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Cardiology Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 11 June 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology Specialist Nursing Team. We are looking to recruit a suitably qualified nurse to support our Cardiology Department providing expert nursing care. This will involve running clinics at the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle and at the West Cumberland Hospital Whitehaven seeing Cardiology patients with a wide range of conditions including Heart Failure, Rapid Access chest pain clinics and Ischaemic Heart Disease clinics. An in reach service is also provided assessing Heart Failure patients on the wards and also advising and guiding the Medical and Nursing team on the treatment required.
Main duties of the job
Covering a wide range of clinics including Heart Failure, Rapid Access chest pain and Ischaemic Heart Disease clinics at both the Cumberland Infirmary and the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. Also providing an in reach service to the wards reviewing the patients and providing advice and guidance to the team.
The candidate will need to have substantial post registration experience within Cardiology possessing an in-depth knowledge of Cardiac conditions particularly Heart Failure and chest pain management. They will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience in counselling skills. They will participate in data collection for any National or Local audits, attend regular MDT meetings and Cardiology meetings.
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Disclosure and Barring Service
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Benefits
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- NHS Discounts*
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
- Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
- *Subject to eligibility
Person Specification
Qualifications
- First level registered nurse
- NST 307 or equivalent
- Further relevant development to postgraduate certificate or equivalent.
- Specialist Heart Failure course or willing to undertake
- Northumbria Advanced Clinical Assessment for Nurses (NACAN) or equivalent, or willing to undertake
- ENB 124 / 931 or equivalent.
- Further relevant development to postgraduate diploma
- Extended skills eg IV additives/infusions, cannulation
Knowledge and Experience
- Continuing professional development with portfolio.
- Cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology
- Drug therapies used in heart failure
- NMC code of professional conduct
- Equality issues.
- Substantial post-registration experience within Cardiology.
- Experience of audit and evaluation.
- Leadership.
- Counselling skills.
- Equality legislation and best practice.
- Experience of heart failure management.
- Previous experience of research.
- Teaching and presentation skills.
Skills and Aptitudes
- Able to work unsupervised within the MDT
- Well developed communication and interpersonal skills and be able to liase confidently with other professionals
- Auscultation of heart and lung sounds or willing to learn
- ECG interpretation
- Experience of audit and evaluation
- The ability to be a good listener
- Ability to motivate staff, patients and carers
- Ability to promote service development
Personal circumstances
- Demonstrate initiative, motivation and ability to put things into practice
- Calm under pressure
- Work flexibly and willing to provide cover within service
- Ability to plan and manage own workload and meet deadlines
- Positive approach to change
- Ability to travel independently across the trust sites
- Flexible approach to working patterns
- Able to work across hospital sites in the Trust.
- Willingness to undertake further training/self-development
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