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North Bristol NHS Trust

Enhanced Practitioner

The closing date is 29 May 2025

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a passionate and enthusiastic nurse to join the Heart Failure team at North Bristol NHS Trust. This team will deliver safe, effective, and timely clinical intervention to adult inpatients who are acutely unwell or have a new diagnosis of heart failure covering both inpatient and outpatient spells. This nurse led team will act with a high degree of autonomy to support high quality care for acutely unwell patients with heart failure.Practitioners in this team will respond to acute deterioration at an early stage and provide expert knowledge and understanding of patients in acute and chronic heart failure. They will provide an advanced clinical assessment and initiate investigation and clinical intervention to avert further deterioration. They will work in close collaboration with the parent specialty and ward teams to deliver high quality care and will support education of ward staff across the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The enhanced practitioners will be supported in developing as autonomous practitioners. They will assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment interventions within the heart failure service and will work in close collaboration with the senior enhanced practitioners in the team. They will already have experience of cardiology more specifically heart failure and will thus bring a range of specialist skills and knowledge. They will continue to develop these skills in this role.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialties. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

339-MED3235-LMG

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Job description

Job responsibilities

This role will involve working as part of a team, the practitioner will develop the use of autonomous practice, making complex decisions and provide high quality care for patients who have an acute decompensation of know heart failure or have presented with a new diagnosis of heart failure. You will be responsible for an outpatient caseload ensuring their treatment is fully optimised as well as providing support and education for the patient / carer / family.

The practitioner will develop expertise on the use of clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations.

The practitioner will demonstrate leadership skills, resilience, and determination, assisting in the management of situations that are complex or unpredictable under the guidance of the wider team.

For a more detailed comprehensive outline of the job description and main responsibilities see attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role will involve working as part of a team, the practitioner will develop the use of autonomous practice, making complex decisions and provide high quality care for patients who have an acute decompensation of know heart failure or have presented with a new diagnosis of heart failure. You will be responsible for an outpatient caseload ensuring their treatment is fully optimised as well as providing support and education for the patient / carer / family.

The practitioner will develop expertise on the use of clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations.

The practitioner will demonstrate leadership skills, resilience, and determination, assisting in the management of situations that are complex or unpredictable under the guidance of the wider team.

For a more detailed comprehensive outline of the job description and main responsibilities see attached.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • PACR
  • Ongoing professional development

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of managing Heart Failure Patients
  • Interest in Heart Failure

Work Experience

Essential

  • Excellent organisation and leadership skills
  • Evidence of ongoing learning and development
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • PACR
  • Ongoing professional development

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of managing Heart Failure Patients
  • Interest in Heart Failure

Work Experience

Essential

  • Excellent organisation and leadership skills
  • Evidence of ongoing learning and development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Karen Butcher

karen.butcher@nbt.nhs.uk

011741441368

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

339-MED3235-LMG

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


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