Non-Surgical Centre Aortic Valve Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £51,657.00 to £58,785.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51657.00 - £58785.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2026 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9390-26-1206 |
Summary
The role is designed to strengthen the interface between local cardiology services, inpatient teams, echocardiography departments, primary care, and regional tertiary valve services. The post holder will act as a named point of contact and pathway coordinator for patients with severe aortic stenosis, ensuring timely clinical review, appropriate investigation, onward referral, MDT discussion, treatment planning and follow-up. The post holder will be placed in both East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, providing integrated care for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust patients. A central component of the role will be supporting delivery of the regional Aortic Stenosis pathways and the Dedicated Non-Surgical Centre Aortic Valve Nurse model. This will include identifying patients with severe aortic stenosis from echocardiography, outpatient and inpatient settings; undertaking structured triage; coordinating diagnostic work-up; facilitating referral to the appropriate tertiary valve service; supporting MDT preparation and documentation; and ensuring patients receive clear education and safety-netting advice. The role will include assessment and coordination of both outpatient and inpatient pathways. For inpatients with severe aortic stenosis, the post holder will support early identification of patients requiring urgent specialist valve input, help coordinate transfer or tertiary review where inpatient intervention is required,and facilitate safe early discharge with robust outpatient planning where inpatient intervention is not indicated. The post holder will also contribute to structured follow-up, patient education, audit, service evaluation, data collection and quality improvement. The role forms part of a prospective multicentre service evaluation assessing the impact of a dedicated Aortic Valve Nurse within non-surgical centres on pathway efficiency, guideline-directed care, patient experience, non-elective admission rates and scalability of the service model. Mentorship and support will be provided by local senior clinical teams and the linked tertiary Structural Heart Valve Team, with opportunities to develop specialist knowledge in aortic stenosis, TAVI and SAVR pathways, frailty assessment, multidisciplinary decision-making, service improvement and pathway evaluation.