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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Warrington and Halton Cardiac Therapy Services, for a part-time (22.5hrs per week) Band 7 Community Heart Failure Nurse prescriber to join our Team. The hours are to be worked over 3 days per week to include Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. 

The post holder will work in both a hospital and community setting within a multidisciplinary team. The post holder is required to support other community health care professionals, to ensure that patients receive optimal care in keeping with evidence-based practice and ensure that patients and carers receive appropriate treatment, and support.

Applicants currently undertaking the Non-Medical Prescribing course may be considered as a band 6 progressing to band 7 once Non-medical Prescribing qualification and competencies are achieved. 

Main duties of the job

The role involves managing a case-load of patients with confirmed heart failure with complex needs. Patients are referred for support post-discharge, from cardiology clinic for optimisation of heart failure medications, or with end-stage heart failure. 

The role will include care of patients  within a community setting, home visits and within a clinic setting at Warrington Hospital. The post holder is required to assess, plan and implement a plan of care for patients within their care as well as support the wider team. The post holder will also be required to optimise heart failure medications as per NICE guidelines and WHH Non-medical prescribing policy. 

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.