Senior Heart Failure Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive Band 7 Senior Heart Failure Nurse Specialist at UHS.
We are looking to recruit a motivated, innovative and experienced Heart Failure Nurse Specialist for the Heart Failure Team, focusing on developing the digital provision of care.
You'll be working collaboratively with multidisciplinary team colleagues across both the hospital and community settings, covering Southampton and South West Hampshire. Responsibilities will include both clinical nursing management as well as leadership in conjunction with the heart failure management team.
You will be providing evidence based, expert clinical care and support for patients with heart failure in the most appropriate setting, this includes both face to face and remote management. You will be integrating and developing patient held digital services (MyMR) to achieve effective and personalised management, education and communication to heart failure patients about their condition., Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
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Candidates should have advanced clinical assessment skills having completed a post qualification course in history taking and physical examination and experience of managing the signs and symptoms of heart failure.
They should have an NMP qualification and an understanding of the heart failure medications they prescribe, balanced with knowledge of the often complex symptom burden of heart failure patients.
They will be an effective and caring communicator, ideally with an advanced communication qualification, knowing that they will often need to engage in difficult conversations with patients and their family and carers.
A driving license and ability to travel across sites is necessary.
An interest in developing and understanding digital technology, it's application and integration into the heart failure service is required as this will be part of the role.
Skill and enjoyment of both autonomous and team working is essential. Candidates will be role models to team members. They will shares skills and develop, manage and teach colleagues.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service.