Cardiology Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We have commenced a cardiology virtual ward. It is based in South Derbyshire and Derby city for heart failure and cardiology patients to be closely managed and supported at home rather than being in an acute hospital bed., This post is multi-faceted and involves working predominately within the Royal Derby Hospital, the community and the ambulatory heart failure unit.
To work as an advanced cardiac practitioner within the cardiology virtual ward /ambulatory heart failure unit and community setting.
Ensuring the delivery of high quality care, making critical decisions to diagnose conditions through clinical assessment and ordering and interpreting of diagnostic tests.
Within the acute trust, you will be assessing and reviewing patients who have been admitted to hospital with heart failure and cardiac problems, offer management advice and decide who may be suitable for having their care remotely. You will review patients within the ward, medical SDEC and the emergency department
In the community (home visits), patients will be assessed for their suitability for the virtual ward reviewed and plan their ongoing care.
You will also be working within the Ambulatory HF unit is where we deliver some our IV therapies (iron and diuretics).
We work closely with the cardiac physiologists for device management, will be having daily MDT's with cardiology consultants and have weekly MDT's with the heart failure cardiologists at Royal Derby Hospital.

We have recently appointed 3 highly motivated cardiology Advance cardiac practitioners and are looking for another to join our very enthusiastic and busy team; either Band 8a (if all criteria met) or Band 7 (as a training post).

We are a proactive, integrated team that already works across Acute and Community settings and this post will complement care for patients., Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Community Health Services has been rated as an outstanding trust by the Care Quality Commission; we have achieved this by providing high quality patient care within an inclusive organisation that works together and shows care and compassion for each other.
There has never been a more exciting time to join us as one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country one that is also among the very best NHS employers as voted by its own staff and by CQC.
The way the NHS works is changing; care outside of traditional hospital settings is quickly becoming a much larger part of what the NHS does.
As a leading community provider we are at the forefront of this exciting future, joining-up services in local communities to better meet the individual needs of our patients.
DCHS is a top performing NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff. We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.
We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre. Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community. As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.
DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign. The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

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Our vision "to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work"
Our values:
1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone's contribution because everyone matters

If you consider yourself to be dynamic, enthusiastic, dedicated and able to work on your own initiative but as part of a team, then please do apply.
The service operates over 7 days. This includes BH and weekends. This is approximately every 4-6 weeks
We look forward to welcoming you to our team, As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.