A rare opportunity has arisen to join our community based Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Team.

We are looking for a motivated and committed Heart Failure Specialist Nurse with the passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients, and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care to join our community based team.

You will be an experienced cardiac nurse and either have or are looking to develop non-medical prescribing, clinical assessment and advanced communication skills

To work with primary and secondary care to reduce the need for unplanned admissions to hospital and improve patients quality of life through prevention, treatment, education and early detection of deterioration

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work within the team to manage patients with a diagnosis of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction through clinical expertise and advanced education and communication skills

• Use highly specialist skills and expert judgement to evaluate and prioritise referrals

• Plan, manage and organise a clinical caseload of patients, involving phone consultations, home visits and clinic attendance as appropriate for each patient. Whilst remaining responsive to the fluctuating and unpredictable needs of patients and carers
• Discuss complex patients with Consultant led MDT and cardiac device meetings

• Plan and instigate discharge from heart failure specialist team caseload, as appropriate. Formulating individualised care plans for patients and GP's on discharge as per British society for heart failure guidance

• Collect, collate, analyse, evaluate and report information using IT skills and maintain accurate patient records
• Ensure the service is accessible, flexible and responsive to the needs of the health care community

• Support any relevant service development projects

• Establish, evaluate and sustain standards of care through professional leadership

• Organise and implement education and teaching sessions for the team and other healthcare professionals, such as community teams, cardiac nurses and GP surgery colleagues

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a center of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

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Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: �18 + Administration cost of �3.85 = �21.85. Deducted at �6.85 from 1st month salary and �5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: �38 + administration cost of �3.90 = �41.90. Deducted at �11.90 from 1st month salary and �10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level registered nurse
• Consultation and clinical assessment experience or qualification or commitment to attain
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Recognised qualification and experience in Cardiology/Heart Failure or commitment to attain qualification
• Mentoring or assessment qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Educated to masters level
• Advanced communication skills training/qualification from a recognised body.
• Appropriate cardiology consultation and clinical assessment modules
• Masters module in heart failure
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Recognised qualification in teaching or equivalent experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Good knowledge of caring for people with heart failure, including Cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology and treatments required
• Relevant cardiology experience
• Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice
• A commitment to excellent patient care
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• IT literate with a sound knowledge of IT skills
• Ability to think innovatively
• Willingness to maintain currency in field through CPD
• Ability to meet deadlines, sometimes under pressure.

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of caring for people with heart failure, including Cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology and treatments required
• Experience of primary care provision
• Caseload management
• Palliative care experience/ knowledge
• Participation in BSH nurse forum, BSH conference or similar
• Experience of change management, service review and development

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Post-basic qualification experience, of which some must include in-depth experience in relevant field
• Evidence of the development of clinical competence in the speciality
• Experience of and ability to work unsupervised as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Experience of undertaking audit
• Heart rhythm interpretation
• Clinical assessment skills
• venepuncture and result analysis

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research
• Clinical supervision, mentoring and assessment of developing staff
• Evidence of management and leadership experience
• Exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• 12 Lead ECG interpretation.

Personal circumstances

Essential

• Current driving license and access to a car or ability to travel independently
• Wiling to travel within a wide geographical area
• Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
• Approachable
• Assertive
• Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Awareness of dealing with critical incidents and complaints

Other requirements

Essential

• Awareness of dealing with critical incidents and complaints
• KSF Equality and Diversity Level 2 - Support equality and value diversity

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wigton Community Hospital

Cross Lane

Wigton

CA7 9DD

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