Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for a Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse. This role involves managing complex cases across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, focusing on improving patient outcomes through a dedicated Heart Failure Service. Applicants should possess excellent clinical skills and the ability to adapt to service needs.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team

Access to NHS benefits and NHS charity support

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a focus on cardiac nursing.
• Experience or qualifications specific to heart failure care.
• Willingness to develop professional skills and competencies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of heart failure patients across various settings.
• Identify patients suitable for the Heart Failure Virtual Ward.
• Develop programs of care and assessment processes.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills in cardiac nursing

Ability to work flexibly

High level of communication skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

IV skills

Education

First level registration NMC/AHP

Post registration experience/qualification relevant to the specialism

Non-medical prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake

Teaching qualification

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

About

Why Choose Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT)?

We understand that whether you’re just starting out or have plenty of experience, moving jobs can be both exciting and daunting, but you’ve made a great choice in considering joining Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT). We are an exceptional place to work with remarkable teams of hard working and dedicated clinical and non-clinical staff all delivering high standards of patient care.

Operating on an ethos of ‘One Culture of Care’ , where we look after each other with the same care and compassion that we show to our patients, colleague engagement, and creating an open, honest and inclusive organisation is high on our agenda. Colleague engagement is about listening to each other and sharing our ideas so that we take action which improves patient care and the organisation that we work in. We want to create a place of work that feels open, and honest; where colleagues aren’t shy about saying how they feel, where they can make suggestions and where they know they will be supported if they pick up on other people’s behaviour that isn’t OK.

Our values and behaviours; ‘ put the people first’,do the must do’s’‘, work together to get results’ ‘ an go-see’d ‘ underpin our strategy and our culture: every step of the way we support one another to grow, develop, learn, and contribute, to ensure all colleagues are able to look after each other, and ultimately, our patients. Find out mo Why Choose CHFT?re -

We’re Ambitious

We are an ambitious trust and are continuing to make significant changes to the way we work and provide our services in order to meet the expectations of 21 st century care. In fact we’ve recently received capital funding of £196.5million to support the creation of two state of the art hospitals by 2025 to meet the needs of the local community. So it’s never been a more exciting time to join us as we move into the next phase of our transformation journey.

We have Great Benefits

In addition to helping make a real difference to your local community we offer a wide range of benefits to all staff.

We’re Charitable

Our CHFT NHS Charity allows donations from colleagues, patients and the community to allow us to purchase specialised equipment, improve our environments, support our staff and provide those all-important personal touches to our services that are over and above what NHS funding supports.

Our Future Plans

https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

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Key details

Location

SiteAllan HouseAddressStation RoadTownSowerby BridgePostcodeHX63ADMajor / Minor RegionWest Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract12 months (Secondment for 12 months)Hours37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week)

• Full time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rataSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 6)

Specialty

Main areaCommunity Heart Failure Specialist NurseInterview date17/06/2025

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

We have a very exciting Secondment opportunity to join our integrated Heart Failure Service at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development of a cohesive management programme for patients with heart failure in line with local and national guidelines, working across acute, community and virtual ward settings. The service will operate 7 days a week, with a view to extending hours of 8am to 8pm in the future and requires flexible working within an evolving proactive, dynamic, and committed multidisciplinary Heart Failure Team.

Please note: interview date may change from advertised date

Previous applicant need not apply.

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The aim of the role is to work autonomously, within a the team, managing own caseload and to identify patients who can be supported on the Heart Failure Virtual Ward, reducing length of stay, preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital, and improving heart failure management and control with optimisation of evidence-based treatments.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Will work across the hospital with responsibility for patients with heart failure in the inpatient, outpatient, community and virtual ward setting.

· Will be responsible for the early identification of patients for the Heart Failure virtual ward from the acute setting and supporting the on-going care for patients whos are actively being managed on the virtual wards.

· The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the specialty team (Lead clinician, Matron, service Lead etc) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered.

· The post holder will be expected to act as the patients advocate at all times.

· The post holder will carry responsibility for their defined caseloads and offer highly specialist service advise which includes setting the standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

· The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the role and work within the clinical governance framework.

· Will work autonomously managing own clinical caseload and to support the virtual wards.

· Will use relevant specialist training, knowledge, and expertise to clinically diagnose, assess and deliver evidence-based care through education and advise on self-management.

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info 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.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• First level registration NMC/AHP registered
• Post registration experience/qualification relevant to the specialism or willing to work towards
• Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake this

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Understanding and appreciation of diversity
• Knowledge of Healthcare IT systems
• Demonstrate advanced clinical skills in cardiac nursing with reference to heart failure
• Awareness of clinic governance
• Manage complex issues and environments
• Commitment to develop self and others
• Ability to work flexibly according to service need
• Ability to adapt to change and innovation
• Awareness of CHFT values and vision
• Willingness to further develop specific skills as desired by the service
• Ability to think logically, use initiative and problem solve
• Ability to work independently and part of a team
• Venepuncture, cannulation and IV skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience in end-of-life care
• Community experience

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• High level of communication skills
• Engagement of patients and carers to support self-care strategies

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Lone working

Documents

• PS and JD (, 312.4)PDFKB
• Job Description Appendix A (, 259.2)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

NameClair JonesJob titleCardiac Rehabilitation / Heart Failure Team LeaderEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07909290265Additional information

Natelle Butts

Deputy Team Leader

07909290265