Job summary
- Main area
- Heart Failure
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 218-NM-B6-8255913
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHCW NHS Trust
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/09/2026
Employer heading
Heart Failure Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Coventry and Rugby Heart Failure Nursing Team as a Band 6 Heart Failure Specialist Nurse on 9 month secondment or fixed-term. The post is 37.5 hours but other hours will be considered
The role will be primarily based at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), with opportunities for cross-site working at Hospital of St Cross, Coventry Community Services, as well as home visits and working from home.
The role will involve reviewing and clinically assessing patients with heart failure, providing specialist advice and recommending evidence-based therapies, including appropriate medications.
Applicants will need to hold a full driving licence and have access to a car to undertake the requirements of the role.
We are looking for applicants who have:
- Current Registered Nurse status and relevant post-registration experience.
- Essential knowledge and experience in the management of patients with heart failure.
- Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
- The ability to work autonomously as well as effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good IT skills.
- A full driving licence and access to a car.
- Venepuncture and clinical assessment skills are desirable
Further information about the role, please contact:
Hayley Nicholson: [email protected]
Endip Deshi: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse with post-registration experience and a passion for delivering high-quality care to patients living with heart failure.
The successful candidate will be involved in the assessment, management and ongoing care of patients with heart failure across a variety of settings, including:
- Inpatient wards
- Virtual clinics
- Virtual ward
- Patients’ homes
- Telephone consultations
The role will involve reviewing and clinically assessing patients with heart failure, providing specialist advice and recommending evidence-based therapies, including appropriate medications and cardiac devices.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary
To support patients and carers with stable and unstable heart failure. To promote quality of life, contributing to the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions. To contribute to developing robust guidelines and protocols and providing clinical advice and education ensuring seamless pathways of care for patients with heart failure. To support advanced care planning strategies for end stage heart failure patients.
Main duties
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To provide and evaluate nursing care for a designated caseload of individuals with heart failure.
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Provide clinical assessment of patients using clinical knowledge and skills as per heart failure management guidelines
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Provide ongoing clinical support and monitoring to optimise heart failure medications in conjunction with consultant cardiologist or GP
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Monitor clinical variations including blood biochemistry or assist the patient in monitoring clinical variations and take appropriate action to optimise treatment of the condition and prevent an avoidable admission to hospital
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Arrange referrals for further investigations in consultation with consultant cardiologist or GP if necessary
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To support patients in the most appropriate location i.e. ward, home, outpatient clinic, nurse led clinic and hospital at home.
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To ensure a consistent approach to patient care, including access to and provision of appropriate patient and carer information and education programmes.
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Ensure continuity of care by making sure that patients are referred to appropriate agencies for additional support or treatment at the most appropriate time such as community matrons, palliative care, social services and voluntary support groups
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Where possible encourage patients and carers to self manage and make best use of non-specialist services e.g. District Nurses, Social Services
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To act as a resource, providing specialist training and support for other health care professionals within primary and secondary care
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Identify needs associated with managing end of life outside of hospital and in accordance with patients/carers wishes and co-ordinate services in a timely manner
For further details please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current Professional Registration (RN) • First level degree or willingness to undertake • Evidence of continuous professional development • Basic / Intermediate life support • Teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- • Heart failure qualification or willing to undertake • Clinical assessment course or willingness to undertake • Coronary care course • Health promotion qualification • Counselling qualification • Current venepuncture and cannulation certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Significant current clinical experience in cardiac nursing and/or CHD experience • Ability to successfully manage people and change • Experience of patient education
Desirable criteria
- • Primary Care Experience • Understanding and knowledge of heart failure • Experience of working with people with complex needs • Resource management • Experienced in venepuncture and cannulation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice • Considerable knowledge of heart failure evidence-based therapy • Psychosocial and cultural perspectives of health and disease • A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures • Knowledge of clinical governance & a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
Desirable criteria
- • A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS. • Experience in Policy/Service Development • Knowledge of Community Services
Skills
Essential criteria
- • IT skills • Managing a patient caseload • Patient focused • Able to work in diverse settings (patients home / clinic / ward) • Excellent communication skills • Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively • Good management of own and others time • Able to use initiative and make decisions • Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions
Desirable criteria
- • Delivery of patient education • Experienced in education of junior staff and allied health professionals • Experience with audit
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jacqui Hyland
- Job title
- Heart Failure Nurse Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07930658947
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