Heart Failure Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bradford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Heart Failure Nurse to assess patients, adjust treatment under local guidance, and work across clinics, wards and home visits to reduce hospital admissions.

The post requires a recognised teaching qualification, NMC registration, and a full driving licence with access to a vehicle. You will mentor staff, provide education, and support multidisciplinary team learning while delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Recognised teaching qualification
• NMC registration must be current and active.
• Significant cardiology experience is desirable.
• Experience with cross-boundary multidisciplinary teams and complex relationships is preferred.
• Commitment to continuous professional development may be expected.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients with heart failure across outpatient, inpatient and home settings
• Initiate and adjust heart failure medication and monitor outcomes
• Devise and review patient management plans under approved local and Trust protocols
• Work to reduce unplanned admissions and prolonged hospital stays
• Provide specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team
• Deliver education, training and clinical supervision to staff and service users
• Contribute to national and local heart failure priorities and service development
• Provide individualised care that supports patients and carers to take an active role
• Support the heart failure team with caseload management and triaging referrals
• Respond to enquiries from relatives and carers and act as patient advocate
• Assist in running the heart failure support group
• Exercise accountability under the NMC Code
• Understand information governance and confidentiality
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Mentorship skills

Prioritising service demands

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Education for patients and Practitione

Education

Registered Nurse

Recognised teaching qualification

NMC registration

Job description

This Heart Failure Nurse post sits within the community and inpatient heart failure team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role centres on assessing patients with new and existing heart failure, adjusting their treatment under local guidance, and working across clinics, wards and home visits to reduce hospital admissions. It suits a nurse who can work independently while supporting colleagues, teaching and advising the wider multidisciplinary team. A recognised teaching qualification and a driving licence with access to a vehicle are required.

What the job involves

• Assess patients with heart failure across outpatient, inpatient and home settings
• Initiate and adjust heart failure medication and monitor outcomes
• Devise and review patient management plans under approved local and Trust protocols
• Work to reduce unplanned admissions and prolonged hospital stays
• Provide specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team
• Deliver education, training and clinical supervision to staff and service users
• Contribute to national and local heart failure priorities and service development, including cross-boundary working
• Provide individualised care that supports patients and carers to take an active role
• Support the heart failure team with caseload management and triaging referrals
• Respond to enquiries from relatives and carers and act as patient advocate
• Assist in running the heart failure support group
• Exercise accountability under the NMC Code

What's required

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Recognised teaching qualification

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Significant cardiology experience
• Experience handling complex relationships and interpersonal dynamics
• Experience of cross-boundary multidisciplinary team working

Skills & knowledge

• Clinical assessment skills
• Mentorship skills
• Prioritising service demands
• Proven interpersonal skills
• Presentation and IT skills
• Supporting learning and education for patients and practitioners

Checks & eligibility

• Current full driving licence and access to own vehicle

Other

• Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Nice to have

• Experience of heart failure case management
• Experience of leading service development
• Palliative care experience or course
• Counselling skills or course
• Leadership skills or course, or willingness to undertake
• University-accredited heart failure course
• Non-medical independent prescribing course, or willingness to undertake