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Job summary

Main area
Community
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-NMUH-7964181
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Middlesex Hospital
Town
Edmonton
Salary
£63,665 - £70,887 Pro Rata Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Clinical Nurse Specialist Heart Failure

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

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Job overview

 

  • The Lead Nurse CNS role for heart failure in the Hospital at Home will incorporate the dimensions of expert clinical practice, education, leadership, management and research. The post holder will be required:
  • Liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries within a H@H setting.
  • To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research-based and enhance the quality of patient care.
  • To undertake nurse-led care and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics and services.
  • Line-manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality and across boundaries.
  • To lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.

Main duties of the job

1.1 Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with World Class Care values.

1.2 Ensure that the needs of patients are placed at the centre of care delivery, thus achieving trust and national standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience.

 1.3 To lead, negotiate, supervise, participate in, and manage caseload of patients within nurse led clinics both on and off site using advanced clinical assessment skills and clinical judgement to take a detailed history, physically assess, make any required differential diagnosis, order any tests or investigations required to confirm diagnosis, prescribe medication, evaluate and review treatment plan.

1.4 Make any alterations in the patient’s current treatment plan or drug regimen required in response to evaluating test & investigation results or changes in patients’ condition. Use advanced clinical knowledge & expertise in undertaking clinical assessments in partnership with patients and other professionals, using agreed protocols, but also where there are no appropriate precedents

1.5 Provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and associated staff and ensure the provision of a high-quality, responsive nursing service.

1.6 Collaborate on all aspects of quality management related to the nursing and clinical area.

 

Working for our organisation

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS

2.1 Act as autonomous first line of contact for patients seeking advice or support.

2.2 Provides professional and clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the delivery of excellence in core, specialist and advanced nursing practice, audit, research, and service and practice development agendas.

2.3 To identify outcome measures which illustrate the quality of the service in line with national targets with a particular emphasis on establishing ways to show patient related outcome measures.

2.4 Recognises and champions innovations in nursing practice ensuring they are supported, evaluated and contribute to develop an evidence base to meet the needs of the patients, families, relatives and staff.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • The Lead Nurse CNS role for heart failure in the H@H will incorporate the dimensions of expert clinical practice, education, leadership, management and research. The post holder will be required:
  • Liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries within a virtual ward setting.
  • To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research-based and enhance the quality of patient care.
  • To undertake nurse-led care and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics and services.
  • Line-manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality and across boundaries.
  • To lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.
  • To contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
  • To contribute to training and education within specialist area.
  • To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities, including QI work.
  • Act as a visible role model and expert practitioner.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered general nurse
  • Evidence of recent professional / management / leadership development
  • Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
  • Advanced assessment qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Non- medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake
  • Relevant qualification and experience in the specialty

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial experience in a senior nurse operational role in a Community NHS setting
  • Experience in running nurse led clinics pathways. Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
  • Experience of developing business and workforce plans in line with future service requirements
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Olusheyi Johnson
Job title
Unplanned care Services Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07929393696
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