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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-6414047
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet Hospital
Town
Barnet
Salary
£40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Heart Failure

Band 6

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become an enhanced nurse specialist as part of a heart failure team. We are a close-knit team supported by senior consultants and other members of our MDT.

We provide both inpatient and outpatient care and are involved from first diagnosis to end stage heart failure. The role focuses on ensuring evidence-based medicines are optimised, providing lifestyle advice, and ensuring patients have a comprehensive management plan. We hold weekly multidisciplinary meetings to discuss complex patients and access the expertise of, cardiac rhythm management, advanced heart failure and palliative care experts. We are excited to be part of new and inventive ways of working using IT and services such as virtual wards to support patient care. The post holder will be a key member of the team influencing service development and involved in internal audit, research, and inputting data into the national heart failure database (NICOR).

There are opportunities to continue professional development and to grow skills in enhanced practice as an autonomous practitioner and be involved in research and training and education. You will receive a comprehensive induction programme closely supported by senior nurses, and follow the BSH competency framework to guide development.   There will be the possibility to progress your leadership skills through training programmes within the trust.  As a trust we support flexible working patterns that meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. 

 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First level registration
  • First level degree
  • Evidence of post registration qualification in Coronary/Cardiac care
  • Heart Failure Module or willingness to work towards
  • Physical Examination course and evidence of using these skills in practice
  • Educated to Master’s degree or willing to work towards
  • Teaching/Mentorship/Assessment qualification or experience
Desirable criteria
  • End of Life/Advanced communication qualification or willing to work towards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 5 years recent cardiology experience
  • Evidence of teaching and developing others
  • Ability to analyse and interpret ECG’s, Echos and routine blood tests
  • Experience of nursing patients living with heart failure.
  • Experience of service planning/managing change e.g. provide examples of projects/research undertaken under own initiative
  • Experience of running nurse led clinics
  • Experience of managing own caseload of patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caroline Stuart
Job title
Heart Failure CNS
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further details and to arrange an informal visit please contact:

[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
Telephone
01629 702338
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