Cardiology Senior Nurse- Heart Failure | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Gillingham, ME8 0PZ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	25 Nov 2026

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Summary

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

The Community Cardiology Team provides a specialist service for adults with complex cardiac conditions across Medway, with a particular focus on heart failure. We are seeking a compassionate and motivated clinician to join our specialist nursing team and help deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will support patients with chronic cardiac conditions requiring ongoing specialist management. You will build effective relationships with patients and their families, promoting self-management, independence and understanding of their condition.

The role is primarily clinic based, providing specialist assessment and follow-up care. There may also be opportunities to visit patients in their own homes when clinically indicated, ensuring care is tailored to individual needs. As travel is required across the service area, applicants must hold a full UK driving licence. Please note that a vehicle is not provided.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of people living with heart failure, supporting improved outcomes and quality of life.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

You will manage a dedicated caseload of patients with heart failure, providing expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. Using your specialist knowledge, you will identify patient needs, monitor disease progression and ensure timely interventions that support effective management of complex cardiac conditions.

A key aspect of the role will be delivering personalised health education and lifestyle advice to patients and carers. You will empower individuals to better understand their condition, recognise changes in symptoms and take an active role in managing their health. Through proactive support and monitoring, you will help reduce symptom burden, minimise the risk of further cardiac events and contribute to reducing avoidable hospital admissions.

Working collaboratively with GPs, consultants and other healthcare professionals, you will assist in optimising medical management and treatment plans. You will contribute to service development, maintain accurate clinical records and ensure care is delivered in line with evidence-based practice and national guidance. This role offers the opportunity to develop specialist expertise while providing exceptional care to patients with complex cardiac needs.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026

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