Community Heart Failure Nurse
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work in our East regional area Heart Failure team. The successful candidate must be committed to working clinically in planned care delivery, empowering patients with a diagnosis of Heart Failure to maintain a high quality of life whilst monitoring symptoms.
You will join our Specialist Nurse led team, who form part of MPFT Long Term Conditions Specialist services community care provision in Staffordshire, working in partnership with both the local hospitals and wider primary care services across the regional area.
Essential elements of the role include review and clinical monitoring of cardiac treatment and medication plans put in place for patients by the specialist nurses. Providing continued planning and implementation of holistic packages of care with the MDT, to support and enable Heart failure patients and their carer's to live the best quality of life as possible in the community setting.
Main duties of the job
Our skilled specialist nurses are autonomous non-medical prescribers, and working alongside them you will provide community domiciliary care visit support, monitoring patients who are undergoing rapid cardiac titration as part of optimisation of evidence based cardiac therapies. The main aim of the Heart Failure nursing role is to provide an intense level of care to optimise therapies, support the individual to manage their condition, prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital, and to improve the provision of palliative care for patients with this long-term condition. You will gain focused skills to support cardiac service delivery to patients and provide further holistic assessment intervention and support.
You will need to be a NMC registered nurse who has a real interest in the nursing management and support of patients with Heart failure.From initial diagnosis to end of life provision and specialist support. You must have a desire to work collaboratively with patients and key partners to facilitate the best possible patient experience and outcomes. You will need experience of nursing patients with long term conditions, have good core clinical observation skills, venepuncture skills and the potential to deliver IV therapy to patients in the home.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Disclaimer
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time
Pay
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Closing date
01/04/2025