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Job summary

Main area
Cardiovascular Care Services
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
328-CARDIO-6324129
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/07/2024 23:59

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Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual to join our well-established multi-disciplinary team as a specialist nurse.

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced cardiology nurse with excellent interpersonal skills, complemented by a high level of clinical expertise and qualifications relevant to the post. 

Main duties of the job

You must be highly motivated and be an autonomous practitioner ensuring optimisation of medical therapy, extensive education and support to patients and relatives/ carers aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions/ re-admissions and maximise patient’s quality of life.

You will also be involved in data collection for the National Heart Failure Audit. The post requires you to support ward and clinical staff in heart failure patient management plans and discharge planning. Experience working in the area of specialist heart failure care is desirable, with proof of clinical competencies.

You can expect to be part of a dynamic, committed and constantly evolving multidisciplinary heart failure team, offering ongoing support with an initial supernumerary introductory period.

If you are a practicing registered nurse and can fulfil the person specification, we would like to hear from you.

This post will close once sufficient applications have been received. 

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse
  • A first degree - with nursing focus preferred
  • Formal teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of working within the cardiology setting at a tertiary and community level
  • Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary professionals

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of working within a cardiology setting

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mary Sweeting
Job title
Lead Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 850850
Additional information

Informal discussions and/or visits to the department are encouraged.

 

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
Telephone
01642 850850, ext. 57396
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