Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our established Community Heart Failure service as a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse on a fixed-term contract or secondment until May 2027.

Covering the London Borough of Wandsworth, the service provides complex care for people living with heart failure, working closely with primary and secondary care, community integrated services and other healthcare professionals.

You will use your specialist heart failure knowledge and clinical skills to support patients with complex needs, deliver evidence-based care and provide education that helps people understand and self-manage their condition.

The role involves working across both patients' homes and clinic-based settings.

Main duties of the job
You will manage a caseload of people with heart failure in the community, using specialist knowledge and clinical skills to assess needs, plan treatment and provide ongoing support and advice.

Working with the wider heart failure team across primary and secondary care, you will deliver evidence-based care and help ensure patients receive coordinated support.

Key duties include:

• Monitoring patients following discharge to help prevent readmission.
• Undertaking comprehensive assessments for patients with complex heart failure and co-morbidities, including physical examination, and developing individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning.
• Undertaking specialist clinical skills, including administration of medication in line with national and local guidance.
• Contributing to the development of heart failure care pathways and implementation of relevant NICE guidance.
• Coordinating education for community health professionals and acting as a specialist resource for advice.

About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Details
Date posted: 28 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 824-SOUTH-509922
Closing date: 11 November 2026

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
• Essential: Post basic qualification in cardio-respiratory care or equivalent experience
• Essential: Qualification in Independent nurse prescribing or willing to undertake training.
• Essential: Hold, working towards or willing to undertake relevant qualification in physical assessment
• Desirable: Has relevant degree or evidence of working towards degree

Experience

• Essential: Experience working in Heart Failure or cardiology with a special interest in Heart Failure either in primary or secondary care & managing patients
• Essential: Experienced in managing a clinical case load
• Essential: Experience in the training of students
• Essential: Experience in organising and implementing training/teaching programmes for healthcare professionals and clients
• Essential: Excellent group education and presentation skills and ability to present to professionals at all levels.
• Essential: Experience of conducting audits and/or research
• Essential: Experience in contributing to Service Development, including policy and guideline development
• Essential: Experience in supervising others
• Essential: Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Desirable: Experience working in Community settings
• Desirable: Experience with working with change behaviour techniques

Skills

• Ability to undertake leadership role in clinical specialty
• Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of clients with Cardiology issues
• Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Advanced knowledge of evidence-based practice associated with Cardiac conditions.
• Ability to interpret health and social policies and guidelines and to translate into practice.
• Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning based on experience and knowledge.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Integrated Locality Manager, Jane Nokes, jane.nokes1@nhs.net, 07880005466