Specialist Heart Failure Nurse

Job overview

Our Heart Failure Service covering Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale and Pocklington is looking for band 6 Specialist Nurses.

You may already have the degree level qualification in Heart Failure  or we can support you to undertake the Glasgow Caledonian University: Chronic Heart Failure Module at Masters Level 7 within a specified timescale. V300 desirable will support course. We know that your career development and the support that you receive is important.

You will have a planned induction & we have a clear competency framework so you know what is expected within your role & can plan development of your competencies with support from your Clinical & Team Leaders.

In the community setting you need to be able to drive yourself around the locality & be comfortable with lone working including visiting patients in their own homes alone.

Specialist advice is readily available due to our integrated community service also including District Nurses, Therapists, Pharmacists, Tissue Viability, Continence, Cardiac Rehab, Diabetes, Dietetics, Speech & Language & Respiratory Specialists.

Main duties of the job

• To support and facilitate the delivery of care for heart failure patients in Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale and Pocklington. Explaining heart failure to the patient to educate patient and families about heart failure giving them a good understanding of their condition, so they can have confidence and to support avoidable hospital admission. Explaining the 4 pillars of heart failure medication in how they reduce symptoms, reviewing medications, offering education and self-management strategies
• To manage a caseload of community heart failure adult patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To ensure provision of a multidisciplinary approach and work closely with patient’s, GP’s, Cardiologists, and acute trusts to ensure the best care for our patients.
• To understand the diagnostic procedures to give a definitive diagnosis of heart failure with left ventricular dysfunction with moderate to severe ejection fraction.
• To assess the signs and symptoms of heart failure and implement treatment plans.
• Enabling high quality patient assessment and care planning to support high quality of life for the patient and their family.
• To deliver a specialist service providing specialist case management for patients with heart failure under the supervision of the band 7 Heart Failure Nurse Specialist (HFNS).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.