Associate Practitioner

1 month ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Community Cardiology team providing high quality community cardiology services to the people of North East Essex. This includes phase 2 and 3 cardiac rehabilitation.

Due to maternity leave we have a fixed term post until 31/3/25 for someone to join our team. You will work with the Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Specialists in providing evidence based cardiac rehabilitation to cardiac patients.

This will include exercise capacity testing, exercise prescription and lifestyle education. You should have skills in this area and understand the specific requirements when exercising patients with cardiac conditions. Ideally you will have BACPR phase 4 training or equivalent exercise qualifications.

This will include delivering exercise programmes and health education according to patient needs.

To measure and record manual blood pressure, pulse rate/rhythm, oxygen saturations, respiratory rate, blood glucose, height, weight and BMI in a home visit or clinic situation, identifying any deviation from acceptable normal for that patient and referring to a nurse any abnormalities.

Supervise Phase 3 Cardiac Rehabilitation exercise programmes and monitor patients during exercise in conjunction with the Cardiac Nurse Specialists

Adapt the exercise programmes appropriate to patient need

Deliver evidence based health education to cardiac patients as structured teaching within the cardiac rehabilitation programme as well as one-one with patients

Participate in pre
- exercise assessment as part of the risk stratification of patients prior to Phase 3 Cardiac Rehabilitation

Provide an alternative Phase 3 session for people unable to exercise fully, in the home environment if required

To support patients with health lifestyle changes

To support patients with onward referal to phase 4 after completion of phase 3 if agreeable with the patient and the supervising nurse.

Monitor stock of consumables and to ensure adequate stocks are maintained

Ensure that emergency equipment is available and in working order during the cardiac rehabilitation

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.



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