Join Our Award‑Winning Cardiac Rehabilitation Service as a Cardiac Counsellor
We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Cardiac Counsellor to join our established, award‑winning Cardiac Rehabilitation Service. You'll become part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team that includes nurses, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, counsellors, cardiac rehab assistants, occupational therapists, practitioners, administrators and dedicated volunteers.
Our service supports patients across Ashford, Canterbury, South Kent Coast and Thanet, delivering rehabilitation in a wide range of community settings. This includes home visits, outpatient clinics in health centres, and group programmes in leisure centres and village halls—ensuring care is accessible, flexible and truly patient‑centred.
As a Cardiac Counsellor, you'll play a vital role in helping patients adjust emotionally, socially and psychologically following a cardiac event. Working alongside the wider team, you'll provide tailored support that empowers individuals to rebuild confidence, manage lifestyle changes and improve their overall wellbeing.
If you're passionate about holistic rehabilitation and want to make a meaningful difference in a supportive, forward‑thinking service, we'd love to welcome you to our team.
As a key member of our award‑winning Cardiac Rehabilitation Service, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients' emotional and psychological recovery following a cardiac event. Your responsibilities will include:
Planning, organising, delivering and promoting the Cardiac Rehab Counselling Service
Providing 1:1 counselling and psychological support through a hybrid model—mainly from home via phone or video, with occasional sessions in NHS hospitals, clinics and patients' homes
Using appropriate therapeutic approaches to help patients adjust, build confidence and return to their daily lives as fully as possible
Offering education, information and support on stress management in a safe, confidential environment, using a range of teaching styles to enhance wellbeing and quality of life
Providing education about the counselling service and sharing counselling skills with the wider Cardiac Rehab team
This is a rewarding role for a counsellor who is passionate about holistic rehabilitation and wants to make a meaningful difference to patients' recovery journeys.
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
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