Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse

Overview

You will work as part of a team of specialist nurses, providing a high standard of nursing care to all patients accessing the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. You will be a key member of the multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation service for patients following a cardiac event. This will be in the form of education and exercise programmes to meet the individual needs of patients and may take place in a variety of settings; Hospital, clinic or community based sessions, Home visits, Telephone and face to face support. To empower patients to self manage their condition, by developing individual care plans and promoting opportunities for long term self management.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with cardiac conditions.

Receive referrals from a variety of established routes, e.g. wards, CCU, Cardiac Catheter Lab, tertiary centres, other specialist nurses and GP\\\’s, ensuring that patients are suitable to enter the service.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills when dealing with patients and relatives, delivering information in a sensitive and empathetic manner.
• Participate in out patient clinics, assessing patients\\\’ clinical condition and identifying individual risk factors. Provide education and guidance in accordance with each patient\\\’s needs. Visit patients in their own home when required, ensuring that the Lone Worker policy is adhered to at all times.
• Produce specialist programmes of care for each individual patient, liaising with appropriate others as required, e.g. GP\\\’s, Cardiologists. Be able to analyse the findings of investigations and diagnostic testing and act in the best interest of the patient, e.g. echocardiograms, E.C.G\\\’.s, and blood tests.
• Participate in patient education groups, providing specialist education, health promotion and advice to patients and relatives. Provide support during exercise programmes, working closely with the specialist physiotherapist.
• Work closely with the Team Leader and Consultant Cardiologists discussing individual cases as required and taking advice when necessary.

Qualifications and Skills

• Band 6 Specialist Nurse role as described
• Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn\\\’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn\\\’t need to have skills in Welsh, we\\\’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn\\\’t \\\’fluency\\\’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.

Eligibility and Sponsorship

Applicants not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government\\\’s Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Application Process

Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form. Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles. All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.

About CTM

We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer. An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg for a Band 6 Specialist Nurse to join our Cardiac Rehabilitation team at Prince Charles Hospital. We are seeking a passionate, forward thinking individual with a background in Cardiology. Located in the heart of South Wales, we\\\’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together. At CTM, you\\\’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we\\\’re creating a space where everyone can thrive. Discover more about working with us here: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board – Join CTM; Home – Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Working for our organisation; Cwm Taf Morgannwag University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values: We listen, learn and improve; We treat everyone with respect; We all work together as one team. We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.