Job overview
The Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals are the UK’s largest post-graduate specialist heart and lung centre, with a world-famous reputation for its history in the investigation, treatment and research of heart and lung disease. An exciting opportunity within our Trust has arisen for an enthusiastic individual keen to explore and develop their career as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
This role is a unique opening within the highly specialist Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) Nurse Specialist team, that supports and cares for individuals that either have or whom are at risk of ICC’s. The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills in ECG recognition, arrhythmia and heart failure management including symptom trigger rescue work, and understanding of ICC’s and genomic healthcare along with their management and family risk stratification. Formal and informal teaching, developing autonomous practice and service development will also be encouraged.
Whether you are an existing band 7 nurse interested in ICC’s or a senior band 6 nurse wanting to progress, the opportunities this post offers are endless.
Closing date: 12/01/2026
Main duties of the job
Job Summary:
1.The post holder is a highly specialised nurse working as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) as part of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) nursing team and working in close collaboration with the cardiology and paediatric directorates.
2.The post holder functions as part of the wider multidisciplinary (MDT) team to provide expertise, advice and information and to patients and their families affected or at risk of ICC’s including, cardiomyopathies, inherited arrhythmias and aortopathies.
3.The post holder will act independently/autonomously within the nurse specialist team to manage caseloads being guided by the Lead Nurse, best practice and Trust policies and guidelines.
4.The post holder is an important resource for other health care professionals.
5.It is our aim that each patient and their family should be treated as individuals. We acknowledge the importance of the family and will work in partnership to provide the best possible care in a safe and compassionate manner.
6.We also aim that all members of the ICC team will work in an environment of mutual respect.
Working for our organisation
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary:
1.The post holder is a highly specialised nurse working as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) as part of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) nursing team and working in close collaboration with the cardiology and paediatric directorates.
2.The post holder functions as part of the wider multidisciplinary (MDT) team to provide expertise, advice and information and to patients and their families affected or at risk of ICC’s including, cardiomyopathies, inherited arrhythmias and aortopathies.
3.The post holder will act independently/autonomously within the nurse specialist team to manage caseloads being guided by the Lead Nurse, best practice and Trust policies and guidelines.
4.The post holder is an important resource for other health care professionals.
5.It is our aim that each patient and their family should be treated as individuals. We acknowledge the importance of the family and will work in partnership to provide the best possible care in a safe and compassionate manner.
6.We also aim that all members of the ICC team will work in an environment of mutual respect.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Qualifications- Cardiac Course (post-grad)
2. Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable criteria
3. MSc
4. ICC/Genomics Course
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Cardiology
6. Autonomous working
Desirable criteria
7. ICC
Skills
Essential criteria
8. Able to work in a team
9. Proven oral, written and communication skills
Desirable criteria
10. NMP
11. genetic counselling
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.