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Are you looking for a new challenge or direction to take your nursing career? Interested in improving care within long term conditions and working towards common goals within an integrated team?  

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, pro-active, self-motivated nurse to join the team Adult Cardiorespiratory Enhanced and Responsive Service (ACERS) as one of the key links in two exciting new projects in the City and Hackney Neighbourhoods. 

Essential to success in this role is a strong background in cardiovascular long term conditions management.  With relevant training and your excellent communication skills, you will educate, support, and empower patients and carers for increased confidence in self-care of their long-term condition.  Experience of working in the community is desirable. This post will let your personal and clinical skills blossom as you set new ways of working in place to really make a difference.

The project runs initially for 12 months. 

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The Post Holder will lead the City and Hackney Primary care Blood Pressure Monitoring at home programme.  Onboard eligible patients to the programme, provide education and support.  Help monitor their blood pressure and assist the GP with the titration of antihypertensive medications for his/her caseload of patients.  Be a subject expert in the management of hypertension and liaise with and support other stakeholders as relevant.  Run the Primary Care Network (PCN) hypertension engagement programme, delivering at least one event in each of the City and Hackney Primary Care Networks.  Work with each PCN to design an event relevant to its local population and needs in collaboration with other key stakeholders.  Report on the outcomes of each engagement event and support further business case and service development. To support the training of other health care professionals in the management of hypertension .

The post holder will work alongside the ACERS Heart Failure Team, the ACERs Service are a team of dedicated healthcare professionals providing care for patients with chronic cardiorespiratory conditions within the community and hospital. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.