Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Heart Failure
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Rhan-amser
- Gweithio hyblyg
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 083-8240574-SL
- Cyflogwr
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- New Friend's Hall & Marine View Office Park
- Tref
- Bristol
- Cyflog
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 14/09/2026 08:00
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 22/09/2026
Teitl cyflogwr
Band 7: Senior Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Please note that if you apply for a position with Sirona care & health, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac Account and email accounts.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Senior Heart Failure Specialist Nurse in the Sirona Community Heart Failure Service.
We are looking for a motivated and passionate clinician to join our team.
Our community-based specialist service works to improve outcomes for patients living with heart failure. By working as part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team we strive to deliver best evidence care that is individualised for our patients. We work closely with our partners in Primary and Secondary Care, providing early treatment intervention and supporting the transition from hospital to community management. The service also offers an advice and guidance to other Health Care Professionals across Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire.
There will be a requirement to work across BNSSG to meet service delivery, but we look to deliver clinical caseload elements of the service within geographical locations with bases currently within Bristol and North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
This role is open to clinicians currently working at Band 7 level looking for a change in role, or as a career development opportunity for Band 6 clinicians. All applicants should have experience working within cardiology or heart failure pathways.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- To work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
- To use specialty expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations
- To Provide clinical leadership, expertise, education and clinical supervision to immediate team members and other individuals across the organisation and system
- To develop and implement policies, protocols, standards of care and guidelines in line with national and local policy within the team and specialty policies for the wider organisation.
- To be able to communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT members and with MDT colleagues across health and social care sectors to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service
- To manage a clinical caseload of patients within the heart failure service pathway
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please see attached Job Description for full responsibilities and duties of this role including details regarding the team structure.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Manyleb y person
Skills, experience and knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Enhanced Clinical skills and experience of working with people with heart failure
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments
- Exceptionally efficient, with excellent prioritisation, time management and organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly and on a number of projects at one time to tight deadlines and at time under pressure
- Ability to act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
- Experience of community and multidisciplinary team working
- Understanding of the implication of cultural difference for service delivery
- Up to date knowledge of heart failure management, national and local guidelines and evidence base via current research and journals
Meini prawf dymunol
- Be actively involved in professional clinical groups, such as; Professional Groups, Clinical Interest Groups, Peer Review Groups and other professional development activities.
Qualifications and training required
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Current professional registration, such as NMC as a 1st level Registered or HCPC registration
- Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L6 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications, Physical assessment and clinical reasoning.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and ability to study at Masters Level.
- Willingness to undertake training required for the role such as Independent Prescribing if not already completed or PADRAP/PACR
- Hold a UK Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle during working hours.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Master’s level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
- Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Louise Knights and Vikki James
- Teitl y swydd
- Clinical Leads for Heart Failure
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01179 617153
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
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Megan Mattingly
Clinical and Operational Lead
Rhestr swyddi gyda Sirona care & health CIC yn Nyrsio a Bydwreigiaeth neu bob sector







