Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiothoracic
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (2 years)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-CAR-BA-2289
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basildon
- Town
- basildon
- Salary
- £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Specialist -Structural heart valve
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) is a specialist service providing comprehensive assessment, management, and treatment for patients with a wide range of structural heart conditions. This includes advanced interventional procedures such as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), Transcatheter Edge‑to‑Edge Repair (TEER) and in the near future Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closure.
You will be responsible for the assessment, coordination, management and ongoing support of patients undergoing investigation or treatment for structural heart disease within the CTC.
Main duties of the job
· Ensure that patients and their families are fully supported by providing clinical, psychological and social support
· Provide expert clinical advice to medical and nursing teams
· To clearly communicate autonomous decision making to medical and nursing teams.
· To establish clear lines of communication within the Cardiac setting to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of the patient.
· To work with medical and nursing teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of people.
· Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery
· Identify assess and meet the educational needs of the patient and their family/carers.
· Provide educational materials to support discharge.
· Work alongside other disciplines to effectively deliver and expert nursing service and manage a caseload of patients.
· Represent patients at MDT meetings, discussing clinical and diagnostic findings, recommended treatment plans, and documenting agreed outcomes.
· Maintain a consistent presence on cardiology wards, offering support, guidance, and information to patients, carers, and clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as an autonomous practitioner and effectively deliver an expert evidence-based care within the specialist area, and to manage a caseload of patients/clients.
• To allow safe and timely discharge of patients with a coordinated and evidence based follow up ensuring appropriate onward referrals
• Early and safe discharge of patients with complex care needs who require follow up and adjustment of prognostic medications.
• Attendance at MDTs where appropriate and to be a patients advocate when discussing cases.
• Co-ordination of follow up of patients after discharge
• Practice advanced cardiac clinical skills for the complex cardiac patient.
• Assess new patients in the clinical setting, identifying their individual needs
• To extend own clinical skills to identify and order relevant clinical investigations.
• Ensure safe and timely hospital discharge and appropriate and robust follow up.
• Be responsible for and contribute to multi-disciplinarily team (MDT) meetings and discussions in assessing patients for ongoing care.
• Ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols.
• To ensure a patient and family centred service.
• Support enrolment into cardiac trials, working with clinical teams and R+D nurses.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical Assessment course
- Cardiac Course
Desirable criteria
- Non medical prescribing
- ALS
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 4 years experience in aucte cardiac care
- Able to work under stress with complex patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience in teaching and education
- managing a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ellie Gudde
- Job title
- Head of Nursing CTC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07471957596
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