Job summary
The Coventry and Rugby Heart Failure Team have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join our dedicated team.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your specialist practice while providing high-quality, patient-centred care across acute, community and virtual settings.

The successful candidate will provide expert clinical assessment and ongoing management of patients with heart failure.

The role involves working across multiple locations, including:

• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW)
• Hospital of St Cross
• Coventry Community Services
• Patients' own homes

You will review patients through face-to-face in hospital, virtual clinics, home visits and telephone consultations.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), GPs, healthcare professionals, patients and carers to ensure safe, effective and personalised care.

If you are an experienced nurse who is passionate about specialist nursing, clinical excellence and improving patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Further Information
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Endip Dhesi
Email: endip.dhesi@uhcw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 02476968514

Or

Elyse McDonnell
Email: elyse.mcdonnell@uhcw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07919949896

Closing date: 11th November 2026
Interview date: 26th November 2026

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist assessment and management of patients with heart failure.
• Support the Heart Failure Nursing Team.
• Develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans.
• Support optimisation of heart failure medication in line with current guidelines.
• Refer patients for cardiac rehabilitation where appropriate.
• Consider and refer patients for cardiac device therapy when indicated.
• Promote patient education, self-management and improved outcomes.
• Liaise effectively with the MDT, GPs, healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
• Promote best practice in heart failure management in accordance with national and local guidelines.

Applicants must have:

• Current Registered Nurse registration.
• Experience with heart failure patients
• Good IT skills.
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary working skills.
• A driving licence and access to a car, as travel between service locations is required.

About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Details
Date posted: 02 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: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 218-NM-B6-8399997

Job responsibilities
To support patients and carers with stable and unstable heart failure. To promote quality of life, contributing to the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions. To contribute to developing robust guidelines and protocols and providing clinical advice and education ensuring seamless pathways of care for patients with heart failure. To support advanced care planning strategies for end stage heart failure patients.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates. If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:

• Current Professional Registration (RN)
• First level degree or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Basic / Intermediate life support
• Teaching and assessing

Desirable:

• Heart failure qualification or willing to undertake
• Clinical assessment course or willingness to undertake
• Coronary care course
• Health promotion qualification
• Counselling qualification
• Current venepuncture and cannulation certificate

Experience
Essential:

• Significant current clinical experience in cardiac nursing and/or CHD experience
• Ability to successfully manage people and change
• Experience of patient education

Desirable:

• Primary Care Experience
• Understanding and knowledge of heart failure
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Resource management
• Experienced in venepuncture and cannulation

Knowledge
Essential:

• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice
• Considerable knowledge of heart failure evidence-based therapy
• Psychosocial and cultural perspectives of health and disease
• A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
• Knowledge of clinical governance and a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development

Desirable:

• A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS
• Experience in Policy/Service Development
• Knowledge of Community Services

Skills
Essential:

• IT skills
• Managing a patient caseload
• Patient focused
• Able to work in diverse settings (patients home / clinic / ward)
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively
• Good management of own and others time
• Able to use initiative and make decisions
• Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions

Desirable:

• Delivery of patient education
• Experienced in education of junior staff and allied health professionals
• Experience with audit

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential:

• Evidence of demonstrating the Trust Values (Compassion, Openness, Pride, Partnership, Improve, Learn and Respect) and the associated Values in Action behaviours in the workplace.
• For posts with managerial responsibility only: Evidence of promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and ensuring fair and equitable practices throughout your work experience. Evidence of promoting a culture which helps individuals live behaviours aligned to our Trust Values (Compassion, Openness, Pride, Partnership, Improve, Learn and Respect)

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Heart Failure Nurse Lead, Jacqui Hyland, jacqui.hyland@uhcw.nhs.UK, 07930658947

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