Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 100-NMR180-0625
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bronglais General Hospital
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/07/2025
Employer heading

Specialist Cardiology Practitioner
Band 7
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
Your role will involve:
- Set up and deliver autonomous led clinics, including face to face and virtual. Where required for the role, utilising advanced assessment skills which may include clinical assessment and diagnosis competencies and skills.
- Acting as a practice leader, managing their own workload and work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to improve services and develop evidence-based practice.
- Improving the management of patients by optimising investigations and treatments which may include initiate, titrate and or prescribe medication and therapies, working within current Health Board and profession specific guidance and regulations.
- Advising staff, patients, relatives and members of the public on the promotion of health in relation to cardiac related disease, using advanced communication skills.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to:
- Autonomously deliver a caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence-based, client centred principles to critically analyse, assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. This will include education, health promotion and support on all aspects of the patient's treatment and management plan.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team across different pathways and care settings to ensure the health care needs of patients are met. This will include continual evaluation of the current service and reflection on own practice.
- Act as an expert resource to other health professionals across a number of settings, monitor and support services, and participating in pathway development, education research and audit, whilst continually developing and updating knowledge and highly specialist skills required for the role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 14/07/2025.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional or Nurse or with evidence of relevant registration
- Relevant Post Graduate cardiac course at level 7 or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of key clinical guidelines e.g. NICE and how these will influence clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate equivalent experience and skills at a high level
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Clinical assessment and diagnostic module or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
- Leadership qualification
- Quality improvement qualification
- Counselling qualification
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake as per role requirement
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience including working in one or more cardiac pathways
- Experience of undertaking nurse led clinics
- Experience of undertaking patient education sessions
- Presentation skills
- Report writing
- Experience of undertaking research and or audit
- Leadership and management experience
- Multi-disciplinary working experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in acute care
- Previous experience of working in a specialist role
- Previous experience in service change projects
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Jones
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01970 635846
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