Job requirements
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills & Ability
Excellent communication skills.
- Skills & Ability
Ability to manage distressing situations with empathy.
- Skills & Ability
Clinical governance and risk management knowledge.
- Skills & Ability
Ability to identify high-risk patients.
- Skills & Ability
Understanding of long-term condition strategies.
- Skills & Ability
Experience of policy and procedure development.
- Skills & Ability
Strong multidisciplinary working skills.
- Skills & Ability
Leadership, motivation and change management skills.
- Skills & Ability
Commitment to lifelong learning and service improvement.
- Experience & Knowledge
Minimum 7 years post-registration experience.
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience in acute, community, primary care or mental health settings.
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience working autonomously and collaboratively.
- Experience & Knowledge
Innovative practitioner.
- Experience & Knowledge
Case management experience.
- Qualification & Training
Registered Nurse 1st level registration with NMC
- Qualification & Training
Master's level qualification (or equivalent) in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Qualification & Training
Extensive experience in cardiology, specifically heart failure management (Minimum 5 years)
- Qualification & Training
Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Qualification & Training
Ability to work autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams.
- Qualification & Training
Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience & Knowledge
Evidence of coordinating and directing programmes of care.
- Qualification & Training
Leadership training.
- Qualification & Training
Teaching qualification.
- Qualification & Training
Additional long-term condition management training.
Job overview
Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a wide cardiology experience, and specifically within the subspecialty of Heart Failure to work as part of the Heart Failure Team here at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. We are part of the Tertiary Cardiology service and have an excellent multidisciplinary team made up of Heart Failure Consultants, Heart Failure Specialist Nurses (both acute and community), Cardiology Device Nurses, Occupational Therapist and support staff. You will have use your specialist knowledge and skills to independently provide excellent care to our Heart Failure patients. You will be expected to work autonomously, and non-medical prescribing is fundamental in supporting this role.
The role will deliver the 4 pillars of advanced practice delivering clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research and support with training and development of junior staff.
You will be expected to work closely and be supported by the Heart Failure Service leads providing a proactive role in quality, service and system improvement and will assist in the monitoring and auditing of clinical standards of care within the defined area.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, evaluating their health care needs, based on highly developed nursing/AHP knowledge and skills.
Screen patients for disease factors and early signs of illness. Make differential diagnoses using decision-making and problem-solving skills.
The role will include the initial triage, diagnosis, utilising advanced clinical decision making and management of Heart Failure to support our patient cohort, both in the acute and community setting.
With the clinical team, leading on service improvement work including review heart failure diagnosis pathways in line with best practice.
Have a supportive role in helping people to manage and live with heart failure.
Have the authority to admit or discharge patients from their caseload and refer patients to other health care providers as appropriate.
Work collaboratively with other health care professionals and disciplines.
Provide a leadership and consultancy function as required.
Specialty will complete own job planning
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Heart Failure Services with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Blackpool, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Oct 2026.
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