University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Job Summary
We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic HF CNS to join our heart failure service for a 12 month fixed term/secondment as a Band 7 Heart Failure CNS. This post offers the chance to be part of a proactive, multidisciplinary team that delivers high-quality, patient-centred care across both hospital and outpatient settings. You will be based at Heartlands, Goodhope and Solihull Hospitals and play a key role in the assessment, management, and ongoing support of adults living with heart failure.
As a HF CNS, your core aspect of your role will be patient education, prescribing heart failure treatments, creating treatment plans and arranging follow-up following both inpatient and outpatient reviews, in collaboration with cardiologists, GPs, and wider primary care and community teams.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse with post-registration experience managing heart failure, are an NMP, and have a health assessment qualification. You should have, or be working towards, a relevant specialist qualification such as an MSc module in heart failure. Strong clinical decision-making, communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider MDT are essential.
In return, we offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for professional growth and development. We are committed to delivering innovative, patient-focused services and welcome applicants who share our passion for improving heart failure care.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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Job Description
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in cardiac care (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- To have a health assessment module
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable
- To have or working towards a MSc
- Recognised mentorship course
- Advanced health assessment module
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/competence.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
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Desirable
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- Experience in service development
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Stewart Black
stewart.black@uhb.nhs.uk
01214241709
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9016884
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
- Job Description – 507KB Opens in a new window
- JD PS Band 7 Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist.pdf – 507KB Opens in a new window
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