Join Our Heart-Caring Revolution!

Make a real impact in the lives of patients battling chronic heart failure! The Northern Care Alliance is seeking a dedicated Integrated Specialist in Chronic Heart Failure to join our passionate team.

What You'll Do:

Lead the Charge: Provide integrated hospital/community support for patients, families, and healthcare professionals navigating chronic heart failure.

Personalised Care: Tailor treatment plans aligned with local and national guidelines to ensure optimal patient care.

Trailblaze Pathways: Contribute to the development of innovative care pathways for chronic heart failure.

Empower Education: Train and inspire the multidisciplinary team, sharing your expertise to enhance care management.

Collaborate for Success: Work alongside a talented team to deliver effective support and palliative care.

Champion Data Accuracy: Oversee data collection to meet local and national audit requirements, ensuring confidentiality and security.

What We're Looking For:

An NMC Registered Professional with experience in chronic heart failure management.

Strong communication skills and a collaborative spirit.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to transforming heart failure care and improving patient outcomes. If you're passionate about making a lasting difference, we want to hear from you!

Apply now and help us shape a brighter future for heart failure patients!

Main duties of the job

Are you passionate about teaching and enhancing patient care? The Northern Care Alliance is seeking an enthusiastic professional to lead training initiatives for our multidisciplinary team managing chronic heart failure.

Your Impact:

Identify Needs: Assess the training requirements across the patient journey.

Lead Learning: Organise engaging study days, covering everything from diagnosis to palliative care.

Create Excellence: Develop and evaluate targeted education programs for healthcare professionals.

Be a Mentor: Support learners and guide the next generation of healthcare providers.

Foster Growth: Cultivate an inspiring learning environment focused on best practices.

Bridge Gaps: Use your communication skills to address knowledge gaps within the team.

Strategise for Success: Collaborate to enhance education and training in heart failure management.

Enhance Resources: Review educational materials for patients, families, and caregivers.

Why Join Us?

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of heart failure care alongside a dedicated, passionate team. If you're ready to make a meaningful difference, we want to hear from you!

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

• Registered with NMC

Qualifications

Essential

• Health related degree of working towards
• Cardiology qualification or equivalent clinical experience
• Willingness to work towards further essential qualifications
• Recognised teaching qualification, ENB 998 or equivalent
• Post-basic qualification to minimum diploma standard or equivalent.

Desirable

• Evidence of having undertaken relevant further study or training as required for the post.
• Recognised leadership qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Substantial post-registration experience within cardiology specialty.
• Good communication skills (written & verbal)
• Excellent ECG interpretation skills.
• Leadership skills
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development

Desirable

• Proven experience at Band 6/7
• Experience as a heart failure specialist nurse.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oldham Community Cardiology/Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

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