Specialist Exercise Physio (Heart Failure / Cardiac Rehab - REACH-HF)

at  Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a specialist physiotherapist to support our heart failure and cardiac rehabilitation teams as part of a funded project with NHS England. The post holder will develop an individualised exercise programme specifically for patients with LVSD on heart failure and cardiac rehab caseloads. Training will be given to enable the post holder to deliver the REACH-HF programme as well as using your knowledge, skills and evidence-based practice into incorporating a tailored individualised exercise programme. Using advanced assessment and physiotherapy treatments to adapt the programme accordingly will help to ensure service provision for patients with LVSD across Bradford district. Experience of audit is essential to ensure accurate data is collated and uploaded to NACR and presented to NHS England and the Cardiac Network in accordance with local, regional and national guidelines.
Secondment post considered.
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, forward thinking and dynamic individual to lead an exciting new initiative to develop and implement an individualised community exercise programme for patients with LVSD. This role will allow the right individual to undertake advanced assessment and physiotherapy treatments of patients who present with long term and multiple conditions and adapt the program accordingly. The role will require service review and evaluation in order to demonstrate impact in collaboration with heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation services and NHS England.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication and clinical skills who is experienced in making autonomous decisions and working within a team. You will have excellent leadership skills and be able to demonstrate previous project work. The role will involve managing a community case load . You will work closely with the Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist Team to develop and evaluate the service.
The post holder will identify and manage referrals for exercise and develop an individualised and holistic exercise regime including face to face, telephone, patient self monitoring programme or offer a hybrid combination to benefit patients with LVSD and reduce inequalities.
A secondment may be considered for the right candidate.
A British driving licence is essential, as is access to a car.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnership’s ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

• To actively participate in the delivery and evaluation of national and local priorities for LVSD exercise provision.
• To work with support from the team as an autonomous practitioner, providing clinical expert advice and support to patients/carers and the wider multi-professional teams involved in the management of individuals with LVSD
• Act as a source of information and provide advice regarding patient’s care and management to medical, nursing and therapy colleagues within the healthcare setting.
• Responsible for policy development within own specialist area.
• Work with the Service Development Manager to ensure planning of the workforce and future cardiovascular exercise provision in a cost-effective way.
• Work closely with fellow Heart failure Nurse Specialists within the team, Cardiologists, GPSI’s in cardiology and Cardiovascular Nurse Leads to ensure local and national targets for heart failure are met.

Please refer the Job description for details