Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Heart Failure Nurse to join the Community Heart Failure Specialist team in Surrey.
The team provides people with a diagnosis of heart failure access to specialist nursing skills, multidisciplinary care planning and care interventions to reduce hospital admissions, with the aim of improving clinical outcomes.
The team works closely with cardiology consultants, GP partners, hospital based heart failure nurses, community nurses and palliative care services.
Applicants with an acute, community or specialist background will be considered.
Good verbal/written communication, organisational and educational skills are essential.
The post holder will provide clinical assessment, individualised care planning and expert health advice. A working knowledge of heart failure management, and completion of a Heart Failure course is essential, a non medical prescribing V300 qualification and physical assessment course would be an advantage however training in this can be provided.
Given the community wide nature of this role a high degree of mobility is required. A full driving licence and access to a car is essential
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be providing nurse-led clinics and home visits. Supporting virtual ward patients and providing education to other health care professionals as well as supporting peers through supervision within the team.
The post holder will be expected to support best practice and lead on innovation and developments within the field of heart failure.
They will be expected to adhere to local guidelines and policy and demonstrate the core values of CSH which are compassion, accountability, respect, excellence (CARE)
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will be:
- Responsible for communicating highly sensitive information and bad news to patients and carers in an empathetic and supportive manner empowering the patient to manage their condition e.g. development and impact of complications; effect on activities of daily living etc.
- Responsible for teaching patients and their carers to manage their heart failure to the best of their abilities. The aim being to prevent short term and long term complications, this may be one to one or in groups.
- Communicates effectively with patients and carers to ensure a clear understanding of heart failure and its management. This will involve providing and receiving complex, sensitive information and will require developed motivational, empathetic and reassurance skills. There will be barriers to understanding.
- Acts as an advocate for patients particularly in residential homes, ensuring that they receive the understanding and facilities they need to manage their heart failure.
- Responsible for maintaining and developing effective joint working relationships with nursing and medical colleagues throughout partnership working
- Responsible for providing advice and information on heart failure, that may be complex, to medical and nursing colleagues and the general public.
- Work in partnership with the patient, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
- Recognise changes in patients conditions which require the intervention of others and refer on, as appropriate.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care, utilising evidence based electronic and other information resources as appropriate.
- Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats.
- Utilise decision support tools and techniques to support the delivery of safe effective care.
- Use the NHS number as the unique patient identifier to ensure safe delivery of care and services.
- Access and use patients clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decision.
- Administer medicines to patients in accordance with the NMC Standards for Medicines and trust policy.
- Ensure that all resources are used effectively, with the minimum of waste, making recommendations where it is evident that appropriate changes may improve efficiency.
- Ensure maintenance of technical, clinical and non-clinical equipment e.g. computer and printer equipment, and to respond to reports of defects.
- Contribute to effective and economic use of resources e.g. local recycling schemes.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry to contribute to the provision and analysis of information to improve patient care.
- Take personal responsibility for safeguarding and ensuring the quality of information including complying with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
- Create and use records including electronic in a manner that complies with legislation, professional standards and organisational policies for record keeping.
- Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freed
- Facilitate patients access to records, adhering to policy, legislation, best practice and professional guidance.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will be:
- Responsible for communicating highly sensitive information and bad news to patients and carers in an empathetic and supportive manner empowering the patient to manage their condition e.g. development and impact of complications; effect on activities of daily living etc.
- Responsible for teaching patients and their carers to manage their heart failure to the best of their abilities. The aim being to prevent short term and long term complications, this may be one to one or in groups.
- Communicates effectively with patients and carers to ensure a clear understanding of heart failure and its management. This will involve providing and receiving complex, sensitive information and will require developed motivational, empathetic and reassurance skills. There will be barriers to understanding.
- Acts as an advocate for patients particularly in residential homes, ensuring that they receive the understanding and facilities they need to manage their heart failure.
- Responsible for maintaining and developing effective joint working relationships with nursing and medical colleagues throughout partnership working
- Responsible for providing advice and information on heart failure, that may be complex, to medical and nursing colleagues and the general public.
- Work in partnership with the patient, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
- Recognise changes in patients conditions which require the intervention of others and refer on, as appropriate.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care, utilising evidence based electronic and other information resources as appropriate.
- Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats.
- Utilise decision support tools and techniques to support the delivery of safe effective care.
- Use the NHS number as the unique patient identifier to ensure safe delivery of care and services.
- Access and use patients clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decision.
- Administer medicines to patients in accordance with the NMC Standards for Medicines and trust policy.
- Ensure that all resources are used effectively, with the minimum of waste, making recommendations where it is evident that appropriate changes may improve efficiency.
- Ensure maintenance of technical, clinical and non-clinical equipment e.g. computer and printer equipment, and to respond to reports of defects.
- Contribute to effective and economic use of resources e.g. local recycling schemes.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry to contribute to the provision and analysis of information to improve patient care.
- Take personal responsibility for safeguarding and ensuring the quality of information including complying with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
- Create and use records including electronic in a manner that complies with legislation, professional standards and organisational policies for record keeping.
- Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freed
- Facilitate patients access to records, adhering to policy, legislation, best practice and professional guidance.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN or equivalent HCPC qualification
- BSc or equivalent qualification in profession
- ENB 998 or equivalent
- Independent non medical prescriber V300
- Level 7 Heart Failure specific qualification
- Qualified for 5 years with 2 years cardia nursing
- Mentorship
- Evidence of CPD at Level 7
Desirable
- Heart Failure Qualification or willing to undertake
- Management qualification
- Clinical assessment skills
- Community Experience
- Experience in leading the team
- Evidence of CPD at Level 7
- Working towards a qualification in
- Independent non medical prescribing
- Advanced Clinical Assessment skills
Experience
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical
- and professional issues
- BLS
- Good organisational skills
- Good time management
- Ability to work independently
- unsupervised
- Good computer and keyboard skills to
- use excel
- Good communication skills both written
- and verbal;
- Audit experience
- Presentation skills
- Counselling skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN or equivalent HCPC qualification
- BSc or equivalent qualification in profession
- ENB 998 or equivalent
- Independent non medical prescriber V300
- Level 7 Heart Failure specific qualification
- Qualified for 5 years with 2 years cardia nursing
- Mentorship
- Evidence of CPD at Level 7
Desirable
- Heart Failure Qualification or willing to undertake
- Management qualification
- Clinical assessment skills
- Community Experience
- Experience in leading the team
- Evidence of CPD at Level 7
- Working towards a qualification in
- Independent non medical prescribing
- Advanced Clinical Assessment skills
Experience
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical
- and professional issues
- BLS
- Good organisational skills
- Good time management
- Ability to work independently
- unsupervised
- Good computer and keyboard skills to
- use excel
- Good communication skills both written
- and verbal;
- Audit experience
- Presentation skills
- Counselling skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
