Heart Failure Nurse/Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Job overview

Our friendly and long-established heart failure service  in Derbyshire is looking for a highly motivated nurse to join our enthusiastic and busy team in the south area (based in Derby) to deliver high quality care to heart failure patients; either Band 7 (if all criteria met) or Band 6 (as a training post with promotion to Band 7 on completion of criteria).

We are a proactive and innovative team working across community  settings in Derbyshire.

This post is multi-faceted and involves working remotely (via telephone/video calling) and within the community (in clinics/patient’s homes)

Our aim is to use resources efficiently and sustainably to provide equitable and timely access to high quality care, including self-management, in order to improve the healthy life expectancy for people with heart failure.

Main duties of the job

The role includes managing a caseload of heart failure patients to ensure their treatment is optimised to give them the best possible quality of life.

You need to demonstrate motivation and commitment to giving high quality patient centred care and education.

Experience in delivering community-based care, along with expertise in heart failure assessment, care and treatment is essential, as well as in depth knowledge of heart failure medications, treatments and diagnostics.

We work closely with local community services, GPs, cardiology virtual ward and cardiology services in secondary care (with whom we have regular weekly multidisciplinary meetings) and our tertiary providers.

The successful applicant will be supported by the lead for the heart failure team and other heart failure specialist nurses.

There is a well-established induction programme and opportunities for professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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DCHS is a large community trust providing a diverse range of services. It operates as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire. It believes in being the best provider of local healthcare as well as a great place to work.

The heart failure service believes in supporting our patients as well as each other

If you consider yourself to be dynamic, enthusiastic, dedicated and able to work on your own initiative but as part of a team, then please do apply

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of this post

Please note:

To attain band 7 you will need to have achieved all the below:

• completed local DCHS and heart failure service induction programmes
• completed degree level modules of an approved heart failure course
• completed a V300 Independent non medical prescriber programme
• demonstrate ongoing competence and confidence in managing  and leading the care in complex heart failure patients

At band 7 you will be required to:

• Manage complex patients with heart failure in the community
• Be part of the service that provides "In Reach" to the acute Trust
• Help in the development of a rapid titration service (a joint venture of the acute trust and community heart failure service)
• You may be required to support the Intravenous Diuretic Service
• Provide support and training to less experienced staff