Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse - CNS
The closing date is 08 February 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our proactive and dynamic Cardiac Rehabilitation Team. You will lead and work as part of the team, co-ordinating and deliver evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines.
You will work closely with Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialists, Heart Failure Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiology Consultants to ensure patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation receive the best care possible.
This role will help develop better care pathways for Cardiac Rehabilitation patients within Cardiology.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Cardiac Rehabilitation you will ensure the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care. You will work alongside other Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cardiology and Heart Failure Cardiac Rehabilitation. You will be responsible and accountable for the management of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team.
Cardiac rehabilitation patients sometimes have complex diagnosis and you will need to meet the needs of these patients in accordance with national, local policies and initiatives.
You will undertake supervision of practice, implement clinical audit and strategic development by contributing to research, teaching and supporting professional colleagues.
You will provide managerial support to the Line Manager, to include budgetary, workforce and governance responsibilities.
You will be a Non-Medical prescriber, working within you scope of clinical practice as either independent or supplementary prescriber and work to develop better titration of patients in Cardiac rehabilitation.
You will help to develop better links between primary and secondary care, ensuring the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team provide evidence based advice upon discharge from the service.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Details
Date posted
23 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year Dependant on experience, pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-MED-7723581
Job locations
Wye Valley Trust Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Wye Valley Trust Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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