Exercise Facilitator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working within the Addenbrooke's Cardiac Rehabilitation team, delivering the exercise component of the service. The successful candidate will work across both Secondary Care and Community sites, providing high-quality comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes to various cardiac patients. The role requires keeping up-to-date with research and emerging practices, and contributing to service development and innovation.
Essential criteria
- BSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
- BACPR Phase IV Qualification.
Desirable criteria
- MSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
- Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist with Clinical Exercise Physiology UK / BASES / ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
- BLS with defibrillator skills.
- Experience of delivering exercise to cardiac patients.
- Experience of prescribing and delivering exercise programs across different modalities I.E Face to face, Virtual, and home based programs.
- Experience of conducting and analysing data from a variety of exercise tests.
- Experience of delivering educational content to patient groups.
- Experience of delivering cardiac rehabilitation exercise within a hospital / community setting/ home based.
- Experience of delivering exercise to a complex patient group with multiple co-morbidities.
- Experience and understanding of working in a healthcare environment and health care systems.
- Understanding of the pathophysiology, aetiology and epidemiology, diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease and its related co-morbidities.
- Sound understanding of the role of exercise in management of coronary heart disease.
- Understanding of the importance of risk stratification of patients and contraindications to exercising.
- Knowledge around national bodies for Cardiac Rehabilitation and guidelines for undertaking exercise components of Cardiac rehabilitation.
- Knowledge of the importance of exercise as a therapy for heart failure and other complex cardiac conditions.
- Knowledge of the importance of exercise as therapy for common co-morbidities within the cardiac population (E.G diabetes, arthritis, respiratory conditions).
- Understanding of the patient pathways and how to support the patient through this.
- Evidence of undertaking regular learning to improve and uptake knowledge with new immerging research or recommendations.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office, including comprehensive knowledge of Excel.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload ; effective time management.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs.
- Capable of working within a multidisciplinary team with effective interpersonal skills.
- Have a proactive, enthusiastic and a positive approach.
- Ability to produce good quality accurate clinical documentation.
- Additional Requirements
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- To act in a professional manner at all times.
- Be able to travel independently to community programs as required.
- BSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
- BACPR Phase IV Qualification.
- MSC in Sports Science or equivalent.
- Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist with Clinical Exercise Physiology UK / BASES / ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
- BLS with defibrillator skills.
- Experience of delivering exercise to cardiac patients.
- Experience of prescribing and delivering exercise programs across different modalities I.E Face to face, Virtual, and home based programs.
- Experience of conducting and analysing data from a variety of exercise tests.
- Experience of delivering educational content to patient groups.
- Experience of delivering cardiac rehabilitation exercise within a hospital / community setting/ home based.
- Experience of delivering exercise to a complex patient group with multiple co-morbidities.
- Experience and understanding of working in a healthcare environment and health care systems.
- Understanding of the pathophysiology, aetiology and epidemiology, diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease and its related co-morbidities.
- Sound understanding of the role of exercise in management of coronary heart disease.
- Understanding of the importance of risk stratification of patients and contraindications to exercising.
- Knowledge around national bodies for Cardiac Rehabilitation and guidelines for undertaking exerc
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Exercise Facilitator
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to work within the Addenbrooke's Cardiac Rehabilitation team. We are looking for a Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise professional to deliver the exercise component of the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. The role will involve working across both Secondary Care and Community sites, and you will be responsible delivering high quality comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes to a variety of Cardiac patients.
The Service has NACR accreditation at green, and contributes to the East of England Cardiac Network. As an exercise physiologist you will be required to ensure you keep your knowledge of research and emerging practises up to date and contribute and assist in development or innovations within the service.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the assessment & exercise prescription needs of all patients referred to the Cardiac Rehabilitation service.
To provide specialist advice and support to patients, and colleagues within a multidisciplinary team.
To provide progression and adaptations as required of patient's hospital and community based Cardiac Rehabilitation.
To deliver up to date education to patients around exercising with a variety of cardiac conditions, but also basic knowledge of all
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