Job summary
- Main area
- Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (May suit secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Service runs Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00hrs)
- Job ref
- 333-G-CC-1341
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Pancras Hospital
- Town
- Camden
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inc. Inner HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
A Band 7 Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist (HFNS) opportunity has arisen to cover maternity leave for approximately 9 months.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, will be able to work autonomously and as part of a team. Professional supervision will be provided from an experienced nurse specialist or consultant cardiologists. We cover the multi-cultural and vibrant borough of Camden and aim to provide quality care for patients in their own homes and in clinic settings.
The team is based at St Pancras Hospital and operates 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of the multi-disciplinary team aimed at reducing unscheduled hospital admissions and improving quality of life for people with heart failure i.e. Rapid Access Service, consultant cardiologists from UCLH and The Royal Free Hospital, other Long Term Conditions teams, Palliative Care, renal team, GPs and community nursing and therapy teams amongst others.
The post holder will provide support to the Band 8a clinical lead and other team members, including student nurses on placement, support optimisation of heart failure evidence based medications appropriately as per NICE Guidelines (2018), provide heart failure education, reduce unscheduled hospital admissions and ED attendance. They will promote co-production through working in partnership with patients and their families/carers.
Working for our organisation
All Band 7 nurses working for Central and North West London Foundation Trust are expected to be kind, responsive but professional, informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
- Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Outcomes
The Heart Failure team are expected to help meet the health needs of the population in Camden and as a Heart Failure Nurse Specialist you are expected to understand those health needs. As a Heart Failure Nurse Specialist you will often work with people who have complex needs. You will be expected to contribute to the effectiveness of the service by:
- Being a confident, autonomous practitioner who takes responsibility for the care you give to patients and seeks advice when necessary
- Adhering to Trust policies and procedures and working within your own scope of practice
- Providing highly specialised clinical advice to support patients, GPs and other healthcare teams
- Reducing the risk of deterioration of heart failure patients by reviewing management plans, participating in MDT meetings and engaging with GPs
- Assessing patients with complex needs in collaboration with other services or teams
- Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
- Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
- Ensuring that you and other team members treat patients with respect and dignity and obtain consent as required and ensure adherence to the Mental capacity Act
- Prescribing for patients (or work towards becoming a non medical prescriber)
- Take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
- Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
- Contributing to the development of the Team by ensuring that policies and procedures are up to date and evidence based
- Communicating well with all members of the team
- Understanding your role in the team and how you will help the team achieve its objectives
- Reflecting on your own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
- Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered L1 Nurse Adult or equivalent
- • Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- • Educated to degree level with evidence of an established degree pathway
- • Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
Desirable criteria
- • Mentorship qualification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience as a Band 6 nurse/cardiology experience
Desirable criteria
- Worked as a Band 6 nurse
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face-to-face and also by telephone and writing letters and reports
- • Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- • Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
- • Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- • Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
Desirable criteria
- Expertise in the assessment and management of heart failure
- Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rosemary Fernandez
- Job title
- Clinical Lead, Heart Failure Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3317 2362
- Additional information
For more information, please contact Rosemary Fernandez, Irina Krylossov or Kerry Higgins.
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