PART TIME 22.5 HOURS PER WEEK
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time( 3days a week)band6 CommunityHeart Failure Nurse to join our friendly, busy yet rewarding team in East Berkshire.
This is a Specialist Practitioner post which enables the individual tobe responsible forensuring high quality,evidence basedcare for patients with the diagnosis of Heart Failure, their families and carers in the community. The post holder will also be managing patients within the nurse led heart failure clinic. The service is provided across Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
• Exercisehigh levelsof judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care
• Take responsibility for case management of patients with heart failure in community settings.
• Make differential diagnosis within level of competence
• Plan and provide treatment in collaboration with others as appropriate
• Titrate heart failure medications in accordance withthe NICE guidelines
The post holder will also have the excellent opportunity to undertake the heart failure masters module and Palliative care module at the Glasgow Caledonian University and undertake the independent nurse prescriber’s course after a year in post. The post holder will also have the opportunity to become a member of the British Heart Foundation and the Heart Failure Society and access the benefits including conferences.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The 'must have' in order for you to be considered:
• RGN
• Completed/completing first level degree
• Primary Care experience
• Clinical examination skills, detailed medical historyskills, monitoringand evaluation skills, or willingness to develop
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
For more information please contact Lucy Girdler-Heald on 07824 550511 or email lucy.girdlerheald@berkshire.nhs.uk, who'll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Dec 2024
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