The closing date is 17 February 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated nurse to join our friendly, driven, passionate and nationally accredited Cardiac Rehabilitation services. The cardiac rehabilitation team provides a vital service to our patients who have suffered Acute Coronary Syndrome (STEMI & NSTEMI) and to those patients who are post coronary revascularisation (PCI and CABG surgery).
This post is for a qualified Nurse working 23 hours per week over three days, based at Good Hope Hospital, but may also have to cover other hospital sites (Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals) as required.
This post will suit a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate who has a positive outlook and is able to motivate patients to make changes. Experience of working in an exercise environment and/or experience of exercising yourself will also be beneficial.
Main duties of the job
You will provide education to patients and their families’ pre discharge, develop individualised pharmacological and non-pharmacological plan for their Cardiac Rehab and communicate this effectively with primary care, to ensure a seamless service is offered to patients. Under the guidance of experienced Clinical Exercise Physiologists you will also support patients in the out-patient Cardiac Rehabilitation programme providing both health education and exercise supervision and guidance both remotely and face-to-face. This includes assessing patients’ suitability and risk stratification for core rehab (phase 3) and refer onto the most appropriate programme depending on patients risk and choice in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
You should have 3 years relevant post registration experience in cardiology/cardiac rehabilitation with evidence of continued professional development. You should have experience and/or a keen interest in the rehabilitation of cardiac patients and of those with chronic health conditions. You should also understand the process of behavioral change in order for patients to reduce their risk of further cardiac events and assist them in recovering to their best physical, psychological, social and vocational status. You will have excellent communication skills, be organised, a good team player and have time management skills to work under pressure alongside other members of the team. You will be expected to work autonomously and be able to make decisions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in cardiology and professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- *Recognised mentorship course
Desirable
- *A willingness to undertake training and education to support the role of Non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Significant post registration experience with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area Cardiac Rehabilitation
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence
- *Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- *Experience and enthusiasm for teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
Desirable
- *Experience in service development
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Knowledge
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for.
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- Personal Attributes
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- Other Factors
- *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required / and ability to work across UHB sites where required
- *Ability to act on own initiative
Desirable
- *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).