Job Summary
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Coventry and Rugby Heart Failure Nursing Team as a Band 6 Heart Failure Specialist Nurse on 9 month secondment or fixed-term. The post is 37.5 hours but other hours will be considered

The role will be primarily based at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), with opportunities for cross-site working at Hospital of St Cross, Coventry Community Services, as well as home visits and working from home.

The role will involve reviewing and clinically assessing patients with heart failure, providing specialist advice and recommending evidence-based therapies, including appropriate medications.

Applicants will need to hold a full driving licence and have access to a car to undertake the requirements of the role.

We are looking for applicants who have:

• Current Registered Nurse status and relevant post-registration experience.
• Essential knowledge and experience in the management of patients with heart failure.
• Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
• The ability to work autonomously as well as effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good IT skills.
• A full driving licence and access to a car.
• Venepuncture and clinical assessment skills are desirable

Further information about the role, please contact:
Hayley Nicholson: hayley.nicholson@uhcw.nhs.uk
Endip Deshi: endip.deshi@uhcw.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse with post-registration experience and a passion for delivering high-quality care to patients living with heart failure.

The successful candidate will be involved in the assessment, management and ongoing care of patients with heart failure across a variety of settings, including:

• Inpatient wards
• Virtual clinics
• Virtual ward
• Patients' homes
• Telephone consultations

The role will involve reviewing and clinically assessing patients with heart failure, providing specialist advice and recommending evidence-based therapies, including appropriate medications and cardiac devices.

About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities
Job Summary
To support patients and carers with stable and unstable heart failure. To promote quality of life, contributing to the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions. To contribute to developing robust guidelines and protocols and providing clinical advice and education ensuring seamless pathways of care for patients with heart failure. To support advanced care planning strategies for end stage heart failure patients.

Main duties

• To provide and evaluate nursing care for a designated caseload of individuals with heart failure.
• Provide clinical assessment of patients using clinical knowledge and skills as per heart failure management guidelines
• Provide ongoing clinical support and monitoring to optimise heart failure medications in conjunction with consultant cardiologist or GP
• Monitor clinical variations including blood biochemistry or assist the patient in monitoring clinical variations and take appropriate action to optimise treatment of the condition and prevent an avoidable admission to hospital
• Arrange referrals for further investigations in consultation with consultant cardiologist or GP if necessary
• To support patients in the most appropriate location i.e. ward, home, outpatient clinic, nurse led clinic and hospital at home.
• To ensure a consistent approach to patient care, including access to and provision of appropriate patient and carer information and education programmes.
• Ensure continuity of care by making sure that patients are referred to appropriate agencies for additional support or treatment at the most appropriate time such as community matrons, palliative care, social services and voluntary support groups
• Where possible encourage patients and carers to self manage and make best use of non-specialist services e.g. District Nurses, Social Services
• To act as a resource, providing specialist training and support for other health care professionals within primary and secondary care
• Identify needs associated with managing end of life outside of hospital and in accordance with patients/carers wishes and co-ordinate services in a timely manner

For further details please see the attached job description.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current Professional Registration (RN)
• First level degree or willingness to undertake
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Basic / Intermediate life support
• Teaching and assessing

Desirable

• Heart failure qualification or willing to undertake
• Clinical assessment course or willingness to undertake
• Coronary care course
• Health promotion qualification
• Counselling qualification
• Current venepuncture and cannulation certificate

Experience
Essential

• Significant current clinical experience in cardiac nursing and/or CHD experience
• Ability to successfully manage people and change
• Experience of patient education

Desirable

• Primary Care Experience
• Understanding and knowledge of heart failure
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Resource management
• Experienced in venepuncture and cannulation

Knowledge
Essential

• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice
• Considerable knowledge of heart failure evidence-based therapy
• Psychosocial and cultural perspectives of health and disease
• A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
• Knowledge of clinical governance & a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development

Desirable

• A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
• Experience in Policy/Service Development
• Knowledge of Community Services

Skills
Essential

• IT skills
• Managing a patient caseload
• Patient focused
• Able to work in diverse settings (patients home / clinic / ward)
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively
• Good management of own and others time
• Able to use initiative and make decisions
• Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions

Desirable

• Delivery of patient education
• Experienced in education of junior staff and allied health professionals
• Experience with audit

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values. (As detailed in UHCW's Values in Action document below)
• Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

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

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).