Band 7 Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist-Cardiology

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 January 2026

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team. In this role, you will provide expert clinical care, education, and support to patients living with heart failure, improving outcomes and enhancing their quality of life.

The post offers an opportunity to work within an advanced heart failure team that provides specialist heart failure management to patients presenting acutely in the hospital setting and providing out‑patient follow up.

The successful applicant will be expected to be competent to undertake autonomous clinical assessments of heart failure patients, formulate clinical management plans and implement or recommend medication initiation and titration.

The successful applicant should be a registered nurse with extensive post‑registration experience in cardiology and should also ideally have worked within a heart failure setting and have a robust knowledge of heart failure management. They should already possess a qualification in clinical assessment, non‑medical prescribing and a master's level equivalent module on heart failure management or be willing to work towards these important qualifications as part of their development within this post.

We offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for professional growth and development and are committed to delivering innovative, patient‑focused services and welcome applicants who share our passion for improving heart failure care.

• Undertake autonomous assessments of patients referred to the service including physical examination, review of past medical history, comprehensive medication review and relevant investigations. Document relevant management plan, request investigations, and either prescribe or recommend medication for heart failure management where required.
• Ensure that any care activities and assessments required to be undertaken by ward staff are clearly communicated and reviewed as required.
• Manage a caseload of patients and identify patients that may be suitable for device therapy such as primary prevention ICD or CRT‑D/CRT‑P and present these patients for discussion at the MDT.
• Assess symptom response to medication and titrate and/or discontinue where necessary. The role will also require GP correspondence and reporting of caseload activity in terms of clinic outcomes.
• Refer to other specialties where there are concerns with regards to non‑heart failure conditions that have been identified.
• Contribute / lead the ongoing development of clinical practice, standards of care within the service, including development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. This will include collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Provide a range of educational and training packages for health‑care staff and patients.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neuro‑diverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

• Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
• Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge…