Senior Staff Nurse

The Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse plays a key leadership role within the cardiac ward, providing advanced clinical expertise, senior oversight, and high-quality patient care for individuals with acute and complex cardiac conditions. As a senior member of the nursing team, the post-holder supports the Ward Manager in ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based practice across the unit.

The role involves coordinating the daily running of the ward, supervising junior staff, and delivering specialist cardiac care, including the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, arrhythmias, post-angiography/PCI care, and those requiring cardiac monitoring. The Band 6 nurse acts as a clinical role model, promoting excellence in patient care, supporting staff development, and contributing to continuous quality improvement.

The post-holder will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership, advanced assessment skills, and the ability to make sound clinical decisions in a fast-paced environment. They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team including cardiologists, cardiac CNS, cath Lab pharmacists, and rehabilitation teams to ensure seamless, patient-centred care.

This role is ideal for an experienced cardiac nurse who is passionate about developing specialist skills, leading teams, and improving outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.

Main duties of the job

Act as the nurse in charge of the cardiac ward, providing senior clinical leadership on each shift.

Ensure safe staffing levels, appropriate skill mix, and effective patient allocation based on acuity.

Lead the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes, STEMI/NSTEMI, arrhythmias, heart failure, post-angiography/PCI care, and cardiac monitoring.

Make timely clinical decisions and escalate deteriorating patients using NEWS and cardiac escalation pathways.

Provide visible leadership to maintain safety, flow, and high-quality care.

Provide real-time supervision, guidance, and clinical support to Band 5 nurses, HCAs, students, and new starters.

Act as a role model for high-quality cardiac nursing practice.

Conduct competency assessments (e.g., ECG interpretation, telemetry, chest pain assessment).

Support staff wellbeing and help prevent burnout by offering senior presence and mentorship.

Contribute to recruitment, induction, and retention of staff., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations