We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply for this post; therefore, please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a cardiac specialist exercise practitioner to join our growing Cardiac and Heart Failure Rehabilitation service within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. We are seeking a professional and enthusiastic individual keen to develop their knowledge, reasoning, and competence within core cardiovascular rehabilitation. You will embrace and model our Health Board values, have excellent communication and time management skills, and a strong team-working ethos. You will support innovation and change and be committed to developing services.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of a holistic and individualised programme of cardiovascular rehabilitation for people who have had a cardiac diagnosis, surgery, or procedure. You will work autonomously in conducting patient assessments and functional capacity testing as well as leading individual and group exercise training and health education sessions. Along with other multidisciplinary team members, you will actively promote physical activity and healthy lifestyle change.
You will be encouraged to engage with professional development opportunities including local in-service training opportunities, clinical audit, research, and clinical supervision and mentoring. We have a structured appraisal system with annual reviews underpinned by the Knowledge and Skills Framework. You will also have the opportunity to assist in the education and mentoring of healthcare students undertaking clinical placements within the department.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speaking applicants are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and have an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Essential Criteria
* Qualifications & Knowledge
* Experience
* Knowledge
* Aptitude & Abilities
* Values
* Other
Desirable Criteria
* Qualifications & Knowledge
* Experience
* Knowledge
* Aptitude & Abilities
* Other
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