Community Heart Failure Senior Staff Nurse

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Full time
Location: Stafford
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Job offered by: NHS
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Community Heart Failure Senior Staff Nurse NHS

Stafford

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Permanent Band 6 Heart Failure Nurse - 0.9 WTE (33.75)

Based at Weeping Cross Health Centre Stafford

Community regional area coverage Stafford, Cannock and Rugeley.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) was formed in June 2018 when South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (SSSFT) acquired Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust (SSOTP).

There has never been a better time to join the Trust and help shape its future.

Main Duties of the Job Are you a clinician who has the passion, drive and ability to deliver high quality person-centred compassionate care in accordance with the Trust's organisational vision and values?

As an NMC registered nurse, qualified in physical health assessment, you will have significant experience working with patients who have heart failure. Strong communication, organisational skills, and a flexible approach are essential to work collaboratively with patients, cardiac key partners and the wider MDT to facilitate the best possible patient experience and outcomes.

You will demonstrate the ability to effectively and efficiently assess and examine, plan, provide and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for patients.

You will demonstrate strong clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills and be able to work effectively in an autonomous role.

You will have a commitment to professional development and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, supporting clinical mentoring.

In return, we will offer:

Regular supervision

Robust support to ensure your continuous learning and development

About Us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

Supporting your career development and progression

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Job Responsibilities

To adhere to and apply the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct, and all other relevant guidance from the NMC and follow the Trust values.

To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships both within the Trust and with external organisations in order to meet service requirements and support and demonstrate the Trust's equality values.

To assess patients and care/support needs. Assesses service users and formulates, develops, implements and evaluates programmes of treatment/care/support for individuals, families and carers.

To use professional knowledge and judgement to take into account the range of care/support packages and treatment options available.

Person Specification Qualifications & Training

Degree in nursing or equivalent

Registration with NMC

Post Graduate studies in relevant nursing field such as; end of life care, long term conditions/palliative care or related/relevant subject

Venepuncture

Post qualification courses in nursing

Attendance at relevant networks e.g. Special Interest Groups

Up to date field work/pre-registration student training. i.e. Cardiac/ Heart Failure specialism areas.

Modules at Masters level

Non-medical Prescribing V300 or working towards

Evidence of further clinical study

Experience

Relevant experience to the role including assessment and management of long term conditions

Ability to manage time and caseload effectively

Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with Heart Failure and its associated complications. Working in a multidisciplinary team

Experience of negotiation and conflict management in clinical situations

Experience in leading and supporting junior staff

Experience of involvement in service improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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