Heart Failure Nurse Specialist

Locala Health and Wellbeing, Huddersfield, Kirklees

Heart Failure Nurse Specialist

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Locala Health and Wellbeing, Huddersfield, Kirklees

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 8 Jan | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 3349dac23afb40938f28c9fefc77630e

Full Job Description

Our Heart Failure Nurse Specialist team comprises of experienced specialist nurses, staff nurses and health care assistants. The successful candidate will have an extensive cardiology background and be passionate about providing high standards of care and management for patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure condition. You will work in the community to support patients living in Huddersfield and also be a part of the wider Locala Kirklees Heart Failure Nurse Specialist service., Our Heart Failure Nurse Specialist team comprises of experienced specialist nurses, staff nurses and health care assistants.

The successful candidate will have an extensive cardiology background and be passionate about providing high standards of care and management for patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure condition. You will work in the community to support patients living in Huddersfield and also be a part of the wider Locala Kirklees Heart Failure Nurse Specialist service.

Key elements of the role include -

Providing management for avoidance of unplanned and unnecessary healthcare access related to heart failure condition

Using and developing skills to provide specialist heart failure assessment of patients, assisting in the developing of self-management skills for patients and their carers and care plans for assessing the need for other services including palliative and social care and signposting as appropriate

The role will incorporate advice and education within the primary and secondary care environment. The role will provide a resource for health care professionals and patients, providing both formal and informal education and training.

Assisting in delivery of community clinics and home visits as needed

Prescribing evidence based heart failure therapy within a heart failure formulary to optimise heart failure treatments to improve patient outcomes

Welcome to Locala Health and Wellbeing proud to provide NHS community healthcare services. We help people have better lives and you can too.

Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.

Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution

Development opportunities - We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.