Clinical Lead Heart Failure

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a Clinical Lead to manage and deliver high-quality heart failure care in the community. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical expertise in cardiology, proven leadership skills, and a commitment to compassionate, patient-centred care. This position offers an opportunity to lead a dedicated team and collaborate with various healthcare partners to enhance patient outcomes and optimize care pathways.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Strong clinical expertise in cardiology and community experience.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a healthcare setting.
• Commitment to compassionate and holistic patient care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the heart failure service delivering quality care.
• Provide evidence-based treatments in various settings.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical expertise in cardiology

Leadership skills

Compassionate care

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

Job overview

Are you a dynamic, compassionate clinical professional looking to shape the future of community heart failure care? This is a brilliant opportunity for a highly skilled and specialised nurse professional to join CNWL NHS Trust and lead Camden's Community Heart Failure team. We are seeking an exceptional Clinical Lead to drive high-quality, patient‑centred services across our local Camden population. This is a unique opportunity to lead a passionate team, influence service development and ensure people living with heart failure receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

In this pivotal role, you will champion evidence‑based practice, provide expert clinical leadership, and work closely with primary, secondary, and social care partners to create seamless pathways that empower patients to manage their condition confidently at home. You will oversee complex case management, promote early intervention, and lead innovative initiatives aimed at reducing hospital admissions and improving quality of life.

We are looking for someone with strong clinical expertise in cardiology, community experience, proven leadership skills and a commitment to compassionate, holistic care. In return, you’ll join a forward‑thinking organisation that values professional development, encourages autonomy and embraces strong partnership working.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will use their leadership skills and clinical expertise to lead and manage the service in the delivery of quality care for people living with heart failure. The post holder will work closely with, and support patients and their families / carers, GPs and the wider MDT to :

• Provide evidence‑based treatment in community‑based clinics, patients’ own homes and secondary care during visits working as an independent practitioner
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders to provide the best standards of chronic heart failure care.
• Advise GPs, medical teams and other health care professionals caring for people with heart failure regarding medication adjustments, changes in condition or treatment plans
• Identify new cases of undiagnosed heart failure and diagnosed patients who are on sub‑optimal evidence‑based therapy
• Provide person‑centred heart failure management as effectively and compassionately as possible in the community
• Lead and operationally manage the specialist nurses in the Heart Failure team and the clinics in which the service operates, responding to changes in demand, being proactive with service review, facilitating rotation and cover of each element of the specialist role, including clinics, domiciliary care (in‑reach), and heart failure patient education programmes.
• Collaborative working with other services such as GPs, PCN, secondary care to improve patient care and outcomes.

Working for our organisation

The Heart Failure Team in Camden works as part of a diverse multi‑disciplinary team in primary, secondary and tertiary care to design care plans that meet the needs of people with heart failure. The team serves patients registered with a GP in the Camden borough. There are over 30 GP surgeries and 7 PCNs. Our work is divided into 3 localities i.e. North, South and West. The Team aims to optimise health and wellbeing and prevent unscheduled hospital visits.

CNWL is proud to represent the diverse communities it serves. Camden and Islington boroughs are homes to beautifully diverse communities as well as being the setting for many well‑known London landmarks and facilities. CNWL is also proud to support professional and personal development of all staff, and the current landscape of working in Camden's unfolding Integrated Neighbourhood Teams is just another exciting opportunity for this. These are just a few of the reasons we love working here.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Deliver specific heart failure patient assessment and management in our community‑based clinics, patients' own homes and secondary care during visits working as an independent practitioner.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders to provide the best standards of chronic heart failure care.

Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary.

Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services.

Being open and transparent about their own practice.

Supervising the work of less experienced staff

Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made.

Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement e.g. participating in quality improvement (QI) projects.

Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records.

Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

Lead and develop the efficient delivery of a specialist nursing heart failure service, responding to changes in demand, being proactive with service review, facilitating rotation and cover of each element of the specialist role, including clinics, domiciliary care, (in‑reach), and heart failure patient education programmes.

Occasionally cover for Service Manager of LTC and attend meetings and feedback to LTC leads and teams and likewise escalating to senior management.

Work in collaboration with MDT and colleagues in hospital and community settings so as to promote strong links between primary and secondary care.

Collaborative working with other services such as GPs, PCN, secondary care to improve patient care and outcomes.

Deliver specific heart failure patient assessment and management in community‑based clinics, patients own homes and secondary care during visits working as an independent practitioner.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders to provide the best standards of chronic heart failure care.

Advice GPs, medical teams and other healthcare professionals caring for people with heart failure regarding medication adjustments, changes in condition or treatment plans.

Vaccination

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

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