Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist

Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy., Improve discharge planning and continuity of care to optimise patients and reduce risk of readmission e.g., integrated acute and community heart failure services, improve 2 week follow up, patient education and supported self-management etc.
Continued collaboration and joint working of all providers to further develop the use of DOCCLA within the specialty including a pathway of referral from the established MDT. This work will create and embed a pathway between primary and secondary care.
Pathways will be in place to support these patients and embedded for clinicians to follow. This work stream can then connect with the wider virtual ward plans for cardiac patients within BLMK and the funding streams available and the longer terms plans of central monitoring of all three work streams of frailty, respiratory and cardiac.
Once stabilised and discharged from DOCCLA, pathways will also include palliative and long term condition follow up, utilising established teams and resources in Primary and Community services.
Patients will be educated and empowered to monitor their symptoms for a period of time following hospital discharge using DOCCLA. This knowledge will enable them to identify early any worsening symptoms and onward self-referral back to the appropriate team.
(Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised)., Using highly specialised skills devise individualised management plans for patients referred to community heart failure service, including palliative care planning where appropriate
Provide education to patients on nature of treatment, side effects and expected outcome.
Empower patients to manage their own condition to encourage independence.
Undertake nurse led clinics.
Undertake assessments and formulate treatment plans for the management of heart failure.

Working for our organisation
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development., To develop and facilitate the improvement of care and experience for patients with heart failure in the community.
To provide individualised evidence based care for heart failure patients and their carers which empowers patients to take an active role in their own care.
To work with primary and secondary care to reduce the need for unplanned admissions to hospital.
To play a key role in the development and delivery of national and local priorities for heart failure, working collaboratively with other health professionals through cross boundary working e.g. NICE guidelines.
To act as a resource to all members of the multidisciplinary team and provide specialist advice concerning all aspects of heart failure management.
To develop and deliver education and training for multidisciplinary team and all service users.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new tab)
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