Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 22 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting 12-month opportunity has arisen for a motivated Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our established Chest Pain Specialist Nurse Team.

You will work within a supportive and dynamic team, developing your specialist cardiology skills while contributing to the ongoing development of the service.

We are looking for an experienced cardiology professional who has worked at a senior level, is ALS trained, and is confident managing their own caseload.

This full-time role is typically worked over four days, with one day off per week, and requires flexibility to work across King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital.

For the right candidate, appointment at Band 6 may also be considered, offering an excellent opportunity to further develop your cardiology career.

Main duties of the job
Please see the job overview and main duties of the job for a detailed job description and main responsibilities

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK. Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9 th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-MED-8385485
Job locations: Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job description
Please see the job overview and main duties of the job for a detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Specialist knowledge and expertise
• Good computer skills.
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Team player
• Demonstrable teaching skills

Desirable

• Research awareness.
• Audit methodologies

Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Level One Registered Nurse.
• BSc in Nursing
• ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course.
• Evidence of post-basic specialist education
• Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
• Non-medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)

Contractual
Essential

• Flexible approach to working
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to travel between sites

Further Training
Desirable

• Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area.
• Membership of special interest and professional group
• Working within a leadership role

Desirable

• Multidisciplinary team working
• Caseload management
• Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals

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 details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Cardiology specialist nurse, Helen Seston, helen.seston@nhs.net, 01623622515

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