Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a 12-month Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist role within the Chest Pain Specialist Nurse Team, based across King’s Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital. The post is full-time, typically four days with one day off, and flexible across sites.

The successful candidate will be senior in cardiology, ALS trained, and may access a Band 6 development opportunity to advance in their cardiology career.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC pin and band 6 experience.
• Experience in cardiology or chest pain care is essential.
• Willingness to undertake band 6 development opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Cardiology knowledge

Team leadership

Caseload management

Teaching skills

Research awareness

Education

NMC Level One Registered Nurse

BSc in Nursing

ENB 998 or equivalent

Post-basic specialist education

Masters level or equivalent

Non-medical prescribing

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 19 November 2026

An exciting 12-month opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our established Chest Pain Specialist Nurse Team.

Working as part of a dynamic team, you will have the opportunity to develop your specialist cardiology knowledge and skills while supporting the continued development and expansion of the service.

This is a full-time position, typically worked over four days with one day off per week, to be negotiated. The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly across King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital.

We are looking for an experienced cardiology professional who has worked at a senior level, is confident in managing their own caseload, and is ALS trained.

For the right candidate, a Band 6 development opportunity may also be considered, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their cardiology career.

Main duties of the job

Please see the job overview and main duties of the job for a detailed job description and main responsibilities

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job overview and main duties of the job for a detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Specialist knowledge and expertise
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Team player
• Demonstrable teaching skills
• Research awareness.
• Audit methodologies

Qualifications

• NMC Level One Registered Nurse.
• BSc in Nursing
• ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course.
• Evidence of post-basic specialist education
• Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
• Non-medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)

Contractual

• Flexible approach to working
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to travel between sites

Further Training

• Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training

Experience

• Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area.
• Membership of special interest and professional group
• Working within a leadership role
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Caseload management
• Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust