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Job overview

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition. We're looking for a Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse to join our Folkestone based team. 

This established, award-winning Cardiac Rehabilitation Service is a multi-disciplinary team, comprising nurses, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, counsellors, cardiac rehab assistants, practitioners’ administrators and volunteers. 

Services are provided in a variety of locations, including in a patient’s home, outpatient clinics in Health Centres and GP practices and community venues such as Leisure Centres and village halls, within the Ashford, Canterbury, South Kent Coast and Thanet localities.

We offer physical, social and psychological rehabilitation through a wide range of options, tailored to meet individual patient needs and preferences.

For the right applicant we are happy to offer this as a Band 5 developmental post. We will work with you, offering structured support and development to give you the skills and training required to move you up to a Band6 post in an allocated time frame.  

Main duties of the job

Your duties will be:

•To undertake the assessment, delivery and evaluation of care required for patients with complex, long term, high risk cardiac conditions. Provide the necessary health education and advice in order to achieve a reduction in the risk of further cardiac events for people with heart disease, resulting in fewer hospital admissions and improved quality of life

•To manage a defined caseload of patients with chronic cardiac conditions who have been identified as having ongoing needs and would benefit from focused case management

•To optimise secondary prevention medication as per service competencies.

•Undertake continuous professional development to enable the provision of pioneering specialist cardiac rehabilitation services to meet the needs of the local population in line with multiple national and local targets

•To assist in strategic work with tertiary, secondary and primary care services, the cardiac network and local authorities to link and plan cardiac rehabilitation services for the future

•To act as a source of knowledge on Coronary Heart disease to primary, community and secondary care

For more information about the role and our team please get in touch for an informal chat. 

Additional Working Pattern: flexible

Working for our organisation

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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