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Heart Failure Post

There is a well-developed multidisciplinary heart failure service offered across both sites, with an in-reach service offering specialist review and support to inpatients across all wards and daily consultant-led ward rounds. There are weekly MDT meetings with core team members including Acute and Community HF Specialist Nurses, with plans to engage the Specialist Pharmacists and Palliative Care team colleagues.

If qualified, candidate will be supported to advance the existing brady pacing services to Implantable Device Therapy (ICD/CRT devices) and will be leading this service.

Main duties of the job

Service Provision and Development

The post holder will be expected to:

• Manage his or her personal workload in such a way to ensure where possible service contract levels are achieved and to participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.
• Provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.
• Maintain an awareness and commitment to organisational priorities and ensure these are communicated effectively to colleagues and staff. Engage constructive debates about organisational issues through a willingness to interact positively with managers – showing mutual respect to ensure a similar level of respect in turn.
• Effectively balance loyalty to the service and to the organisation through corporate behaviours and have an ability to anticipate change in current political climates showing an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture.
• Understand the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust whilst working within organisational constraints with willingness to compromise and share resources.

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.