Rehabilitation Practitioner | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,259 - £45,356 p.a. inc HCA (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EU |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7840562/196-LIS10341M |
Summary
We are seeking a dynamic Band 5 Rehabilitation Practitioner (Physiotherapist/Exercise Physiologist/Exercise Instructor) to join our multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality cardiac rehabilitation services. This role involves providing specialist care to patients recovering from cardiac events, surgery, or with chronic cardiovascular conditions, ensuring optimal physical recovery, improved quality of life, and reduced risk of recurrence.
The successful candidate will play a key role within the cardiac rehabilitation team, offering clinical experience, supporting service development, and mentoring students. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines to provide a holistic, patient-centred approach to rehabilitation.
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Rehabilitation Practitioner with experience in exercising cardiac patients to join our Cardiovascular Rehabilitation team . You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in cardiovascular exercise and education in the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Team which is multi-professional, providing care and to optimise outcomes for our patients across Lambeth and Southwark living with cardiovascular conditions. The post is supported by a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist, Clinical Lead and Consultant Physiotherapist and wider MDT.
You will have an interest in cardiovascular care and interest in developing further in this area. An excellent communicator you will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to support bring about innovative service development within cardiovascular rehabilitation services. A strong commitment to training at undergraduate level and an interest in quality improvement and research is desirable.
The wider Trust incorporates several leading cardiovascular rehabilitation services with whom we liaise and jointly develop services. You will be expected to contribute to this service development to further the aims of the Trust in delivering exceptional services to cardiovascular patients.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
To work as an autonomous practitioner in prescribing and monitoring patient’s exercise programmes and to maintain up to date exercise records.
To work as an autonomous practitioner in educating patients both prior to discharge and as part of their outpatient rehabilitation programme.
To use evidence based principles/current best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To gain experience in the treatment of cardiology and cardio-thoracic patients including patients post transplantation and ventricular assist devices.
To consolidate and develop knowledge and skills through participation in continuous professional development (CPD)
To actively participate in service expansion plans, as well as travelling to and supervising exercise sessions in community settings.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Mar 2026