Heart Failure Specialist Nurse | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 pa Inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM3 8EP |
| Company: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7784884/343-7690133-RB-SK-A |
Summary
Sutton Health and Care are firmly committed to providing the best possible care for residents across Sutton including those with long term conditions, such as heart failure and as such we have an exciting opportunity to recruit to aBand 7 heart failure specialist nurse for Sutton’s heart failure- cardiology Team.
This post holder will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with heart failure, both newly diagnosed and following their discharge from hospital. This will involve liaising with other members of the heart failure team including hospital consultants and GPs along the cardiac pathway from hospital to home, secondary to primary care to deliver evidence-based care to patients with heart failure.
The post holder will have the opportunity to work autonomously, but in close contact with, a number of partners in primary, secondary and social care as well as voluntary agencies.
As part of the new NHS plan the agenda for preventive working and in particularly with a focus on long term conditions, is truly exciting and the post holder will therefore be involved in the transformative neighbourhood work of the cardiology pathway from hospital to home.
We are looking to recruit a full-time permanent nurse to join our friendly, established, Cardiology team.
You will be an experienced nurse, who enjoys a challenge, and who has good communication skills, excellent clinical skills and is able to work with a high level of autonomy.
The post holder will:
be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with heart failure,
both newly diagnosed and following discharge from hospital
liaise with other members of the heart failure management team in
primary and secondary care to deliver evidence-based care to patients
with heart failure
co-ordinate an education programme for community health
professionals and will also be a resource for advice
work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and in partnership
with other services to provide seamless care
work as part of the team and contribute to its success by being an
effective role model and supervising other staff i.e. nurses, healthcare
assistants/support workers and students to ensure they are working to
the standards that the people using our services deserve
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Feb 2026