# Specialist Community Heart Failure Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-community-heart-failure-nurse/e3e2447b-e82a-445d-a61d-950d22e33ffd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-community-heart-failure-nurse/e3e2447b-e82a-445d-a61d-950d22e33ffd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Contract end date - 31-MAY-2027 - secondments will be considered) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-28T15:00:49.987Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Community_Heart_Failure_Nurse/Specialist_Community_Heart_Failure_Nurse-v8381553 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8381553?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to undertake leadership role in clinical specialty - Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of clients with Cardiology issues - Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. - Advanced knowledge of evidence-based practice associated with Cardiac conditions. - Ability to interpret health and social policies and guidelines and to translate into practice. - Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning based on experience and knowledge. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working in Heart Failure or cardiology with a special interest in Heart Failure either in primary or secondary care & managing patients - Experienced in managing a clinical case load - Experience in the training of students - Experience in organising and implementing training/teaching programmes for healthcare professionals and clients - Excellent group education and presentation skills & and ability to present to professionals at all levels. - Experience of conducting audits and/or research - Experience in contributing to Service Development, including policy and guideline development - Experience in supervising others - Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team **Desirable** - Experience working in Community settings - Experience with working with change behaviour techniques ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration - Post basic qualification in cardio-respiratory care or equivalent experience - Qualification in Independent nurse prescribing or willing to undertake training. - Hold, working towards or willing to undertake relevant qualification in physical assessment **Desirable** - Has relevant degree or evidence of working towards degree ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 291.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10710414) - [clch oh functional requirements (pdf, 80.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10710413) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 168.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10731647) ## 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.