The closing date is 27 March 2026
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year pa/pr
Job summary
This is a great opportunity to build your skills in cardiac rehabilitation while supporting people to improve their long-term health. You’ll work as part of a friendly multi-disciplinary team who deliver high-quality cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Your work will help people understand their condition, recover well after a cardiac event and feel more confident in managing their health at home.
Main duties of the job
What you’ll do:
- Assess people’s rehabilitation needs and plan safe, tailored nurse-led care
- Support patients, families and carers with clear information that aids self-management
- Work with colleagues across specialist nursing, community teams and secondary care to coordinate care
- Monitor progress, review risks and update care plans to keep people safe
- Keep accurate records and contribute to service improvement and audit
What we’re looking for: We welcome newly qualified and experienced nurses who want to develop in cardiac care. You’ll need to be a Registered Adult Nurse with knowledge of cardiology services and evidence-based practice. You should be confident communicating sensitive information, able to work both independently and within a team, and committed to ongoing learning. Basic IT skills and the ability to travel across the service area are essential. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value fairness, respect and inclusion in everything we do.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Adult Nursing
- Registered General Nurse
Desirable
- Post-registration qualifications
- Mentorship Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of cardiology services and national and local initiatives relating to a variety of cardiac conditions
- Demonstrate an understanding of evidence based practice
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area (e.g. Mental Capacity act, Social inclusion)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the MDT
- Knowledge and skills in the assessment process
- Evidence of professional development relevant to clinical area
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation impacting on service delivery
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Knowledge of exercise prescription
- Understanding/application of relevant clinical knowledge of research and audit processes (e.g. NACR)
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience of working in a clinical cardiology environment
- Demonstrate experience of working within long term condition management
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of supervising, teaching and mentoring pre-registration students and colleagues
- Experience of professional networking locally and nationally
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 (formerly known as CRB) 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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).