Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An Exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Heart Failure Service at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group to support the heart failure service on the Royal Liverpool Site  on a 37.5 hour basis over 7 days. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the band 7 clinical nurse specialists within the current team.

The candidate will be required to work closely with and communicate within the heart failure MDT. They will require consideration of skills to provide patient education, support to reduce symptoms and prevent unnecessary hospital admission/ re-admission and maximise the patients quality of life.

The role requires flexibility and awareness of heart failure, working within an evolving proactive , dynamic and committed multi disciplinary heart failure team.

Main duties of the job

Main duties:

• Review and assessment of patients with heart failure• Administration of intravenous medication • Care and maintenance of vascular access devices• Peripheral cannulation• Checking daily weight and assessing if leg swelling has reduced and symptoms improved• Signposting/referring to other community or acute services• Ordering/taking/reviewing blood samples/ investigations• Communication within the MDT and outside organisations• Manage and organise referrals• Input to service database
• National heart failure audit

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice • Perform specialist assessment of patients care needs, plan, implement and evaluate care  delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills. • To provide emotional and psychological support to patients and their carers.  • Perform point of care bloods, review and interpret results and escalate concerns.  • To be a specialist in the clinical procedure of peripheral venous cannulation.  • To identify opportunities and provide health education and promotion for all patients and  their carers.  • To identify opportunities to promote informed choice and control for patients. Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable  them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery. • To maintain accurate and legible patient records in accordance with Trust policy and  nursing and midwifery council (NMC) guidelines.  • To be aware of the limitations of own knowledge, skills and competencies.  • Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on  as appropriate.  • To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems,  by the provision of new and innovative models of case management. • To work within the NMC’s Scope of Professional Conduct.  • Deliver training to patients/carers, medical and nursing staff in hospital settings regarding IV therapy and IV access.