Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and dedicated Band 7 Heart Failure Nurse to join our busy, innovative, and proactive Community Heart Failure Team.

This exciting role involves delivering high-quality heart failure care to patients across primary care settings, ensuring excellent clinical outcomes and an outstanding patient experience.

The successful candidate will play a key role in providing specialist heart failure services, promoting evidence-based practice, and ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will support seamless, patient-centred care across the healthcare pathway.Applicants should have substantial cardiology experience, with specialist knowledge and expertise in heart failure management.

You will be passionate about service excellence, committed to continuous improvement, and confident in working autonomously while contributing effectively to a wider team.

This post will involve working across the London Borough of Ealing.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and in line with local and national targets.
• The post holder will deputise for their line manager in the absence of their line manager. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.
• To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for any area specified.
• Act as a professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, including teaching and research.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent experience
• Cardiac course

Desirable

• Heart Failure Course
• Degree in management/nursing
• Non-medical prescribing

Experience
Essential

• Significant post registration experience within cardiology/cardiothoracic nursing
• To be able to work both as part of team and individually
• Able to manage difficult situations effectively
• Experience of writing/developing protocols/improving practice

Desirable

• Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/committees
• Experience of change management
• Experience of working within the community

Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential

• Phlebotomy and/or cannulation
• Able to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of heart failure
• Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
• Knowledge of NHS, NHS plan and wider context

Desirable

• Willingness to teach
• Presentation skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).