Nurse Specialist - Heart Failure

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Nurse Specialist - Heart Failure

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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our cardiology team as a full time permanent Heart Failure Nurse Specialist based within the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

The Heart Failure Nurse Specialist team are instrumental in delivering care to heart failure patients from diagnosis through to end of life. Providing clinical advice both within Cardiology and the wider Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust.

The Nurse Specialists hold clinics within the Royal Victoria Infirmary in order to provide both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments to optimize treatment options to heart failure patients. You will work closely with cardiology consultant colleagues, as well as Cardiology Ward Nursing Team and Cardiology Nurse Practitioners, in a friendly supportive environment. You will also work in collaboration with our community heart failure nursing team. The assessment and review patients within the inpatient settings for instance within ward round settings is a key instrumental part of this role.

Suitable candidates should have recent and relevant cardiology experience, as well as history taking and assessment. Non-medical prescribing is also desirable not training will be considered.

If you think you can meet the essential criteria we would love to hear from you.

• Interview Date Wednesday 09 April 2025
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
  
  

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Suitable candidates should be able to demonstrate the following

• Significant advanced knowledge and skills within specialty and sphere of practice
• Take a lead role facilitating the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients
• Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge
• Have the ability to act as clinical supervisor to peers e.g. other heart failure team members
• Provide specialist clinical advice and support to heart failure related multidisciplinary teams, as well as to wider clinical teams responsible for patient care
• Enable patients with heart failure to attain their best possible quality of life by titration of medication, on-going monitoring of condition and education, this may occur both within in patient and outpatient settings
• Require enhanced communication skills to convey complex information regarding medical diagnosis, management and prognosis to patients and other health care professionals
• Ensure robust data recording to enable accurate activity collection
  
  

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
  
  

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.

Within The Sphere Of Specialist Practice

• Demonstrates significant advanced knowledge and skills within speciality and sphere of practice.
• Take a lead role facilitating the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
• Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
• Have corporate identity as an expert within specialist area.
• Lead and provide training and education across the organisation in relevant area of practice.
  
  

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC registration
• Degree level / Master’s level study, or a combination of equivalent specialist study / experience
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Master’s Degree
• Management experience / qualification
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive post registration experience, some of which will be at a senior level within the required specialist area of practice
• Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment
• Audit / research experience
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of leading programme(s) of education and / or training
  
  

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good IT skills
• Effective report writing skills
• Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids
  
  

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• JD & PS (PDF, 400.4KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
  
  

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Nicola Robinson Smith Job title Matron Email address Nicola.robinsonsmith@nhs.net Telephone number 0191 2448994