Community Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 17 July 2025
Job summary
The role of the Heart Failure Nurse within the community has been established in order to meet the needs of people with heart failure in the Surrey locality is to optimise the management of people with heart failure, reducing unnecessary hospital admission and providing a link between the GPs and specialist teams. The post holder will offer education and support to health care professionals, people with heart failure and those who care for them.
Depending on start date, you may be paid on the 24/25 scales with backdated pay being processed once the new pay scales come in to effect.
Please note we do NOT offer UKVI sponsorship, all applicants require right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey's 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.
Details
Date posted
03 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£50,008 to £56,908 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B9074-24-0251-5
Job locations
Walton Community Hospital
Rodney Road
Walton-on-thames
Surrey
KT12 3LD
Employer details
Employer name
CSH Surrey
Address
Walton Community Hospital
Rodney Road
Walton-on-thames
Surrey
KT12 3LD
Employer's website
https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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