IV Nurse - Heart Failure Virtual Ward (Band 6) - Cardiology - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Merseyside
An exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Heart Failure Service at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust to support the heart failure virtual ward (9-5, 7 days a week). We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of intravenous diuretics in the patients' home to enable hospital avoidance.
The candidate will be required to work closely with and communicate within the heart failure MDT. We require an autonomous practitioner who can undertake clinical examination and assessment. They will require consideration of skills to provide patient education, support to reduce symptoms, prevent unnecessary hospital admission/re-admission, and maximize the patients' quality of life.
The service operates between community, hospital ambulatory heart failure unit, and the patients' home.
The role requires flexibility and awareness of heart failure, working within an evolving proactive, dynamic, and committed multi-disciplinary heart failure team.
Main Duties:
1. Reconstitution of intravenous medication
2. Administration of intravenous medication using elastomeric pump
3. Care and maintenance of vascular access devices
4. Peripheral cannulation
5. Performing point of care blood tests
6. Checking daily weight and assessing if leg swelling has reduced and symptoms improved
7. Signposting/referring to other community or acute services
8. Ordering/taking/reviewing blood samples
9. Communication within the MDT and outside organisations
10. Stock/consumable management
11. Manage and organise referrals
12. Input to service databases
Values and Behaviours
We are Caring: We are kind to each other and always show compassion to ourselves and others.
We are Fair: We treat people equitably and value their differences.
We Are Innovative: We work as a team to continuously improve the way we deliver and transform health care.
Clinical Practice
1. Perform specialist assessment of patients' care needs, plan, implement, and evaluate care delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
2. Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and their carers.
3. Perform point of care bloods, review and interpret results, and escalate concerns.
4. Be a specialist in the clinical procedure of peripheral venous cannulation.
5. Practice at an advanced level when managing intravenous treatments & VADs.
6. If appropriately qualified as a Nurse Independent Prescriber, prescribe for patients safely & effectively.
7. Identify opportunities and provide health education and promotion for all patients and their carers.
8. Promote informed choice and control for patients. Support patients and their families and ensure they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
9. Maintain accurate and legible patient records in accordance with Trust policy and nursing and midwifery council (NMC) guidelines.
10. Be aware of the limitations of own knowledge, skills, and competencies.
11. Recognize changes in patients' condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
12. Support, assist, and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
13. Work within the NMC’s Scope of Professional Conduct.
14. Deliver training to patients/carers, medical and nursing staff in hospital and community settings regarding IV therapy and IV access.
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