This Clinical Nurse Specialist post sits within the Adult Cardiorespiratory Enhanced and Responsive Service at Homerton University Hospital. It centres on spotting inpatients with suspected or confirmed heart failure early, acting as the expert practitioner for evidence-based care and preventing readmission. The role also covers joint working with community heart failure nurses on outpatient clinics and home visits. Applicants need RN registration and significant post-registration cardiology experience.
What the job involves
- Identify inpatients admitted with suspected or confirmed heart failure at an early stage
- Act as expert practitioner delivering evidence-based heart failure care in line with national and local guidelines
- Manage the prevention of heart failure readmissions
- Provide clinical leadership, advice and support on all aspects of heart failure care to all staff groups
- Develop a heart failure care pathway
- Improve discharge planning and discharge information
- Build communication across primary and secondary care for a seamless service from admission to discharge
- Work with community heart failure nurses on outpatient clinics, home visits and caseload management
- Initiate, perform and maintain clinical excellence in heart failure management using advanced nursing skills
- Identify cardiac disease
What’s required
Qualifications
- Practice at first degree level
Registration & licences
- RGN/RN registration
Experience
- Significant post-registration experience in cardiology
Skills & knowledge
- Clinical assessment skills
- Skills in caring for patients with acute and chronic heart failure
- Established organisational and leadership skills
Other
- Demonstrated understanding of Trust values
Nice to have
- Independent non-medical prescriber
- Physical assessment course
- Post-registration nursing course in cardiac or heart failure care
- Experience of running nurse-led heart failure clinics
- Knowledge of palliative care related to symptom management
- Recognised teaching certificate such as ENB 998
- Teaching skills in informal and formal situations
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
