Community Cardiac Nurse

This Band 7 post sits in the community outpatient cardiac service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, working as a senior member of the community cardiology team. The core of the role is triaging GP referrals, judging clinical urgency and steering patients onto the right pathway, alongside supporting clinic staff when patients become unwell. The nurse also manages Band 6 and Band 3 colleagues and runs a GP helpline, working largely autonomously with consultants.

Applicants need extensive cardiac nursing experience, expert ECG interpretation and NMC registration.

• Vet and assess GP referrals, determine clinical urgency and triage patients into community cardiology pathways
• Review and interpret diagnostic investigations
• Help risk stratify patients into clinic
• Support staff when patients are unwell in clinic
• Manage a GP helpline
• Provide specialist clinical advice to patients, GPs and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Provide senior clinical leadership, supporting and developing nursing and support staff
• Manage Band 6 and Band 3 clinical staff
• Promote evidence-based practice and act as a professional role model
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, audit, research and service development
• Identify and manage clinical risk and maintain high standards of patient care
• Liaise with GPs and cardiologists on referrals and work with consultant cardiologists, primary care and the wider MDT

• Cardiac nursing experience equivalent to Masters level
• ALS/ILS
• Post-basic teaching and assessing course

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse

• Extensive cardiac nursing experience
• Extensive staff management experience

• Expert ECG interpretation
• Interpreting 24-hour Holter ECGs
• Interpreting ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
• Competent interpreting echocardiograms
• Managing patients with a range of cardiac conditions
• Coping with patients with implantable devices

• Managing difficult situations effectively
• Compiling complex written information
• Good problem solving and inquiry skills

• Degree in management or professional nursing issues
• Leadership qualification
• Involvement in Trust-wide initiatives or committees

• Career development
• Flexible working and wellbeing support
• Staff recognition scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Car lease schemes
• Season ticket loan
• Membership options for onsite leisure facilities