Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Senior Heart Failure Specialist Nurse in the Sirona Community Heart Failure Service.

We are looking for a motivated and passionate clinician to join our team.

Our community-based specialist service works to improve outcomes for patients living with heart failure. By working as part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team we strive to deliver best evidence care that is individualised for our patients. We work closely with our partners in Primary and Secondary Care, providing early treatment intervention and supporting the transition from hospital to community management. The service also offers an advice and guidance to other Health Care Professionals across Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire.

There will be a requirement to work across BNSSG to meet service delivery, but we look to deliver clinical caseload elements of the service within geographical locations with bases currently within Bristol and North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

This role is open to clinicians currently working at Band 7 level looking for a change in role, or as a career development opportunity for Band 6 clinicians. All applicants should have experience working within cardiology or heart failure pathways.

Main duties of the job

• To work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
• To use specialty expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations
• To Provide clinical leadership, expertise, education and clinical supervision to immediate team members and other individuals across the organisation and system
• To develop and implement policies, protocols, standards of care and guidelines in line with national and local policy within the team and specialty policies for the wider organisation.
• To be able to communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT members and with MDT colleagues across health and social care sectors to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service
• To manage a clinical caseload of patients within the heart failure service pathway

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full responsibilities and duties of this role including details regarding the team structure.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification
Skills, experience and knowledge
Essential

• Enhanced Clinical skills and experience of working with people with heart failure
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments
• Exceptionally efficient, with excellent prioritisation, time management and organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly and on a number of projects at one time to tight deadlines and at time under pressure
• Ability to act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
• Experience of community and multidisciplinary team working
• Understanding of the implication of cultural difference for service delivery
• Up to date knowledge of heart failure management, national and local guidelines and evidence base via current research and journals

Desirable

• Be actively involved in professional clinical groups, such as; Professional Groups, Clinical Interest Groups, Peer Review Groups and other professional development activities.

Qualifications and training required
Essential

• Current professional registration, such as NMC as a 1st level Registered or HCPC registration
• Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L6 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications, Physical assessment and clinical reasoning.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and ability to study at Masters Level.
• Willingness to undertake training required for the role such as Independent Prescribing if not already completed or PADRAP/PACR
• Hold a UK Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle during working hours.

Desirable

• Master's level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
• Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

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

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.