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A wonderful opportunity has arisen for a Specialist B6/7 Development role to join the established Heart Failure team within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust supporting the East Locality.
The post holder will be supporting the management of complex Heart Failure patients with a collaborative aim in keeping patients well at home and to avoid hospital admissions where possible.
The successful applicant will be supported to complete relevant training, academic and clinical competencies in an agreed time frame whilst working autonomously as part of this dynamic team with patients in the community.
The post holder will support the Improvement of the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management through a combination of nurse led Heart Failure clinics and home visits, incorporating clinics with primary care teams and early follow up in line with local service specification.
As a Development Role, the successful candidate will be supported to complete Clinical and Training competencies within an agreed time Frame .
For more information regarding the role and our service please do contact the Recruiting Manager Beth Morris on 01273 696011 or 07919 045369
Main duties of the job
The Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist will work autonomously with patients in thecommunity but may have clinical support from the primary and secondary care heartfailure teams and Cardiologists.Improve the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management, inorder to reduce unnecessary hospital admission & readmission.Provide expertise to increase the skills & confidence of other team members andcommunity practitioners in the care and management of Heart Failure patients and supportthe use of the NICE Clinical Guidelines for Heart Failure, local CCG CommissioningFramework guidelines.
About us
At Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust we believe in excellent care at the heart ofthe community. We encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to theTrust's values in every aspect of their work.Compassionate Care - Caring for people in ways we would want for our loved onesAchieving Ambitions - For our users, for our staff, for our teams, for our organisationWorking Together - As a team forging strong links with our patients, the wider publicand our healthcare partners, so we can rise to the challenges we face togetherDelivering Excellence- because our patients and partners deserve nothing less
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist will work autonomously with patients in the community but may have clinical support from the primary and secondary care Heart Failure teams and Cardiologists.
Improve the patients quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management, in order to reduce unnecessary hospital admission & readmission.
Provide expertise to increase the skills & confidence of other team members and community practitioners in the care and management of Heart Failure patients and support the use of the NICE Clinical Guidelines for Heart Failure, local CCG Commissioning Framework guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN first level nurse First Level degree or equivalent
- Post graduate level degree or equivalent
- Mentoring/supervisors Course
- Extensive clinical experience of five years or more with 2 years at band 6 in Heart Failure
- Advanced Physical Assessment course
- Non-Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Case management experience
- Evidence of recent management of Heart Failure patients
- Evidence of up-to-date based knowledge and skills, particularly in in Long term Condition issues
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Evidence of professional development and knowledge
- Community Nursing
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in flexible way and respond positively to change.
- Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions
- Ability to travel between sites, car owner/driver
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation and shows openness to address them
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/ leadership role
- Evidence of ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings
- Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professional
- Evidence of ability to maintain good working relationships at all times
- Evidence of ability to identify training needs of self and team to provide relevant and appropriate experience to all learners
- Evidence of teaching patients and carers
- Evidence of advanced communication skills, able to understand blocks to communication and ways of developing strategies to overcome these
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Brighton General Hospital
Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
Employer's website
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
