will support, motivate and deliver this programme.

Clinical supervision and support will be provided to the post holder.

Applicants must be a car driver with full use of their own car and will require business insurance.

  • Interview date: 12.06.2025
  • 37 hours 30 minutes /week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

  • To assist the Registered Nurses and Physiotherapists and work autonomously  in providing high quality patient care within the Community Setting.
  • Checking baseline observations, signs and symptoms prior to delivering the prescribed, individualised  exercise plan and set goals. 
  • The job includes covering cardiac rehabilitation phase 3 group work at four Centres across the City alongside a Cardiology Specialist Nurse as required.
  • Car Driver is essential.
  • Ongoing support, clinical supervision and the relevant training will be provided

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

         Freeman Hospital

         Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

         Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

         Newcastle Dental Hospital

         Newcastle Fertility Centre

         Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

         Northern Genetics Service

         Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To abide by Trust policies and procedures
  • To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care within a community setting and in patients own homes
  • Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
  • Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives
  • Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care
  • To work with a physiotherapist and nursing staff to deliver exercise programmes in the patients home and community venues
  • To provide cover for the cardiac rehabilitation centre group classes in the absence of the band 4 fitness instructor.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
  • Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
  • Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
  • Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of basic safeguarding

SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT skills
  • Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
  • Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire.
  • Car driver / owner
Desirable criteria
  • Venepuncture skills
  • Competent in blood pressure monitoring

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
  • Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience within speciality

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
  • Good literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable criteria
  • Chair based exercise qualification
  • Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification
  • BACPR Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly Employer

Applicant requirements

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lisa Lewis
Job title
Community Cardiology Specialist Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01912826401
Additional information

Lisa Lewis - Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 08:30-16:30pm

Sandra Cummins - Thursdays and Fridays, 08:30-16:30pm 

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