Heart failure clinical nurse specialist (cns)

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

The closing date is 24 June 2026

We are recruiting to fill a fixed term 12-month position in the UCLH HF team. This will involve participating in regular ward rounds led by the HF consultants, as well as nurse led reviews on the other days. We provide telephone advice to patients known to the team, and work closely with the community HF teams in the area.

We have a weekly nurse led clinic for timely post discharge reviews and to see any patients that need review at short notice. We currently partake in an additional weekly HF clinic, along with members of the medical team and a consultant pharmacist. This is under review and may evolve into a further nurse led clinic.

Currently we refer most patients on to the local community teams or for rapid titration via BHC and do not have a caseload of patients as such, but this may change as and when the clinics do.

Patients are sometimes discharged to the hospital at home service for IV diuretics and if so, we provide virtual review and advice as needed.

Main duties of the job

• Consider referrals for the inpatient HF ward round and participate in reviews alongside the medical team
• Nurse led reviews of inpatients
• Nurse led clinics for post discharge review and optimisation of medication
• Co‑ordinating with community teams
• Dealing with ad‑hoc calls from patients
• Reviewing clinic lists to ensure appropriateness of patients and that all relevant tests arranged in good time
• Collecting data for input to NICO

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Significant relevant post registration experience in same specialty (HLP2), (FO)
• Honours Degree in Nursing, midwifery, research or ethics (HLP1), (SO)
• Teaching / Assessment programme
• Completed / completing Masters Degree (HLP2) (FO)
• Non‑medical Independent and supplementary Prescribing Masters Level 7.

Clinical Practice

• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in the specialty
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively (HLP1) / autonomously (HLP2)
• Knowledge of key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice
• Evidence of developing & leading nurse led clinics / services (HLP2)

Education / Research

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
• Skills in critical analysis and application of research to practice (HLP2)
• Previous experience of formal & informal teaching of patients & staff.
• Previous experience of developing standards, guidelines and policies
• Previous experience in audit and evaluation of practice / services
• Experience in acting as a clinical supervisor and mentor
• Published articles / poster presentations

Leadership

• Able to initiate, sustain and evaluate change.
• Effective Communicator in writing, verbally & electronically

Other Requirements

• Previous experience in budgetary management
• Ability to manage change
• Experience in developing service strategies

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£58,133 to £65,261 a year