Job summary
Our Cardiac Rehabilitation service at Broomfield hospital is well established team that covers Broomfield hospital and the mid Essex region and we have a wonderful opportunity for a professional, confident Staff Nurse to join its small supportive team.

Your role will assist in supporting the current effective high quality Cardiac Rehabilitation service and the patient choice initiative, its future development including physical, educational, emotional, and psychological support of patients, relatives and carers enabling them to live with their disease, treatment and the implications thereafter.

You will be involved in all phases of the cardiac rehabilitation process, liaising effectively to establish and maintain professional relationships with the multi-disciplinary team, agencies, and organisations and covering both inpatients and outpatients working across all sites (Broomfield/ Maldon/witham/ Braintree districts).

Main duties of the job
Your role will be to act as an information resource for patients, to establish good relationships with patients and their families through all phases of cardiac rehabilitation and patient choice initiative, to help with Phase II telephone follow up calls and ensure accurate documentation and to compile comprehensive and accurate advice and discharge letters to GP's and other multi-disciplinary staff.

You will maintain a safe environment for patients attending cardiac rehabilitation as per risk assessments and protocols, assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patients care utilising an individual holistic approach, monitor all relevant Nice Guidelines and will also assist in the planning of discharge from rehabilitation of cardiac patients including future goal setting, implementation of secondary prevention issues and informing primary care clinicians of patient's status and future needs.

About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Details
Date posted: 05 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 390-NM-CTC-BR-1915
Closing date: 10 November 2026

Person Specification
Experience

• Essential: Understanding of cardiac rehabilitation
• Physical: driving licence and access to a car

Qualifications

• Essential: registered nurse degree level
• Essential: Qualified for at least 1 year
• Desirable: previous cardiology or rehabilitation experience

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Contact: Charge Nurse, Danielle Bartlett, daniella.bartlett@nhs.net, 01245516376

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