Cardiology Specialist Nurse

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a compassionate and experienced nurse to join the cardiac team at Harrogate District Hospital. This role involves delivering high-quality cardiac rehabilitation and providing essential support to patients with heart failure and arrhythmia. You will work closely with patients in both hospital and community settings, ensuring they receive the best care possible. With a supportive culture that values kindness, integrity, teamwork, and equality, this position offers a chance to make a real difference in the lives of patients. If you are passionate about cardiology and dedicated to patient care, this role could be your next rewarding challenge.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Counselling Service

Fast-track Physiotherapy Service

Staff Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• NMC registration and a degree in nursing are essential.
• 2 years post-registration experience with cardiology nursing experience required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cardiac rehabilitation to patients in both hospital and community settings.
• Provide support and education for patients with heart failure and arrhythmia.

Skills

Cardiology Nursing

Patient Education

Assessment and Evaluation

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Nursing

Degree Modules in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Tools

NICE Guidelines

BACPR Standards

Job description

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, we aim to reflect our values in everything we do - Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

“We are committed to providing the best possible levels of healthcare and we can only do this with the help of our incredible colleagues. We have a Strategy that is designed to empower, excite and mobilise everyone in the Trust behind a common purpose and that supports our cultural values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.”

Main area: Cardiac Nurse Team

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 25.5 hours per week (3 days - 8.5 hrs)

Job ref: 421-LTUCC-1653C-A

Site: Harrogate Hospital

Town: Harrogate

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59

Interview date: 03/03/2025

Job overview

This is an exciting role for a kind, enthusiastic, experienced nurse who is keen to join our cardiac nurse team at Harrogate District Hospital. We are looking for someone with cardiology experience both in hospital and community.

We are looking for someone who is keen, in addition to Cardiac Rehabilitation, to have an interest in supporting inpatients with heart failure and liaising closely with the community Heart Failure Specialist Nurses.

To provide support and education to patients admitted with arrhythmia to Harrogate District Hospital.

Main duties of the job

1. To deliver cardiac rehabilitation to patients from the Harrogate and Rural District in both the hospital and community as part of the integrated cardiac rehabilitation team.
2. To provide support and education for patients admitted with heart failure with complex health needs to Harrogate District Hospital.
3. To provide support and education to patients admitted with arrhythmia to Harrogate District Hospital.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds, and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork, and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications.
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate a programme of Cardiac Rehabilitation as per NICE Guidelines and in line with BACPR standards to cardiac patients in primary and secondary care across the Harrogate and Rural District.
2. To work independently and in conjunction with other members of the team to deliver this high-quality service to patients following cardiac surgery, ACS or PCI through face-to-face consultations and by telephone both in the hospital and in the community.
3. To support in-patients with heart failure with often complex health needs in Harrogate District Hospital in terms of information, education and management and onward referral to community heart failure nurse team.

Person specification

Essential and desirable

• NMC registration
• Educated to degree level
• 2 years post registration experience with some cardiology nursing experience
• Full driving license and use of car for community work in order to meet service needs
• Medical prescribing- willingness to work towards
• Degree modules in Cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac care and heart failure
• Experience of teaching and presenting at meetings
• Advanced knowledge of cardiac conditions

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Clare Mills

Job title: Lead Nurse for the Cardiac Nurse Team

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01423 553355

Additional information

Clare Mills

Lead Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse

Tel: [phone]