Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

14 hours ago


Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT Full time
Job Title: Heart Failure Nurse/Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced nurse to join our heart failure service in Derbyshire. The successful candidate will work closely with our team to deliver high-quality care to patients with heart failure, either as a Band 7 or Band 6 nurse, depending on their experience and qualifications.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Manage a caseload of heart failure patients to ensure their treatment is optimized for the best possible quality of life.
  • Demonstrate motivation and commitment to providing high-quality patient-centered care and education.
  • Experience in delivering community-based care, including heart failure assessment, care, and treatment, is essential.
  • Knowledge of heart failure medications, treatments, and diagnostics is also required.
  • Work closely with local community services, GPs, cardio-renal services in secondary care, and tertiary providers.
  • Support the lead for the heart failure team and other heart failure specialist nurses.

About Us:

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (DCHS) is a large community trust providing a diverse range of services. We operate as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire and believe in being the best provider of local healthcare as well as a great place to work.

Requirements:

  • RGN qualification.
  • Teaching and assessing in clinical practice qualification (e.g., ENB 998, C&G 7307, or equivalent).
  • Non-Medical prescriber V300 qualification (essential for Band 7 post).
  • HF module degree level 6/7 qualification (essential for Band 7 post).
  • Cardiovascular clinical assessment skills course (essential for Band 7 post).

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Recent and relevant community or acute experience working with heart failure patients, including assessment and alteration or treatment.
  • Recent leadership role.

Skills:

  • Venepuncture.
  • Up-to-date skills-based competencies (RODP; BLS with AED; anaphylaxis).
  • Record 2 lead and limb lead ECG.
  • Communications skills training (e.g., CBT, MI, Counselling, Quality conversations).
  • Clinical examination skills for cardiology (e.g., assessment of oedema; ascites; chest auscultation; JVP assessment).

Working Arrangements:

The successful candidate will work remotely (via telephone/video calling), within the community (in clinics/patient's homes), and in the Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

Support and Development:

The heart failure service believes in supporting our patients as well as each other. The successful candidate will be supported by the lead for the heart failure team and other heart failure specialist nurses.

How to Apply:

Please click the APPLY FOR THIS JOB link to register and apply for this position on the TRAC Recruitment Site.



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