Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

An opportunity has arrived for the development of the Heart Failure Service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with the addition of a further Band 6/7 heart failure nurse specialist (depending on experience). We are looking for an experienced, flexible and motivated nurse to join our small friendly team.

The successful candidate would be preferably be a qualified non-medical prescriber, ideally with heart failure experience.

In this varied role the post holder will be involved in providing both consultant and nurse led heart failure clinics, ward outreach and day case heart failure unit duties on a rotational basis across Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital campuses and will assist in the continued development and improvement of the services for patients with heart failure.

You will be working autonomously and alongside a multidisciplinary heart failure team at NUH and liaising with the Community heart failure teams in support of quality care across both Primary and Secondary Care.

If you have cardiology experience at band 6 - 7 with excellent organisational and leadership skills and want to work in an enthusiastic and motivated team we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Assessing and advising on the management of in-patients with heart failure at both QMC & NCH.

Reviewing patients with confirmed and suspected heart failure in the out-patient setting.

Assessing and treating patients on the day case heart failure unit.

We are one trust that is split between two campus's but work well and closely together ensuring our patients receive the correct treatment and care in the correct ward / setting.