Clinical Nurse Specialist in TAVI Job Northwood area,Harefield England UK,Nursing

Location: Harefield

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist in TAVI

The closing date is 04 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the trans-catheter aortic valve team (TAVI) at Harefield Hospital. This is a 12-month fixed term post to cover maternity leave.

The role will involve working closely with the consultants who undertake TAVI and AVR procedures and includes clinical assessments, organising appointments, maintenance of the database, running nurse-led preadmission clinics and presenting patients at multi-disciplinary meetings. Communication with patients is a key element of the post.

The successful candidate must be highly self motivated, able to demonstrate advanced management, communication, interpersonal, clinical and organisational skills and be able to work autonomously as well as within the TAVI team. Previous experience of working with aortic valve patients, and as a CNS at band 7 are required for the band 7 post. We would consider an ambitious band 6 nurse in a training post (employed at band
6).

You will join the Cardiology Specialist Nurses, a team of specialist nurses working within a variety of areas of cardiology including patients undergoing coronary intervention, aortic valve, and mitral and tricuspid valve intervention. The team are led by the Consultant Nurse in Cardiology, and run a variety of nurse‑led services. The services provided by the team are consistently positively evaluated by patients.

Closing date:
Midnight 4th January 2026

Interview date: TBC January 2026

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist nursing service working with patients and their families/carers throughout the patient pathway

To provide a high standard of specialist nursing care, support and advice to patients pre and post TAVI in line with local and national targets

To lead on the nursing component of the Trans catheter Aortic Valve service (TAVS)

To ensure the smooth planning and running of the service

To assist with the planning and running of research studies associated with the TAVS. To ensure that these are done in accordance with local policies, standard operating procedures, and clinical trial protocols.

To assist in the recruitment of patients to the TAVS research

To maintain project documentation, databases and clinical research folders as required by research protocols.

To be able to act autonomously and without supervision in collaboration with the rest of the multidisciplinary team

To undertake administrative tasks as required such as writing to and following up patients who have had a TAVI procedure

To liaise with the valve manufacturers about all aspects of the TAVS

Work closely with other clinical nurse specialists within the Heart Division ensuring a cohesive approach to patient care delivery

To be flexible in the approach to the service and provide cover for any area specified, rotating between the different services as necessary

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016.

As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term…


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