Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
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Oxleas Heart Failure Service
Oxleas Heart Failure Service is a dynamic, highly experienced & award-winning service. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled & motivated nurse to join our team & develop as a heart failure specialist nurse.
About the Role
This is a community-based role caring for residents with heart failure living in the London Borough of Bexley. Care is provided in both clinic & home environments.
This post is ideal for a suitably skilled & trained cardiac nurse who is keen to develop as a heart failure nurse. You will be supported in this post to develop skills such as advanced clinical assessment, medication reviews & optimisation, patient education & monitoring. You will also be involved in the end of life care of the heart failure patient.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high quality, holistic care to local residents, ensuring that patients have equal access to services that are responsive, personalized, and patient-led.
- Assess patients' physical, emotional, and psycho-social care needs.
- Support patients and their carers to ensure they understand their cardiac condition and involve them in planning their care.
- Work alongside experienced heart failure nurses and the cardiac rehabilitation team to provide a comprehensive and individualized package of care.
- Liaise with the patient's GP and any other healthcare professionals.
- Work from an office base with regular travel to provide clinics in community settings and home visits.
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Requirements
- Excellent clinical & communication skills.
- Ability to work with patients with diverse health & social needs.
- Work closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team in primary & acute healthcare settings.
- Hold a full driving licence & suitable vehicle for work purposes.
About Oxleas
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector.
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Probation Period
Please note Oxleas posts are subject to a 3-month probation period.
Sponsorship Information
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sarah Hubball
- Job title: Cardiac Lead Nurse
- Email address: sarah.hubball@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02083197060
Laura Oyewole
Cardiac Lead Nurse
02083197060
lauraoyewole@nhs.net
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