Job overview Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse Practitioner– Band HOURS PER WEEK – PermanentAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a hours per week for a Band Specialist Nurse Practitioner to join the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team.
The post holder will be required to work over days.We offer a comprehensive Cardiac rehabilitation programme both in hospital and in local leisure centres throughout the county.
You would be joining a friendly, flexible team of Nurses and Exercise Physiologists, caring for people who have a diagnosis of Myocardial Infraction, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Heart Failure.The working base will be at the John Radcliffe but will involve travel across the county as required to meet the needs of the service.
The use of a car is essential.We are looking for a dynamic, caring and compassionate nurse with excellent communication skills, an ability to work independently and demonstrable evidence of professional development.For the Band Specialist Nurse Practitioner: You will require a relevant cardiac course or demonstrable experience of working in Cardiac Rehabilitation and a keen interest in health promotion.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate extensive experience of working within a cardiac environment and the care of patients who have had a myocardial infarction.
You will also have experience of caring for patients who have a range of cardiac diagnosis including heart failure, ICD's and cardiac surgery.The post has a strong patient and health promotion focus to support patients and their families through a pathway of care from presentation (, diagnosis or cardiac event), identification for eligibility, referral, and assessment through to long-term management.
This includes nursing assessment, individual patient goal setting, supporting the patient to help them achieve their individual goals by self care management techniques, psychological intervention, and patient group education sessions.
In collaboration with the Exercise Physiologists, you will be required to play a lead role in the supervised phase lll exercise programmes to the above groups of patients.
You will be required to mentor students and post registration health professionals and support the Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager as required.
Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.
It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
Find out more here The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.