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Job summary
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse plays a key role in delivering a patient-centred cardiac rehabilitation service across Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the community. You will support patients following a cardiac event, focusing on recovery, secondary prevention, and long-term lifestyle change.
Key responsibilities include delivering Phase I cardiac rehabilitation, providing structured education sessions to support behaviour change, and undertaking clinical assessments to determine suitability for rehabilitation and exercise programmes. The role involves monitoring symptoms and medications, ensuring optimisation and escalation where needed, and supervising safe, individualised exercise sessions in line with recognised cardiac rehabilitation standards.
You will complete discharge assessments, support lipid management, and ensure accurate data entry into the National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR). Strong clinical assessment skills and sound cardiology knowledge are essential.
You will demonstrate cardiology knowledge, clinical experience, leadership skills and evidence of continued professional development.
Based at QEHB, the service operates across hospital and community settings including Northfield Gym, MoveWell Centre and Selly Oak Methodist Church.
This role offers the opportunity to improve long-term health and empower patients. Informal enquiries are welcomed and you are encouraged to contact us for further information.
This is 22.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
Deliver Phase I cardiac rehabilitation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, providing early education and advice to patients following a cardiac event.
Provide ongoing patient education and support, including facilitating education sessions focused on lifestyle modification and behaviour change.
Assess patients for suitability to participate in cardiac rehabilitation programmes, including risk stratification and clinical assessment.
Review and monitor patient symptoms and medication, escalating concerns to the appropriate clinician when required.
Plan and supervise safe, individualised exercise programmes, both in group settings and on a one-to-one basis.
Deliver rehabilitation programmes across hospital and community settings, including Northfield Gym, University of Birmingham MoveWell Centre, and Selly Oak Methodist Church.
Support delivery of specialist programmes, including Tai Chi, to promote confidence, balance, and gentle rehabilitation.
Complete exit assessments, evaluating patient progress and outcomes following completion of the programme.
Support lipid management and secondary prevention, in line with local and national guidelines.
Ensure accurate and timely data entry into the National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR).
Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, contributing to high-quality, patient-centred care.
Provide holistic support to patients who have experienced cardiac events, helping them to adopt healthier lifestyles and reduce future risk.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 01 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1100741
- Job locations: Trustwide, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
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Person specification
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
- *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
- *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
- *Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
Desirable
- *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
- *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
- *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
- *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
- *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
- *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
- *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to contribute to service development
- *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
- *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
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This advert is for Band 6 CNS - Cardiac Rehabilitation with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Jul 2026.
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