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We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our established Community Heart Failure as a specialist nurse for a years Fixed term or secondment.
The service covers the London Borough of Wandsworth and provides complex care for people with Heart failure involving supporting secondary and primary care, community integrated services and other healthcare professionals.
Our specialist nurses are required to deliver complex Heart Failure management together with providing education to patients to improve self-management of their condition.
Main duties of the job
The Heart Failure Specialist Nurse will primarily be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with Heart Failure in the community.
To support this, the Heart Failure Specialist Nurse will liaise with other members of the heart failure management team across primary and secondary care to deliver evidence based care to patients with Heart Failure.
The Heart Failure Specialist nurse will also co-ordinate an education programme for community health professionals and act as a resource for advice.
To use specialist Heart Failure knowledge and skills to safely identify, maintain and manage a caseload of heart failure patients, providing them with appropriate treatment, support and advice.
- Monitor Heart Failure patients immediately following discharge in order to prevent readmission.
- To contribute to the development of care pathways for people with Heart Failure, ensuring appropriate NICE guidelines are implemented.
- To undertake comprehensive assessments of complex Heart Failure patients with co- morbidities, including physical examination, and to develop treatment plans for patients using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning.
- To accurately undertake specialist clinical skills including administration of medication within National and local Guidance
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
** Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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This advert is for Specialist Community Heart Failure Nurse with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Contract end date - 31-MAY-2027 - secondments will be considered). The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.
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