Specialist Community Heart Failure Nurse

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our established Community Heart Failure service as a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse on a fixed-term contract or secondment until May 2027.

Covering the London Borough of Wandsworth, the service provides complex care for people living with heart failure, working closely with primary and secondary care, community integrated services and other healthcare professionals.

You will use your specialist heart failure knowledge and clinical skills to support patients with complex needs, deliver evidence-based care and provide education that helps people understand and self-manage their condition.

The role involves working across both patients’ homes and clinic-based settings.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a caseload of people with heart failure in the community, using specialist knowledge and clinical skills to assess needs, plan treatment and provide ongoing support and advice.

Working with the wider heart failure team across primary and secondary care, you will deliver evidence-based care and help ensure patients receive coordinated support.

Key duties include:

• Monitoring patients following discharge to help prevent readmission.
• Undertaking comprehensive assessments for patients with complex heart failure and co-morbidities, including physical examination, and developing individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning.
• Undertaking specialist clinical skills, including administration of medication in line with national and local guidance.
• Contributing to the development of heart failure care pathways and implementation of relevant NICE guidance.
• Coordinating education for community health professionals and acting as a specialist resource for advice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and 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.