Job summary
- Main area
- Heart Failure
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 weeks (Monday -Friday 8 -5 service hours)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-638-26-GH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Retford PCC
- Town
- Retford
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Specialist Nurse - Heart Failure
Band 7
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Job overview
Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services Division of Notts HC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home.
The Division operates under 3 Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children's, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.
Being Part of an organisation as diverse as Notts HC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and really make a difference.
Main duties of the job
Our Integrated and specialist teams of Nursing and Allied Health professionals deliver care to the people who present with significant physical health care needs in various settings including clinic based, community inpatient, hospices to care in patient's own home, including care homes, enabling patients to be independent, self caring and live their optimum lives, reducing hospital admissions.
Services range from Community Nursing, including specialist practitioners to public health and health promotion such as school nursing and health visiting, with many specialist community services designed to support care pathways such as Physiotherapy, OT, speech and Language, Dietetics and Podiatry.
Supporting efficient running of these services are administrative and managerial roles. All roles, are vital in transforming community health services, ensuring high quality care is provided both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients - together we all make a difference.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you a registered Nurse Passionate about providing care for patients with chronic Heart Failure?
Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a very supportive, dynamic and forward thinking team?
Are you looking for the opportunity to contribute to the future service development of a specialist Community Cardio Respiratory Team?
If so we'd love to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for part time (3days per week) for Specialist Heart Failure Nurse to join our excellent Community Cardio Respiratory team in Bassetlaw on a 8 week fixed contract, helping to support caseload management of patients with a diagnosis of Heart Failure.
This role is based at Retford PCC and cover the Bassetlaw District. Providing Care and treatment for patients who have been diagnosed with left sided Heart Failure.
You will be expected to support caseload management of patients with Heart Failure, proving care plans as appropriate, working closely with members of the Cardio Respiratory Team and the wider MDT- including our acute colleagues, GPs and other health professionals in order to maximise patients quality of life and encouraging self management. This care takes place within community clinic settings and patients own homes /usual place of residence.
We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and flexible individual who are able to adapt to the changing demands and workload.
The service is a 5 day service operating from 8.00-5.00pm, due to the nature of this role, it is essential that you are able to travel independently across the county and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
V300 qualification is essential for this role.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (General) plus significant further specialist knowledge/post registration experience to diploma level or equivalent underpinned by theory
- Experience of working with Heart Failure patients
- Nurse prescriber or willing to undertake Non-Medical prescribing course
Desirable criteria
- Relevant health related honours degree
- A recognised Heart Failure qualification at minimum of diploma level.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to carry out clinical activities as identified in the job description
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience and extensive knowledge in management of complex Heart Failure patients.
- Understanding of current national / local initiatives and guidelines, including long term conditions, NICE.
- Management of Heart Failure Patients working in collaboration / partnership across primary.
- Understanding of current national / local understanding of current research and evidence initiatives and guidelines including evidence based practice, long term conditions, NICE
- Developing / implementing/ Heart Failure services to promote high quality health outcomes case management skills.
- Competent in holistic assessment including physical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Evidence of teaching in clinical practice
- Management Skills
Desirable criteria
- Working in collaboration / partnership, with secondary care, social care and the voluntary sector.
- Understanding of current research and evidence based practice.
- Evidence of teaching in clinical practice Developing / implementing / evaluating Heart Failure services to promote high quality health outcomes.
- Competent in holistic assessment including physical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Supervision of more junior team members
Knowledge Skills Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Risk Management awareness
- Specialist knowledge of Heart Failure Management
- Ability to undertake research and audit
- Ability to organise and prioritise effectively
- Good time management
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of development of clinical skills
- Able to network effectively
- Good communication skills, written, verbal and presentation
- Personal skills – flexible, adaptable, team player, selfmotivated ,effective communicator
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills
- Participation in audit and research
- Understanding of primary care information
- Excellent IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Danielle Thompson
- Job title
- Team Lead BTL Cardio-Resp Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970400870
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