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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
205-7893895
Employer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Stoke
Town
Stoke-On-Trent
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Senior Staff Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and highly-motivated nurse. You must have a clinical interest in Cardiac Rehabilitation and prior experience with cardiovascular patient groups, in either a Rehabilitation or Ward setting.  Experience of exercise prescription and the provision of individual or group patient education sessions on lifestyle, health and well-being related topics would also be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

You will work across our community-based service in primary care Centres and Leisure centres across Staffordshire. The post will also require the flexibility for home working and cross-site working between County Hospital and Royal Stoke University Hospital. 

The UHNM Cardiac Rehabilitation Service is a progressive, award-winning and innovative service. We welcome applications from enthusiastic and dedicated individuals with a  passion for service development and patient care.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Ongoing personal professional development
  • NMC registration
  • post registration evidence of cardiac specialist training.
Desirable criteria
  • MSc Advanced Practice or MSc Cardiology
  • Post Graduate qualification in Health Assessment in Clinical Practice
  • Complete certificate of independent and supplementary Nurse and Midwife prescribing

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential criteria
  • 3 years post registration in cardiology
  • Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions
  • Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of fundamental ECG interpretation and related patient management.
  • Understanding of counselling aspects of cardiac rehabilitation including risk factor management, health promotion and goal setting

Personal

Essential criteria
  • Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
  • Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances
  • Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Matthew Berrisford
Job title
Cardiac Rehabilitation Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01782 674097