Specialist Physiotherapist / Exercise Specialist Cardiac Rehab inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 10 DEC 2023

• To assist in providing an integrated cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service primarily for residents within Lambeth & Southwark, working closely with primary and secondary care.
• To work as an independent and autonomous practitioner within a multi professional team, ensuring that patients with multiple pathologies due to cardiac disease receive the highest standards of care.
• To ensure delivery of a high quality, effective and efficient cardiac rehabilitation service within allocated resources.
• To manage cardiac rehabilitation patient caseloads. The post holder will also run their own clinics and jointly manage the cardiac rehabilitation programme of exercise and education sessions.
• To provide professional support, clinical expertise and appropriate education and training to all those professionals involved in providing care to patients with cardiac disease.

• Draw on advanced specialist knowledge and use professional skills of the highest standard to act as an autonomous practitioner to assess, plan and provide specialised cardiac rehabilitation services for cardiac patients. This will require the ability to demonstrate critical judgements and decision-making.
• Maintain a caseload of cardiac patients at various stages of disease progression, delivering specialist care across hospital and community settings.
• Liaise with Primary, Secondary and Tertiary services to ensure a seamless transition between services and across boundaries.
• Provide specialist cardiac rehabilitation advice, support and education to patients and carers as appropriate to their individual needs.
• Make and receive patient referrals undertaking a specialist assessment of individual need and integrating an appropriate raft of health and social care provision for the individual, facilitating inter agency and cross boundary collaboration.
• Use counselling skills and experience to manage and impart highly sensitive and often complex information to patients and relatives or carers in a dignified and sensitive manner.

• Provide written and clear oral information for clients and carers about all aspects of cardiac rehabilitation and cardiac care, in order to help patients make informed choices as to their treatment plan and continuing management.
• Participate in the delivery of the health education component of the cardiac rehabilitation programme.
• Attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fully conversant with current issues within the trust and within cardiac rehabilitation.
• Participate in clinical audit within the team as directed and by the entry of accurate data for local and national databases.
• Participate in any appropriate/relevant trust approved research or projects conducted within the team.
• To be aware of and actively apply research and evidence based practice relevant to cardiac rehabilitation.
• Able to work with other staff in clinical areas where changes to practice are required, also where opportunities exist to improve treatment and support for patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced physiotherapist to join the Cardiac Rehabilitation Service at King's College Hospital.

The Cardiac Rehabilitation team is a multi-disciplinary team offering the highest standard of evidence-based patient care, promoting cardiac health, general well-being and positive lifestyle changes to patients post cardiac event or cardiac intervention.

We are looking for a well-organised Physiotherapist / Exercise Specialist who is able to take on their own caseload and work within our team ensuring quality care for our patients. You should possess experience in the care of cardiac patients, preferably backed by a relevant post-qualification course. You should be able to demonstrate the ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers, with different levels of understanding and to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work within a dynamic forward-thinking team. A keen interest in assisting patients with the physical, psychological and social aspects to their recovery is important for this role. Our aim is for our patients to enjoy an improved quality of life by giving them the tools to better understand and manage their cardiac condition.

The successful applicant will assist with provision of classes, clinics, and community rehabilitation sessions. We offer individualised advice, support and information to patients and their carers in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We would anticipate the successful applicant would share our enthusiasm to explore new and innovative ways of working within other cardiovascular specialities.