Heart Failure Nurse Specialist (Community)

Job summary

If you are a dynamic Nurse with experience in heart failure, keen to work in our Community Heart Failure Service in Richmond Community, we'd love to hear from you.

Richmond's Community Heart Failure Service has been developed to meet the ever-increasing needs of our ageing population. We are looking to recruit an innovative and dedicated Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist, to continue to develop our excellent service. This would involve working closely with GP Partners and Consultant Cardiologists. The post holder will provide a community heart failure service which will encompass home visits, community-based clinics and supporting heart failure rehabilitation classes. The successful applicant will be expected to devise individualised care plans for our patients with heart failure and working closely with our Community teams to educate and support in the management of heart failure.

You will be expected to work autonomously and will be part of a wider team of cardiac specialist nurses, currently leading services across the cardiac spectrum at Kingston Hospital and in the Community.

We welcome applications from people enthusiastic about heart failure. We are keen to recruit the right person for this job, if you would like to apply, but feel that you don't meet all of the criteria, please contact us to discuss further.

Main duties of the job

To provide high-quality, patient centred, community heart failure care.

In conjunction with the KHFT Heart Failure Nursing Team and the Heart Failure Consultants, the post holder will work autonomously as an advanced practitioner managing patients in the community with heart failure. (This is a lone worker role, with remote support from the Cardiology team at Kingston Hospital).

The post holder will provide high level clinical assessment, care planning, expert advice, extended intervention and thorough evaluation.

The post holder will work collaboratively with Primary and Secondary care teams to optimise the management of patients with heart failure, providing advice to primary and community colleagues, assist with the reduction of inappropriate referrals and unplanned admissions and ensure that patients with heart failure receive holistic and integrated care.

About us

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and LeadershipKingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.Trust Culture and Values

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other.To support this, our five values are, that we are all:-Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants.Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first).Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.And that we:Value each other - we all value each other's contribution.

And are that we

Inspiring-that we are inspiring people to be the best they can be,Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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