Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 nurse to join the Heart Failure Team in West Bromwich. The role involves managing heart failure patients at home or in clinics, with a focus on holistic nursing and care coordination.

You will work within a supportive team and participate in an IV furosemide pathway. The post requires nursing qualification at diploma/degree level, with possible V300 non-medical prescribing and ALS/ILS development.

Qualifications

• Experience in management of patients with heart failure per NICE guidelines.
• Experience in clinical assessment and auscultation skills on heart failure patients.
• Experience in initiation, titration and management of heart failure medication.
• Experience of autonomous practitioner.
• Experience of managing heart failure.
• Experience of working individually as well as part of a team.
• Experience of participating in clinical audit.

Responsibilities

• Treat patients in their own home or clinic setting with heart failure.
• Coordinate and provide skilled holistic nursing for heart failure patients.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.
• Adhere to Trust and National Service Framework and NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure.
• Provide admission avoidance management and facilitated discharges.
• Be part of the IV furosemide pathway.
• Support junior staff within the team.
• Provide ongoing physical, psychological support and counselling to patients and carers.
• Deliver care within secondary care setting and liaise with acute heart failure teams across care levels.

Skills

Heart failure care

Nursing

Clinical assessment

Autonomous practice

Teamwork

Education

Nursing qualification (diploma/degree)

V300 non-medical prescribing

ILS/ALS

Job description

Main area Heart Failure Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (You will be expected to cover weekends and bank holiday shifts as part of a rota.) Job ref 381-CT-8161374

Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Sandwell Community Heart Failure Team. The team are well-established and supportive to provide a fantastic place for you to learn and develop your skills and passion for treating patients with heart failure in the community.

We are looking for 1 full time band 6 nurse to join our supportive team of nurses and support workers. If you are a band 6 already or a band 5 with heart failure experience who would like to specialise within a specialist heart failure team, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To treat patients in their own place of residence or a clinic setting who have heart failure.
• To co-ordinate and provide skilled holistic nursing to patients diagnosed with heart failure.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of nursing care based on agreed models of care and in consideration of individual need and delegating effectively to others as required.
• Adhere to Trust and National Service Framework and the NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure.
• Providing admission avoidance management and facilitated discharges.
• To be part of the IV furosemide pathway.
• To support junior staff within the team.
• Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice and counselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers as outlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
• Management of Chronic Heart failure, and in accordance with responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct and trust Policies.
• The post holder will deliver care within the secondary care setting and provide close links with the acute specialist heart failure and multi disciplinary teams across Primary and Secondary Care.
• Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice and counselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers as outlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, please see attached the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience in management of patients with heart failure, within the guidance of the National Service Framework and the NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure
• Experience in carrying clinical assessment and auscultation skills on heart failure patients
• Experience in the initiation, titration and management of heart failure medication
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience of managing heart failure
• Experience of working individually as well as working as part of a team
• Experience of participating in clinical audit
• Experience of participating in clinical audit
• Experience of lone working
• Experience of providing education to patients and carers in relation to chronic disease management

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification at diploma/degree level
• Ongoing professional development in relevant
• V300 non-medical prescribing course/willingness to work towards
• Relevant cardiology disease management modular study e.g. ENB124 or Caledoni
• ILS/ALS

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.