The Band 7 lead Heart Failure Specialist Nurse is responsible for providing advanced clinical leadership and expert management for patients living with heart failure within the community setting. The post holder will lead and coordinate the delivery of a high-quality, evidence-based heart failure service, ensuring seamless care across primary, community, and secondary care interfaces.
They will act as the clinical lead for the heart failure nursing team, supporting service development, clinical governance, and workforce supervision. The role involves independent patient assessment, titration of heart failure therapies (including non-medical prescribing), and patient education to promote self-management and prevent hospital admissions.
The post holder will work closely with cardiology consultants, GPs, pharmacists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise heart failure management, improve patient outcomes, and enhance quality of life. They will also take a key role in clinical audit, data reporting, and service improvement initiatives aligned with national heart failure standards and local commissioning priorities.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management for patients with heart failure in the community.
Lead and supervise the community heart failure nursing team, ensuring high clinical standards and effective caseload management.
Use non-medical prescribing to optimise evidence-based medication titration.
Act as the link between primary, community, and secondary care to ensure integrated, patient-centred care pathways.
Support education, training, and development of junior staff and students.
Lead quality improvement projects and contribute to service evaluation and redesign.
Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, audits, and data collection to monitor outcomes and performance against national guidelines.
Provide compassionate, holistic care, empowering patients and carers through education and support.
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven experience in cardiology including experience with heart failure patients
* Experience at Band 6 or above
* Proficient at non-medical prescribing (hold V300 qualification) in cardiology including anti-heart failure medication
* Involvement in teaching and learning initiatives
* Evidence of supporting others within the clinical environment
* Experience of audit initiatives and other quality initiatives
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
* Experience and evidence in implementing change
* Evidence of implementing research-based practice
* Proficient at accessing cardiology patients and reading ECG,s
Qualifications
* Degree level Heart Failure management course
* At least degree level in nursing studies
* Teaching and Assessing Qualification
* V300 non-medical prescribing Course
* Cardiac Course or equivalent
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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