Cardiac Rehabilitation Enhanced Practitioner

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced cardiac clinician to join the Bristol Hospital Group cardiac rehabilitation team. We are a fully certified service which meets the needs of over 600 patients annually who are recovering from a recent cardiac event. We can demonstrate excellent outcomes for our patients. We are innovative and ambitious, and work to provide the best possible benefits to our patients including through digital healthcare, close links with community services, wellbeing programmes and research.

A cardiac rehab enhanced practitioner will be the patient's first contact after leaving hospital, they will support the patient in making the best possible recovery and equip them with what they need to remain healthy long-term. They will work alongside the patient and the MDT to address cardiovascular risk factors, provide education about heart disease, advice on symptom management, and exercise.

Main duties of the job

• To review patients on the ward to provide information for discharge, and discuss attendance at Cardiac Rehabilitation clinic and programme.
• To assess patients in outpatient nurse-led clinics which includes both physical and psychosocial needs. The assessment will involve giving essential post discharge advice to the patient, and where possible, family members.
• To run telephone outpatient clinics.
• To manage a caseload of patients and prioritise workload.
• To coordinate and lead an outpatient programme of 8 sessions which includes cardiovascular exercise and health education.
• To maintain accurate patient records in accordance with the data protection act.
• To liaise with multi-disciplinary team members including GP's, Clinical Psychologists, Dieticians and Pharmacists.
• To keep up to date with advances in Cardiology/Cardiac Rehab and research pertaining to risk factor/ lifestyle advice as part of evidence based practice and continuing professional development.
• To work within national guidelines including the most recent NICE, British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Cardiac Rehabilitation guidelines.
• To support an effective referral process and consistency of delivery of information by providing teaching for both Primary and Secondary Care staff.

About us
The Bristol NHS Group is a strategic partnership between University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT). It was formed to deliver seamless, high-quality, equitable, and sustainable healthcare across Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, South Gloucestershire, and the wider South West. Led by Maria Kane as Group Chief Executive and Ingrid Barker as Group Chair, the Group has a combined clinical and non-clinical workforce of 28,000 and a turnover exceeding £2.2 billion.

Built around a shared ambition to improve outcomes for the "Four Ps": patients, people, population, and the public purse, the Group prioritises outstanding care, staff wellbeing, resource optimisation, research and innovation, and collaborative working. With infrastructure and processes to engage with industry and research partners, the Group aims to support the development, testing and adoption of innovations across clinical and non-clinical services.

The Group is amongst the most research active organisations in the country , securing £2.4m of NIHR-funded research capability in 2025-26, more than any trust in the UK. Both Trusts are major teaching hospitals with strong partnerships with both University of Bristol and University of West of England.

Job responsibilities
Band 6 cardiac rehabilitation enhanced practitioners are expert clinicians, having completed a minimum of 2 years working in cardiac rehabilitation at band 5 or higher; or 4 years of post registration experience and 2 years of cardiac care; and possessing at least one relevant postgraduate/post-registration qualification. The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner performing detailed clinical assessment and leading in the care of all patients in their caseload in collaboration with secondary care clinicians, community providers and the wider MDT. They will supervise and train band 3 and band 4 colleagues as well as students and will provide specialist advice to the rest of the MDT.

The post-holder will work across hospital sites and community leisure centres around the area of Bristol and Weston.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing and delivering a safe and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program along with other members of the MDT. They will manage and participate in group exercise programmes for cardiac patients. They will provide advice on managing recovery from a cardiac diagnosis and managing cardiac risk factors.

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.

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.