Advanced Practitioner - Cardiology
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the Advanced Practitioner team in Cardiology and Cardiac Sciences, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. This role involves autonomously assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients across various cardiac pathways, including elective and emergency admissions. You will undertake advanced clinical assessments, formulate management plans, and prescribe medications within your scope. Additionally, you will manage patient flow by coordinating admissions, transfers, and discharges across cardiac services, working closely with multidisciplinary teams.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Registered Nurse or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional.
- Advanced or Intermediate Life Support Provider
- Evidence of accredited postgraduate Level 6 or above education in a relevant subject (e.g. Physical Assessment, Clinical Examination, Clinical Reasoning).
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.
- Master's degree in Advanced Practice (or working towards completion).
Desirable criteria
- Degree relevant to professional registration.
- Relevant post-registration specialist qualification in Cardiology, Cardiac Sciences or Acute Care.
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification.
- Recent and significant postregistration experience within Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Acute Medicine or a related speciality.
- Excellent understanding and experience in the recognition and management of cardiac emergencies.
- Experience in the management and treatment of cardiac patients.
- Familiarity with NICE guidance and other relevant cardiac clinical standards.
- Database management experience.
- Experience of bed management, patient flow coordination, capacity management and operational decisionmaking within acute hospital services.
- Experience of coordinating admissions, transfers, repatriations and discharges across multiple clinical areas to support effective utilisation of inpatient beds and timely patient care.
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Evidence of applying research and evidence-based practice to clinical care.
- Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills
- Ability to make complex decisions, prioritise workload and work effectively under pressure.
- Awareness of cardiac data collection and reporting requirements.
- Database management experience.
- Report writing experience.
- Service improvement experience.
- Education/ qualifications
- Current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Registered Nurse or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional.
- Advanced or Intermediate Life Support Provider
- Evidence of accredited postgraduate Level 6 or above education in a relevant subject (e.g. Physical Assessment, Clinical Examination, Clinical Reasoning).
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.
- Master's degree in Advanced Practice (or working towards completion).
- Degree relevant to professional registration.
- Relevant post-registration specialist qualification in Cardiology, Cardiac Sciences or Acute Care.
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification.
- Recent and significant postregistration experience within Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Acute Medicine or a related speciality.
- Excellent understanding and experience in the recognition and management of cardiac emergencies.
- Experience in the management and treatment of cardiac patients.
- Familiarity with NICE guidance and other relevant cardiac clinical standards.
- Database management experience.
- Experience of bed management, patient flow coordination, capacity management and operational decisionmaking within acute hospital services.
- Experience of coordinating admissions, transfers, repatriations and discharges across multiple clinical areas to support effective utilisation of inpatient beds and timely patient care.
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Evidence of applying research and evidence-based practice to clinical care.
- Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills
- Ability to make complex decisions, prioritise workload and work effectively under pressure.
- Awareness of cardiac data collection and reporting requirements.
- Database management experience.
- Report writing experience.
- Service improvement experience.
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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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Advanced Practitioner - Cardiology
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Join our Advanced Practitioner (AP) team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across Cardiology and Cardiac Sciences services.
This exciting opportunity is open to both Registered Nurses with NMC registration and Allied Health Professionals with HCPC registration, offering the chance to work at an advanced level of clinical practice within one of the UK's leading specialist cardiac centres.
In this role, you will autonomously assess, diagnose and manage patients across a wide range of cardiac pathways, including elective admissions, emergency admissions, transfers from referring hospitals and step-down patients from critical care. You will undertake advanced clinical assessment, formulate management plans, request and interpret diagnostic investigations, and prescribe medications within your scope of practice.
Working closely with consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will support patients throughout their admission, intervention and discharge, ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and excellent patient outcomes.
The role is also central to the operational management of Cardiac Services. You will hold the Cardiac Bed Manager Bleep, coordinating admissions, transfers, repatriations and d
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