Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wales seeks a Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse. This role involves providing high-quality nursing care to patients, developing individual care plans, and delivering education and exercise programs. The ideal candidate will have a degree in nursing and experience in Cardiology. This position is based in Merthyr Tydfil, offering a salary range of £39,263 to £47,280 per annum, dependent on experience. Welsh language skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with sound knowledge in Cardiology.
• Experience in health promotion and assessing.
• Welsh language skills at Level 3 desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes.
• Assess patients' needs and deliver education.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Experience of working within Cardiology

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently

Education

1st level Registered Nurse Educated to Degree level

Clinical History taking and Assessment Module

Evidence of relevant post Cardiac course

Job description

Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 12 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg for a Band 6 Specialist Nurse to join our Cardiac Rehabilitation team at Prince Charles Hospital. We are seeking a passionate, forward thinking individual with a background in Cardiology.

You will work as part of a team of specialist nurses, providing a high standard of nursing care to all patients accessing the Cardiac Rehabilitation service. You will be a key member of the multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation service for patients following a cardiac event. This will be in the form of education and exercise programmes to meet the individual needs of patients and may take place in a variety of settings;

• Hospital, clinic or community based sessions
• Home visits
• Telephone and face to face support.

To empower patients to self manage their condition, by developing individual care plans and promoting opportunities for long term self management.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with cardiac conditions.
• Receive referrals from a variety of established routes, e.g. wards, CCU, Cardiac Catheter Lab, tertiary centres, other specialist nurses and GP’s, ensuring that patients are suitable to enter the service.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills when dealing with patients and relatives, delivering information in a sensitive and empathetic manner.
• Participate in outpatient clinics, assessing patientsulfiling risk factors and providing education and guidance in accordance with each patient’s needs. Visit patients in their own home when required, ensuring that the Lone Worker policy is adhered to at all times.
• Produce specialist programmes of care for each individual patient, liaising with appropriate others as required, e.g. GP’s, Cardiologists. Be able to analyse the findings of investigations and diagnostic testing and act in the best interest of the patient, e.g. echocardiograms, ECGs, and blood tests.
• Participate in patient education groups, providing specialist education, health promotion and advice to patients and relatives. Provide support during exercise programmes, working closely with the specialist physiotherapist.
• Work closely with the Team Leader and Consultant Cardiologists discussing individual cases as required and taking advice when necessary.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

• 1st level Registered Nurse Educated to Degree level and evidence of current relevant Professional Development
• Experience of working / possess sound knowledge within the speciality of Cardiology
• Diploma or relevant experience ie Cardiology / Critical Care Degree Module, Counselling, Health Promotion, teaching and assessing
• Able to work independently or within a multi disciplinary team
• Clinical History taking and Assessment Module
• Evidence of relevant post Cardiac course

Knowledge

• Knowledge of national and local guidelines in relation to Cardiac Rehabilitation and CHD delivery plan in Wales
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£39,263 to £47,280 per annum, pro rata if part time