Specialist Heart Failure Nurse

Job summary

Our Heart Failure Service covering Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale and Pocklington is looking for band 6 Specialist Nurses.

You may already have the degree level qualification in Heart Failure or we can support you to undertake the Glasgow Caledonian University:Chronic Heart Failure Module at Masters Level 7 within a specified timescale. V300 desirable will support course. We know that your career development and the support that you receive is important.

You will have a planned induction & we have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role & can plan development of your competencies with support from your Clinical & Team Leaders.

In the community setting you need to be able to drive yourself around the locality & be comfortable with lone working including visiting patients in their own homes alone.

Specialist advice is readily available due to our integrated community service also including District Nurses, Therapists, Pharmacists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac Rehab, Diabetes, Dietetics, Speech & Language & Respiratory Specialists.

Main duties of the job

• To support and facilitate the delivery of care for heart failure patients in Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale and Pocklington. Explaining heart failure to the patient to educate patient and families about heart failure giving them a good understanding of their condition, so they can have confidence and to support avoidable hospital admission. Explaining the 4 pillars of heart failure medication in how they reduce symptoms, reviewing medications, offering education and self-management strategies
• To manage a caseload of community heart failure adult patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To ensure provision of a multidisciplinary approach and work closely with patient's, GP's, Cardiologists, and acute trusts to ensure the best care for our patients.
• To understand the diagnostic procedures to give a definitive diagnosis of heart failure with left ventricular dysfunction with moderate to severe ejection fraction.
• To assess the signs and symptoms of heart failure and implement treatment plans.
• Enabling high quality patient assessment and care planning to support high quality of life for the patient and their family.
• To deliver a specialist service providing specialist case management for patients with heart failure under the supervision of the band 7 Heart Failure Nurse Specialist (HFNS).

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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