Community Cardiovascular Staff Nurse (Derwentside locality)

The successful applicant will be primarily caring for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) referred into the service following acute events eg myocardial infarction and planned procedures eg elective PCI. They will also be expected to support the Heart Failure Specialist Nurses reviewing and caring for heart failure (HF) patients.

They will be directly involved in delivering cardiac rehabilitation, to both CHD and HF patients, alongside the exercise facilitators.

There will be an opportunity for professional development to, if necessary, gain clinical skills qualification and NMP.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success. Thes 2 posts offer an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Nurse to work within the Specialist Coronary Heart Disease & Heart Failure Team based at the Greenhouse in Annfield Plain. The post covers core hours of 09:00-17:00 Monday-Friday with currently no weekend working although that may change in the future., If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.