IV nurse- Heart Failure Virtual Ward

An Exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Heart Failure Service at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group to support the heart failure virtual ward on a 37.5 hour basis over 7 days. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of intravenous diuretics in the patients home to enable hospital avoidance and to support the delivery of the heart failure virtual ward. This role requires working both within the acute hospital and community settings. The role will involve case finding suitable patients as well as assessment and management of patients with heart failure. The candidate will be required to work closely with and communicate within the heart failure MDT. We require an autonomous practitioner who can undertake clinical examination and assessment. They will require consideration of skills to provide patient education, support to reduce symptoms and prevent unnecessary hospital admission/ re-admission and maximise the patients quality of life. The role requires flexibility and awareness of heart failure, working within an evolving proactive , dynamic and committed multi disciplinary heart failure team.,

• Review and assessment of patients with heart failureo Reconstitution of intravenous medicationo Administration of intravenous medication using elastomeric pumpo Care and maintenance of vascular access deviceso Peripheral cannulationo Performing point of care blood testso Checking daily weight and assessing if leg swelling has reduced and symptoms improvedo Signposting/referring to other community or acute servicesSep 2023o Ordering/taking/reviewing blood samples/ investigationso Communication within the MDT and outside organisationso Stock/consumable managemento Manage and organise referralso Input to service databases
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.