Cardiology Specialist Nurse (Arrhythmia)

FHFT Education Academy; Slough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Slough is seeking a Band 6 Cardiology Specialist Nurse to join Wexham Park Hospital for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will help develop diagnostic, referral and treatment pathways for patients with arrhythmias and work across the care continuum with teams across the network.

The role includes clinical leadership for a defined group of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating high-quality care, and supporting timely treatment to

Qualifications

• NMC Registration is required.
• Advanced Life Support certification is desirable.
• MSc in advanced practice or equivalent recognised.
• Teaching qualification or mentorship experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for a defined group of patients.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate high-quality patient care.
• Support pathways for arrhythmia management and electrophysiology procedures.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the care continuum.

Skills

Good time keeping

Communication skills

Teaching skills

Awareness of current professional

Education

MSc in advanced Practice

Advanced Life Support Certificate

Recognised teaching certificate ENB 998/730/mentorship

NMC Registration

Job description

Band 6

Main area Cardiology Grade Band 6 Contract 1 year (Fixed term 12 month contract) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 151-KMU534-A

Site Wexham Park Hospital Town Slough Salary £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

12 month fixed term contract

We are recruiting for a Band 6 Cardiology Specialist Nurse to join our team at Wexham Park Hospital.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and improving diagnostic, referral and treatment pathways for patients with arrhythmias. Working across the full care continuum, from primary through to tertiary care, you will collaborate closely with healthcare professionals across the wider network to deliver high-quality, coordinated patient care.

You will help ensure that the service is convenient, accessible and responsive to patients’ needs. The role will involve supporting timely and streamlined care, contributing to the reduction of waiting times and treatment waiting lists, and helping to minimise inappropriate admissions to acute hospital beds.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated nurse with an interest in cardiology and arrhythmia management to make a meaningful difference to patient care and service development.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical leadership for a defined group of patients. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating safe and high quality patient care.

Target patient groups will include those who have experienced or may be at risk of experiencing cardiology health conditions. Those requiring electrophysiology/ablation procedures, implantable loop recorders and planned cardioversion and tilt test, coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty, CABG and valve surgery.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Recognised teaching certificate i.e. ENB 998/730/mentorship
• Advanced Life Support Certificate
• MSc in advanced Practice

Experience

• Significant experience at Band 6 in Cardiology
• Substantial experience of teaching and supervising of junior staff
• Significant experience within cardiology services

Knowledge

• Good time keeping and communication skills
• Teaching skills
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Ability to adapt to change within the working environment

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the‑art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future‑proofed, featuring on‑site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Th rough our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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.