Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Hart; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a dedicated Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse. The role involves managing a defined caseload of heart failure patients, providing expert clinical knowledge and education to improve care at home. A commitment to patient autonomy and excellent communication skills are essential. This position also offers professional development opportunities to enhance nursing skills and improve patient outcomes, ensuring a significant impact on the lives of those living with heart failure.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working options

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in managing heart failure patients.
• Ability to work independently while being part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Skill in providing education to patients and their carers about self-management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of heart failure patients.
• Provide comprehensive assessment and treatment plans.
• Liaise with various healthcare teams to ensure coordinated care.

Skills

Expert clinical knowledge in Heart Failure management

Autonomous working

Excellent communication skills

Education

Nursing qualification and relevant experience

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse to join our expanding service. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a significant difference to patients living with a confirmed diagnosis of Heart Failure—supporting them to manage their condition safely at home, reducing unplanned hospital admissions, and improving long-term quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical knowledge and specialist nursing skills in the management of Heart Failure across the community setting.
• You will hold a defined caseload, delivering comprehensive assessment, treatment optimisation, education, and follow-up to both newly diagnosed and existing patients.
• Working autonomously—yet fully supported by the wider MDT—you will:
  • Provide proactive management of patients to avoid unplanned hospital admission.
  • Optimise medication and treatment plans in line with national and local Heart Failure guidelines.
  • Deliver patient and carer education to support confidence and self-management.
  • Liaise closely with GPs, secondary care cardiology teams, community nursing, therapy services and social care to ensure seamless, coordinated care.
  • Advocate for high-quality Heart Failure care in line with NSF standards and contribute to ongoing service development and strategic planning.
  • Use advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to identify investigation and/or treatment needs of individuals.
  • Provide medicines management support and advice in accordance with national and local guidelines.
  • Provide appropriate advice and support to patients and their carers including the provision of education and the promotion of self-management skills.
  • To liaise with local cardiac rehabilitation teams and End of Life teams as appropriate.
  • Act as a specialist resource for patients, their carers and other health professionals to improve the management of patients with heart failure.
  • Liaise closely with primary and secondary care services to provide an integrated care plan in which the patient and carers participate.
  • Ensure mechanisms in place for escalation of care at times of clinical deterioration.
  • To triage referrals from GPs, consultants, inpatient heart failure team and other professionals and service in agreement with individual patient.
  • Provide empowerment and support, acting as an advocate to enable individuals and their carers to actively engage in agreed treatment programmes.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust – About the Role and Benefits

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer. The Trust has been awarded Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide development opportunities for all staff and offer a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. We know how important a healthy work-life balance is for staff and patients alike. Applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis are encouraged, with recognition that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Additional Responsibilities

• Manage and facilitate the care of patients with Heart Failure in the community through outpatient clinics and home visits.
• Provide specialist assessment for individuals with heart failure and coordinate individual care plans to maximise health outcomes.
• Use advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to identify investigation and/or treatment needs of individuals.
• Provide medicines management support and advice in accordance with national and local guidelines.
• Maintain and further develop expertise within the Heart Failure field and pursue continuing professional development.
• To evaluate own knowledge, practice and learning needs as part of KSF and appraisal in professional development plans with line manager.
• Demonstrate empathetic communication with all patients and respond to communication from patients and carers.
• Provide up-to-date written and verbal communication on patients to other professionals in the hospital, community and across boundaries.

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025