Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

3 weeks ago

Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Full time

A wonderful opportunity has arisen for a Specialist B7 nurse to join the established Heart Failure team within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust supporting the East Locality, supporting the management of complex heart failure patients with a collaborative aim in keeping patients well at home and to avoid hospital admissions where possible.


The successful applicant will work autonomously as part of this dynamic team with patients in the community and support the Improvement of the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management through a combination of nurse led heart failure clinics and home visits, incorporating clinics with primary care teams and early follow up in line with local service specification.


Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist will work autonomously as part of this dynamic team with patients in the community and support the Improvement of the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management through a combination of nurse led heart failure clinics and home visits, incorporating clinics with primary care teams and early follow up in line with local service specification.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. 3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.


Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.


We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.


Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
Excellent training and development opportunities
Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

The Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist will work autonomously with patients in the community but may have clinical support from the primary and secondary care heart failure teams and Cardiologists.


Improve the patients quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management, in order to reduce unnecessary hospital admission & readmission.


Provide expertise to increase the skills & confidence of other team members and community practitioners in the care and management of heart failure patients and support the use of the NICE Clinical Guidelines for heart failure, local CCG Commissioning Framework guidelines.
Post graduate level degree or equivalent
Extensive clinical experience of five years or more with 2 years at band 6 in Heart Failure
Non-Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards

Evidence of up-to-date based knowledge and skills, particularly in in Long term Condition issues
Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
Evidence of professional development and knowledge
Community Nursing

Ability to work in flexible way and respond positively to change.
Ability to travel between sites, car owner/driver
Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings
Evidence of ability to identify training needs of self and team to provide relevant and appropriate experience to all learners
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton General Hospital

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