Job description
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An opportunity has arrived for the development of the Heart Failure Service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with the addition of a further Band 7 heart failure nurse specialist. We are looking for an experienced, flexible and motivated nurse to join our small friendly team.
The successful candidate would be a qualified non-medical prescriber, ideally with heart failure experience.
In this varied role the post holder will be involved in providing both consultant and nurse led heart failure clinics, ward outreach and day case heart failure unit duties on a rotational basis across Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital campuses and will assist in the continued development and improvement of the services for patients with heart failure.
You will be working autonomously and alongside a multidisciplinary heart failure team at NUH and liaising with the Community heart failure teams in support of quality care across both Primary and Secondary Care.
If you have cardiology experience at band 6 - 7 with excellent organisational and leadership skills and want to work in an enthusiastic and motivated team we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Assessing and advising on the management of in-patients with heart failure at both QMC & NCH.
Reviewing patients with confirmed and suspected heart failure in the out-patient setting.
Assessing and treating patients on the day case heart failure unit.
Working for our organisation
City campus at NUH has now received it Magnet status, we as a trust are keen to teach and educate our staff.
We are one trust that is split between two campus's but work well and closely together ensuring our patients receive the correct treatment and care in the correct ward / setting.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be based at: QMC & City Campuses.
The post holder will have a Trust-wide responsibility to promote clinical excellence in the care of patients presenting with heart failure.
This post will support the continued implementation of the NICE Quality Standards in Acute Heart Failure (2015) and Chronic Heart Failure (2018). The post holder will work strategically with senior colleagues across the health community to ensure that these standards are delivered at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating both inpatient and outpatient services for patients with heart failure and providing clinical advice/ support to nursing staff and other health care professionals.
Person specification
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Non-medical prescribing
Desirable criteria
- Completed or presently undertaking a Masters
Experiance
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in Cardiology nursing
Desirable criteria
- Heart Failure Experience
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of the ability to lead and motivate change in practice
- Evidence to Priorities actions and to provide advice to the multi professional team
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate professional autonomy and the ability to work at a higher level, exhibiting effective decision making skills.
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