Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution is seeking an experienced Heart Failure Nurse Specialist to develop their Heart Failure Service. The role involves managing patient care autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team across two hospital campuses. Candidates must have a nursing degree and NMC registration, with heart failure experience preferred. The position offers a fixed-term contract at Band 6/7, part-time work, and a salary ranging from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in cardiology nursing.
• Experience in managing patients with heart failure.

Responsibilities

• Manage heart failure patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Promote clinical excellence in heart failure care.
• Support in implementing NICE Quality Standards.

Skills

Cardiology experience

Leadership skills

Autonomy

Education

Completed nursing related degree

NMC registration

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Masters

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arrived for the development of the Heart Failure Service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with the addition of a further Band 6/7 heart failure nurse specialist. We are looking for an experienced, flexible and motivated nurse to join our small friendly team.

The successful candidate would ideally be a qualified non-medical prescriber (NMP), ideally with heart failure experience. Candidates with heart failure experience but have not completed the NMP will also be considered, with recruitment at Band 6, undertaking NMP and then upgrading to Band 7.

The post holder will be involved in providing both consultant and nurse led heart failure clinics, ward outreach and day case heart failure unit duties on a rotational basis across Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital campuses and will assist in the continued development and improvement of the services for patients with heart failure.

You will be working autonomously and alongside a multidisciplinary heart failure team at NUH and liaising with the Community heart failure teams in support of quality care across both Primary and Secondary Care.

If you have cardiology experience at band 6 - 7 with excellent organisational and leadership skills and want to work in an enthusiastic and motivated team we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing and advising on the management of in-patients with heart failure at both QMC & NCH.
• Reviewing patients with confirmed and suspected heart failure in the out-patient setting.
• Assessing and treating patients on the day case heart failure unit.

Please see job description and person specification for full details.

About us

We are one trust that is split between two campuses but work well and closely together ensuring our patients receive the correct treatment and care in the correct ward / setting.

Details

Date posted: 25 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 22 months

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 164-7369056

Job locations: City and QMC, Hucknall road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB

Job description

The post holder will be based at: QMC & City Campuses. The post holder will have a Trust-wide responsibility to promote clinical excellence in the care of patients presenting with heart failure. This post will support the continued implementation of the NICE Quality Standards in Acute Heart Failure (2015) and Chronic Heart Failure (2018). The post holder will work strategically with senior colleagues across the health community to ensure that these standards are delivered at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating both inpatient and outpatient services for patients with heart failure and providing clinical advice/ support to nursing staff and other health care professionals.

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

• Essential: NMC registration
• Essential: Completed nursing related degree
• Desirable: Possesses non-medical prescribing qualification
• Desirable: Completed or presently undertaking a Masters

Experience

• Essential: Evidence of experience in Cardiology nursing
• Essential: Experience in managing patients with Heart Failure

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Essential: Evidence of the ability to lead and motivate change in practice
• Essential: Evidence to prioritise actions and to provide advice to the multi professional team

Desirable

• Demonstrate professional autonomy and the ability to work at a higher level, exhibiting effective decision making skills.

Additional information

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: City and QMC, Hucknall road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB