Job summary
Your role will involve:
- Set up and deliver autonomous led clinics, including face to face and virtual. Where required for the role, utilising advanced assessment skills which may include clinical assessment and diagnosis competencies and skills.
- Acting as a practice leader, managing their own workload and work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to improve services and develop evidence-based practice.
- Improving the management of patients by optimising investigations and treatments which may include initiate, titrate and or prescribe medication and therapies, working within current Health Board and profession specific guidance and regulations.
- Advising staff, patients, relatives and members of the public on the promotion of health in relation to cardiac related disease, using advanced communication skills.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to:
- Autonomously deliver a caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence-based, client centred principles to critically analyse, assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. This will include education, health promotion and support on all aspects of the patient's treatment and management plan.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team across different pathways and care settings to ensure the health care needs of patients are met. This will include continual evaluation of the current service and reflection on own practice.
- Act as an expert resource to other health professionals across a number of settings, monitor and support services, and participating in pathway development, education research and audit, whilst continually developing and updating knowledge and highly specialist skills required for the role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 14/07/2025.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Professional or Nurse or with evidence of relevant registration
- Relevant Post Graduate cardiac course at level 7 or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of key clinical guidelines e.g. NICE and how these will influence clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate equivalent experience and skills at a high level
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Clinical assessment and diagnostic module or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
- Leadership qualification
- Quality improvement qualification
- Counselling qualification
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience including working in one or more cardiac pathways
- Experience of undertaking nurse led clinics
- Experience of undertaking patient education sessions
- Presentation skills
- Report writing
- Experience of undertaking research and or audit
- Leadership and management experience
- Multi-disciplinary working experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute care
- Previous experience of working in a specialist role
- Previous experience in service change projects
Language Skills
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Professional or Nurse or with evidence of relevant registration
- Relevant Post Graduate cardiac course at level 7 or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of key clinical guidelines e.g. NICE and how these will influence clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate equivalent experience and skills at a high level
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Clinical assessment and diagnostic module or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
- Leadership qualification
- Quality improvement qualification
- Counselling qualification
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience including working in one or more cardiac pathways
- Experience of undertaking nurse led clinics
- Experience of undertaking patient education sessions
- Presentation skills
- Report writing
- Experience of undertaking research and or audit
- Leadership and management experience
- Multi-disciplinary working experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute care
- Previous experience of working in a specialist role
- Previous experience in service change projects
Language Skills
Desirable
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
