# Advanced Nurse Practitioner Heart Failure Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-heart-failure-services/945e12c4-8b34-4b9f-8496-668eddb5a65f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-heart-failure-services/945e12c4-8b34-4b9f-8496-668eddb5a65f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Blackpool Victoria Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T14:27:13.867Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackpool/Blackpool_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Advanced_Clinical_Practitioner_band_heart_failure_services/Advanced_Clinical_Practitioner_band_heart_failure_services-v8241940 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8241940?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Ability **Essential** - Excellent communication skills. - Ability to manage distressing situations with empathy. - Clinical governance and risk management knowledge. - Ability to identify high-risk patients. - Understanding of long-term condition strategies. - Experience of policy and procedure development. - Strong multidisciplinary working skills. - Leadership, motivation and change management skills. - Commitment to lifelong learning and service improvement. ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Minimum 7 years post-registration experience. - Experience in acute, community, primary care or mental health settings. - Experience working autonomously and collaboratively. - Innovative practitioner. - Case management experience. **Desirable** - Evidence of coordinating and directing programmes of care. ### Qualification & Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse 1st level registration with NMC - Master's level qualification (or equivalent) in Advanced Clinical Practice - Extensive experience in cardiology, specifically heart failure management (Minimum 5 years) - Evidence of continuing professional development. - Ability to work autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams. - Non-Medical Prescriber (V300) **Desirable** - Leadership training. - Teaching qualification. - Additional long-term condition management training. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672093) - [person specification (pdf, 208.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672094) - [application guide booklet (pdf, 511.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2617) - [guidance on pre-employment checks (pdf, 64.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=447) - [statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 43.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=448) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.