# Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/heart-failure-clinical-nurse-specialist/798aa693-dc58-444e-87b5-60672a685271 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/heart-failure-clinical-nurse-specialist/798aa693-dc58-444e-87b5-60672a685271.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Liverpool - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Pernament - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hour shifts over 7 days) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-24T08:12:59.436Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/cardiology/cardiology-v8067789 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8067789?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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 ## 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. ## Person Specification ### other **Essential** - Diplomatic - Assertive and confident - Recognition of own limitations - Able to travel between sites - Flexibility ### Skills **Essential** - Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills - Effective communicator - Root Cause Analysis - Leadership & motivation skills - Ability to motivate self and others - Evidence of audit and change management ability - Computer literate - Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team ### Knowledge **Essential** - In depth specialist knowledge ### Experience **Essential** - Post-Reg. experience - Clinical experience - Involvement in audit **Desirable** - Evidence of leading and facilitating change - Participation in research ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse / Midwife/AHP - Recognised Teaching Qualification - Evidence of continued professional development **Desirable** - Recordable specialist qualification - Independent Prescribing - ECDL ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385330) - [job description (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390797) - [life at luhft benefits (pdf, 333.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2664) ## 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.