Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Community Heart Failure Specialist NurseWe are seeking an experienced and motivated Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse to join our expanding service. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a significant difference to patients living with a confirmed diagnosis of Heart Failure--supporting them to manage their condition safely at home, reducing unplanned hospital admissions, and improving long-term quality of life.The post holder will provide expert clinical knowledge and specialist nursing skills in the management of Heart Failure across the community setting. You will hold a defined caseload, delivering comprehensive assessment, treatment optimisation, education, and follow-up to both newly diagnosed and existing patients.Working autonomously--yet fully supported by the wider MDT--you will:Provide proactive management of patients to avoid unplanned hospital admission.Optimise medication and treatment plans in line with national and local Heart Failure guidelines.Deliver patient and carer education to support confidence and self-management.Liaise closely with GPs, secondary care cardiology teams, community nursing, therapy services and social care to ensure seamless, coordinated care.Advocate for high-quality Heart Failure care in line with NSF standards and contribute to ongoing service development and strategic planning.Main duties of the jobUse advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to identify investigation and/or treatment needs of individuals.Provide medicines management support and advice in accordance with national and local guidelines.Provide appropriate advice and support to patients and their carers including the provision of education and the promotion of self-management skills.To liaise with local cardiac rehabilitation teams and End of Life teams as appropriate.Act as a specialist resource for patients, their carers and other health professionals to improve the management of patients with heart failure.Liaise closely with primary and secondary care services to provide an integrated care plan in which the patient and carers participate.Ensure mechanisms in place for escalation of care at times of clinical deteriorationTo triage referrals from GPs, consultants, inpatient heart failure team and other professionals and service in agreement with individual patient.Provide empowerment and support, acting as an advocate to enable individuals and their carers to actively engage in agreed treatment programmes.About usFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.Frimley Health Trust benefits on VimeoJob responsibilitiesManage and facilitate the care of patients with Heart Failure in the community through outpatient clinics and home visits.Providing specialist assessment for individuals with heart failure and co-ordinate individual care plans to maximise health outcomes.Use advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to identify investigation and/or treatment needs of individuals.Provide medicines management support and advice in accordance with national and local guidelines.Maintain and further develop expertise within Heart Failure field. To make effective use of learning opportunities as part of continuing profession development.To evaluate own knowledge, practice and learning needs as part of KSF, appraisal in professional development plans with line manager.To demonstrate an ability to empathetically communicate with all patients and have a willingness to respond to communication of any kind from patients and carers.To provide up to date written and verbal communication on patients to other professionals in the hospital, community and across the boundaries.Please see attached job description and person specification for more information.Person SpecificationQualificationsRegistered Nurse (RN) on Part 1 or 12 or the NMC RegisterAdvanced physical assessment qualificationCounselling qualificationExperienceSubstantial Band 6 cardiology experience or experience of dealing with heart failure patientsAble to work as part of a teamAble to work flexibly and on own initiativeExperience of administrative workCommunity health care experiencesKnowledge and skillsAble to reflect on own strengths and development needsAble to comprehensively interpret and communicate through written and verbal meansAble to use Information Technology including Word, email and the Internet, EPR.Ability to work in a team to review patient care and make recommendations for improve service delivery.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse£50,008 to £56,908 a yearper annum incl HCAS #J-18808-Ljbffr