Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Heart Failure
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an autonomous specialist practitioner within the Royal Free London, focusing on high-quality acute and chronic cardiology and heart failure care. The post holder will lead outpatient clinics, conduct clinical assessments, and manage complex patient care, including identifying undiagnosed heart failure cases and optimising treatment. This is a one-year fixed-term position covering a secondment, offering professional development opportunities within a supportive team.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Education & professional Qualifications
- First level registration
- First level degree
- Evidence of post registration qualification in Coronary/Cardiac care
- Heart Failure Module
- Physical Examination course and evidence of using these skills in practice
Desirable criteria
- End of Life/Advanced communication qualification or willing to work towards
- Minimum 5 years recent cardiology experience with minimum 2 years at band 6 in cardiac environment
- Evidence of teaching and developing others
- Ability to analyse and interpret ECG's, Echos and routine blood tests
- Extensive experience of nursing patients living with heart failure.
- Experience of service planning/managing change e.g. provide examples of projects/research undertaken under own initiative
- Experience of running nurse led clinics
- Experience of managing own caseload of patients
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Expert specialist skills for the post
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
- Understanding of recognised standards & policies related to heart failure.
- Understanding of advanced practice nursing roles
- Understanding of audit and research process
- Basic computing skills
- Excellent patient assessment skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Able to lead, manage and motivate others in complex problem solving and assessment skills
- Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management
- Commitment to ongoing lifelong learning and personal development.
- Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach
- o Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
- o Ability to work under pressure
- o Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- o To be flexible and approachable
- Royal Free World Class Values
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Education & professional Qualifications
- First level registration
- First level degree
- Evidence of post registration qualification in Coronary/Cardiac care
- Heart Failure Module
- Physical Examination course and evidence of using these skills in practice
- End of Life/Advanced communication qualification or willing to work towards
- Minimum 5 years recent cardiology experience with minimum 2 years at band 6 in cardiac environment
- Evidence of teaching and developing others
- Ability to analyse and interpret ECG's, Echos and routine blood tests
- Extensive experience of nursing patients living with heart failure.
- Experience of service planning/managing change e.g. provide examples of projects/research undertaken under own initiative
- Experience of running nurse led clinics
- Experience of managing own caseload of patients
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Expert specialist skills for the post
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
- Understanding of recognised standards & policies related to heart failure.
- Understanding of advanced practice nursing roles
- Understanding of audit and research process
- Basic computing skills
- Excellent patient assessment skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Able to lead, manage and motivate others in complex problem solving and assessment skills
- Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management
- Commitment to ongoing lifelong learning and personal development.
- Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach
- o Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
- o Ability to work under pressure
- o Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- o To be flexible and approachable
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The post holder will:
Work as an autonomous specialist practitioner within Royal Free London,delivering high-quality acute and chronic cardiology and heart failure care.
Practise within professional boundaries and agreed protocols, using clinical judgment to manage complex patient care.
Lead outpatient clinics, conducting clinical assessments, ordering appropriate investigations, and developing patient-centred care plans.
Lead identification of undiagnosed heart failure cases using an automated NT-proBNP pathway, facilitating rapid diagnostic pathways.
Review heart failure patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings toprovide optimal evidence-based treatment, adjusting and titrating therapy to improve outcomes for patients.
Main duties of the job
Our Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Team plays a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. We have established innovative services, including automated NT-proBNP referrals, a Heart Failure Virtual Ward and a comprehensive heart failure pathway, working closely with cardiology, community and palliative care colleagues.
In this role, you will provide care across inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting patients throughout their heart failure journey from diagnosis to advanced disease. Responsibilities include optimising heart failure therapies, providing lifestyle and self-management a
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