Job summary
Band 6 or 7 Heart Failure Senior/Specialist Nurse Practitioner/Advanced nurse practitioner(depending on experience and qualifications)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2/3 Part time/Full time seconded posts until September 2025. Band will be determined by experience and qualifications.
Based at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, a small, friendly, and supportive team which is constantly looking at evolving and refining patient pathways and experience for patients admitted with suspected or known heart failure. Covering the John Radcliffe Monday to Friday. The team has a strong culture of learning together with regular team meetings, MDTs and education sessions.
We are looking for a registered nurse with experience in cardiac nursing and heart failure care. The post holder will support and facilitate the delivery of multidisciplinary care for heart failure patients admitted to the trust.The role will encompass aspects of education, research, and management across the pillars of professional practice, but is firmly grounded in direct clinical care provision or work, with patients', their families and populations.
Please contact us for an informal chat and job description:Helen Nolte, Lead Nurse and Advanced Nurse Practitioner.Telephone 01865 221330, helen.nolte@ouh.nhs.uk
Rebecca Bone Consultant nurse heart failure.Telephone 01865 222735. Rebecca.bone@ouh.nhs.ukClosing date: 13th November 2024Interview date: tbc
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have experience of working with cardiology patients either within cardiology or acute general medicine; and will promote and ensure the delivery of, high quality, multidisciplinary, evidence-based care throughout the patient pathway for patients and their families.
Contribute to the professional development of the heart failure service at a local level, providing nursing expertise for patients, families and carers.
Assess patients admitted with confirmed or suspected heart failure, and collaborate with the MDT to advise on investigations and management plan. The post holder will provide information, education, and support to patients and family/carers, and will contribute to audit processes.
Act as a resource for nursing colleagues, contributing toward and providing educational activities in order to ensure the development of effective, evidence based, multidisciplinary practice.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk .
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical Practice:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Proactively identify appropriate patients and accept referrals to agreed criteria, working in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively, referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues, and prescribe as appropriate if the relevant qualification is held.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Deliver nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Provide appropriate education and communicate with patients and carers in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care and encourage self-care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Use effective conflict management strategies
- Use communication skills provide patients and carers with information, advice and emotional support.
- Maintain patient documentation meeting NMC standards for all patients seen and all advice given in any practice setting, and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
- Have excellent organisational and communication skills that will contribute to effective teamwork
- Evaluate the efficacy of care in partnership with the patient /family and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to effective discharge of patients
Leadership:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Collaborate with the multiprofessional team to develop a shared vision of the service.
- Act as a role model and resource in expert clinical evidence based practice.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to contribute to the development of effective documentation, pathways, protocols and guidelines for care. Demonstrate a commitment to share expertise and disseminate information.
- Contribute to the development of the team and the service to continuously improve patient care
- Participate in implementing national standards and frameworks at a local level.
- Network locally and regionally, and seek opportunities to develop the SNP role.
- Support the Advanced Nurse Practitioners in change management, using an awareness of effective change management skills to develop practice and the service, taking in to consideration the best use of resources.
- Maintain involvement and active input in multidisciplinary meetings and appropriate local bodies / forums to contribute to practice and service development
Education/Training:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Maintain, advance, and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through ongoing self education and attendance at relevant courses of study this may include modules at Masters level.
- Maintain own professional portfolio.
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service.
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes.
- Contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Completion of SNP and role specific competency frameworks
Improving quality and developing practice:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Evaluate clinical practice in relation to its evidence base and clinical effectiveness including policy and guidance.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self-appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical Practice:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Proactively identify appropriate patients and accept referrals to agreed criteria, working in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively, referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues, and prescribe as appropriate if the relevant qualification is held.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Deliver nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Provide appropriate education and communicate with patients and carers in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care and encourage self-care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Use effective conflict management strategies
- Use communication skills provide patients and carers with information, advice and emotional support.
- Maintain patient documentation meeting NMC standards for all patients seen and all advice given in any practice setting, and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
- Have excellent organisational and communication skills that will contribute to effective teamwork
- Evaluate the efficacy of care in partnership with the patient /family and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to effective discharge of patients
Leadership:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Collaborate with the multiprofessional team to develop a shared vision of the service.
- Act as a role model and resource in expert clinical evidence based practice.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to contribute to the development of effective documentation, pathways, protocols and guidelines for care. Demonstrate a commitment to share expertise and disseminate information.
- Contribute to the development of the team and the service to continuously improve patient care
- Participate in implementing national standards and frameworks at a local level.
- Network locally and regionally, and seek opportunities to develop the SNP role.
- Support the Advanced Nurse Practitioners in change management, using an awareness of effective change management skills to develop practice and the service, taking in to consideration the best use of resources.
- Maintain involvement and active input in multidisciplinary meetings and appropriate local bodies / forums to contribute to practice and service development
Education/Training:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Maintain, advance, and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through ongoing self education and attendance at relevant courses of study this may include modules at Masters level.
- Maintain own professional portfolio.
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service.
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes.
- Contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Completion of SNP and role specific competency frameworks
Improving quality and developing practice:
Specialist practitioners will:
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Evaluate clinical practice in relation to its evidence base and clinical effectiveness including policy and guidance.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self-appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Person Specification
Education / qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Relevant specialist post basic programme
- Completed or completing relevant MSc
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge in management of chronic heart failure
Desirable
- Demonstrates importance of evidence-based practice to HF care
- Demonstrates knowledge of national/international strategies and policies in relation to HF
Skills / abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Displays professional and clinical judgement to identify where independent decision making is appropriate within their scope of practice, and when to seek advice.
- Identifies own learning needs and strategies to achieve them
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in managing chronic heart failure across the disease spectrum
- Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
Desirable
- Experience in clinical audit/service evaluation or QI
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of ability to work well within a team
Desirable
- Awareness of need to provide level of service
Person Specification
Education / qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Relevant specialist post basic programme
- Completed or completing relevant MSc
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge in management of chronic heart failure
Desirable
- Demonstrates importance of evidence-based practice to HF care
- Demonstrates knowledge of national/international strategies and policies in relation to HF
Skills / abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Displays professional and clinical judgement to identify where independent decision making is appropriate within their scope of practice, and when to seek advice.
- Identifies own learning needs and strategies to achieve them
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in managing chronic heart failure across the disease spectrum
- Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
Desirable
- Experience in clinical audit/service evaluation or QI
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of ability to work well within a team
Desirable
- Awareness of need to provide level of service
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
