Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist

A wonderful opportunity has arisen for a Specialist B6 role to join the established Heart Failure team within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust supporting the East Locality. The post holder will be supporting the management of complex heart failure patients with a collaborative aim in keeping patients well at home and to avoid hospital admissions where possible along side the senior Nurse Specialists within the service. The post holder will support the Improvement of the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management through a combination of nurse led heart failure clinics and home visits, incorporating clinics with primary care teams and early follow up in line with local service specification., The Community Heart Failure Nurse Specialist will work autonomously with patients in the community but may have clinical support from the primary and secondary care heart failure teams and Cardiologists. Improve the patient's quality of life as well as their medical and nursing management, in order to reduce unnecessary hospital admission & readmission. Provide expertise to increase the skills & confidence of other team members and community practitioners in the care and management of heart failure patients and support the use of the NICE Clinical Guidelines for heart failure, local CCG Commissioning Framework guidelines.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services. Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff