Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Skills
Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Skills
Basic IT Skills
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Knowledge
Evidence of continuous professional development
- Knowledge
Understanding of the NHS Constitution and its implications.
- Experience
Relevant & recent experience working at Band 5 level
- Experience
Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies including statutory, private, and voluntary sector services.
- Qualifications
RN 1st Level (adult), current NMC registration
- Qualifications
Recognised qualification in Teaching and Assessing
- Qualifications
Achieved diploma/degree level
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Motivational interviewing skills
- Skills
Audit and critical appraisal skills
- Skills
Presentation/teaching skills
- Skills
Advanced IT literacy
- Knowledge
Knowledge of cardiac rehab patient management in acute or community setting.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of BACPR guidance
- Knowledge
NACR and NICE cardiac rehabilitation guidelines
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in cardiac rehabilitation.
- Experience
Experience of cardiac rehab assessments and treatments
- Experience
Experience of working within primary care and community settings
- Experience
Experience of taking part in or leading on projects/service improvements
- Experience
Experience of providing personalised care and promoting self-care
- Experience
Relevant and recent experience working in cardiology
- Qualifications
Successful completion of a professionally validated specialist courses.
- Qualifications
Leadership Courses
- Qualifications
Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
Job overview
Airedale Cardiac Rehabilitation Service aims to support people and their families following recent heart attacks or expected cardiac interventions such as stents or internal defibrillators. We also provide support for people prior to and following heart surgery.
Our team comprises of Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurses, a Healthcare Support Worker and administration support, we work alongside the wider community nurse specialist team. We are also supported by the therapy services to run our cardiac rehab exercise classes and have access to several of the multi-disciplinary teams.
A cardiac rehab specialist nurse has an amazing opportunity to make a big difference in a patient’s life in such a positive way that it is a true privilege.
An essential but very rewarding aspect of the role is to quickly gain rapport with a patient and their families so that we can promote self-care and offer individualised care. This means we are fortunate in being able to offer patients the time they need which can be a rare commodity in the current NHS.
Part time - 30 hours per week
Main duties of the job
The role is varied and interesting, we offer flexibility to our patients and our employees as much as possible with patient care being offered in their own homes, clinics, community venues, video calls and the hospital.
We are a small friendly focused team who are passionate about promoting self-care to empower our patients to keep their hearts healthy. We have developed our service to include virtual options alongside our face to face activities.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a compassionate, empathetic nurse who has a love of cardiology, and a positive attitude. If you have a passion for promoting healthy lifestyles, self-care and fitness and want to work in beautiful surroundings this may be just the role for you!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details including the full job description and person specification for this role please see the attached documents.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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This advert is for Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurse (Band 6) with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in Keighley, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Oct 2026.
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