Stockport Heart Failure Service is looking to recruit a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse to complement the current integrated team. The post will be in addition to the current team, consisting of Heart Failure Specialist Nurses, Heart Failure consultants, and a GP with Extended Role (GPwER) in Cardiology, Clinical Support Workers, and an Exercise Specialist. The heart failure service delivers holistic evidence-based specialist care to heart failure patients diagnosed with Heart Failure. It is entirely integrated, delivering specialist heart failure care in the community and local hospital trust. As a result, the service operates across a variety of settings including community-based clinics, patients' homes, and secondary care. This requires flexibility within the role and a wide range of skills and experience in caring for heart failure patients. The post holder will be required to manage a caseload of heart failure patients offering an integrated and holistic approach. Expectations of the role require autonomous practice ensuring optimisation of medical therapy, education, and support to patients and relatives/carers aiming to reduce symptoms, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions/re-admissions, and maximise patients' quality of life. The post holder will assist in the ongoing development of the Stockport Heart Failure Service as dictated by demand and changes in service delivery.
1. Provide clinical care for a caseload of patients using advanced specialist skills and knowledge to undertake full assessments of patients with chronic heart failure.
2. Provide support to patients, families, and carers ensuring clear communication and accurate information in relation to the diagnosis of heart failure, treatment, and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, promoting self-management, and optimising quality of life.
3. Accountable for own professional actions and clinical decisions, acting as an advanced independent practitioner/decision maker.
4. Assist in the further development of the community-based nurse-led heart failure service for patients with a diagnosis of heart failure, registered with Stockport GPs.
5. Ensure the efficient delivery of a specialist heart failure service, responding to changes in demand, being proactive in service review.
6. Work in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams and colleagues in both hospital and community settings.
7. Provide palliative care and end-of-life support to patients with advanced heart failure.
8. Act as a resource promoting evidence-based practice and best management of heart failure across the borough of Stockport providing an inpatient and community-wide service.
9. Participate in delivering structured education to other healthcare professionals.
10. Participation in the National Heart Failure Audit.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive, and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service. The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* NHS pension scheme membership
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* NHS Staff discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
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