The Exercise Professional’s Role

within theCommunity Cardiac Rehabilitation Team

Requirements of the Role Must be able to provide support and give advice to patients, relatives and carers by providing individualised education and exercise

programmes.

Will be a source of expertise within their field supporting the establishment of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation service.

Supporting clinical governance by contributing to audit and research.

Who will liaise with all members of the team and also with secondary and tertiary care providers.

Requirements of the Role

Shaping the future delivery of rehabilitation (across Greenwich & Bexley)

Monitoring and refining quality of care in line with the BACPR guidelines

Provide expertise, clinical leadership, facilitation change management, by forms of

collaboration education, innovation, research and practice development.

Model concepts

Knowledge &

Experience

Research &

Development

Patient/Client Care

Exercise Professional

Education &

Development

Planning &

Organisational Skills

Policy &

Service Development

Analytical &

Judgment Skills

Planning and Organisational Skills

►Maintaining accurate patient records in adherences with trust and professional guidelines.

►Working autonomously, prioritising and evaluating workload.

Knowledge & Experience

► Leading and organising Phase 3 exercise sessions

► In depth knowledge of the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation guidelines

► Promotion of behavioural change

► Delivering informative education package suited to audiences level of comprehension

Policy & Service Development

► Aid the development of guidelines and protocols

► Contribute to the promotion of standards within the Cardiac Rehabilitation Service

► Keep up to date in clinical knowledge and also be aware of evidence based research, national changes and initiatives in cardiac rehabilitation.

Research & Development

► Ability to critique research and contribute to clinical practice to improve outcomes for cardiac patients.

► Ability to monitor standards through the process of clinical audit in adherence with the Trust’s objectives.

Analytical & Judgment Skills

► Uphold safe practice taking into account risk management and clinical incidents.

► Ability to identify, assess, monitor risks associated with service delivery.

Patient/Client Care

► Make clinical decisions regarding the suitability and eligibility of each patient’s exercise programme.

► Conduct appropriate submaximal tests, to provide a baselines assessment and inform exercise programming.

► Exercise prescription and risk stratification.

Education & Development

► To keep up to date with evidence based knowledge and recognised best practice. ► Fostering a client centred approach and education.

► Be able to teach and aid the development of a multidisciplinary team in the area of cardiac rehabilitation.

Team Affordance

In summary the exercise professional’s role affords to a cardiac rehabilitation team:

An enabler, motivator & improver A researcher (critique)

A negotiatorAn expert source of knowledge and experienceA supporting role to other members of the team

A communicator who can operate at various level

A diverse myriad of variables underpinned with a collaboration of both physical and emotional skills .

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