This specialist post sits in the Community Cardiology Team, serving adults with complex cardiac conditions across Medway, with a heart failure focus. The nurse manages a dedicated caseload, reviewing care and teaching patients and carers to self-manage while working with GPs and consultants. Most work is clinic based, with home visits when clinically needed; a full driving licence is required, but no vehicle is provided. Only current Kent and Medway NHS staff, plus some students and newly qualified nurses, can apply at this stage; NMC registration is needed.
What the job involves
- Manage a dedicated caseload of patients with heart failure, covering assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
- Identify patient needs, monitor disease progression and make timely interventions
- Deliver personalised health education and lifestyle advice to patients and carers
- Help patients recognise symptom changes and manage their own health to reduce symptom burden and avoidable admissions
- Work with GPs, consultants and other healthcare professionals to optimise medical management and treatment plans
- Provide specialist clinic-based assessment and follow-up care
- Visit patients at home when clinically indicated
- Travel across the service area
- Contribute to service development
- Maintain accurate clinical records
- Ensure care follows evidence-based practice and national guidance
Qualifications
- Level 6 degree or equivalent, or equivalent experience plus a nursing diploma
- Heart failure specialist course, or willingness to attend within the first year of post
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Experience managing complex caseloads and supporting or mentoring others
- Significant experience working with cardiac patients
Skills & knowledge
- Customer-focused approach, giving patients and families the best possible experience
- Ability to use IT systems and databases
- Knowing when to signpost patients and families to other services
- Recognising own limits and when to escal
- Up-to-date clinical practice following evidence-based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks
- Understanding of the role and remit of a healthcare worker
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK driving licence, or full licence issued by an EU country
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
Nice to have
- Awareness of developments within the NHS
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance
What’s offered
- Flexible working conversations welcomed
- Opportunity to develop specialist expertise
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
