Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Interventional Cardiology Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 26 November 2026

Job summary
Interventional cardiology Nurse Specialist: Cath labs
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced cath lab nurse to expand their role into a senior post.

We are looking for someone who is a highly motivated and skilled within the cath labs to join our team of nurses, doctors and allied health care professionals caring for patients undergoing a wide range of cardiology procedures. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, be flexible, be able to adapt to rapidly changing situations and be confident in working as a coordinator for the busy 6 cath lab department.

The Bristol Heart Institute is a tertiary centre with exciting developing services across cardiology. Post holders will provide senior leadership across the team of nurses and health care support workers demonstrating proven specialist knowledge and skills to support the team.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will become an interventional Cardiology Nurse specialist and will be accountable for the provision of highly specialised care within the catheter labs.
The post holder will

• Demonstrate advanced specialised knowledge and skills required for the service
• Provide an expert level of professional practice within the nursing speciality
• To act as second operator to support the Consultant Interventionalist
• Work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist clinical care to patients undergoing interventional procedures within the catheter labs.
• To take an active role in the education pathway and support the training of the band 5 interventional cardiology nurse.
• The post holder will be required to participate in a 24/7 on-call rota, which includes evenings, nights and weekend sessions additional to substantive hours.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 387-SPS0569-JJ
Job locations: Bristol Heart Institute, Terrell St., Bristol, BS2 8ED, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description including the main responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Public Sector Language Competency
Essential

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others
• Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues
• IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Appropriate post registration experience in cath lab nursing, speciality
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
• Experience as preceptor / mentor

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
• Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken

Qualifications and Training
Essential

• RGN.1st Level
• Current NMC Registration
• 1st Degree In nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
• Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
• Qualification in Teaching and Assessing

Desirable

• Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bristol Heart Institute, Terrell St., Bristol, BS2 8ED, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Sister Rachel Bohin, rachel.bohin1@nhs.net, 01173426649

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