Job summary
- Main area
- heart failure
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (community working and home visits)
- Job ref
- 241-116MD-26-A
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our integrated heart failure nursing team at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
The heart failure service at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is honored to be able to offer a fully integrated service for our heart failure patients operating from a shared team hub. We currently have a 37.5 hour/week heart failure specialist nurse vacancy within our team. This role is pivotal for the assessment of patients and families referred to our service and our integrated service provides a seamless pathway of care linking the hospital and the community.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide an integrated service for patients with a diagnosis of heart failure. This will include community clinics and providing care for people in their own homes.
The post holder will hold their own caseload of patients and be responsible for ensuring evidence based pharmacological and non- pharmacological therapies are provided to patients with heart failure.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the North West’s busiest acute NHS Foundation Trusts, serving a diverse population across Bolton and parts of Greater Manchester and are classed as amongst the best in the region for several of our services.
Our Trust values are vision, openness, integrity, compassion and excellence, and they underpin the way we work together as staff for our patients.
Our aim is for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to be a great place to work, and we believe that by living our values every day we have built a culture where we treat patients as we would treat our family and friends.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide high quality evidence based care to patients with heart failure, and be actively involved in the on-going development & delivery of the Bolton Integrated Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Service.
The post holder will:
Provide specialist advice and support to patients, their families/carers and other professionals with regard to chronic heart failure.
Deliver and support co-ordination of holistic heart failure care through delivery of an MDT in-reach service for in-patients through to discharge.
Manage patient care and adjust treatments within local and national guidelines and evidence base.
Independently manage a caseload of patients with heart failure and provide outpatient care to patients within a hospital, community clinic or within the patient’s own home.
Be actively involved in the development of an integrated chronic heart failure pathway within the hospital and the community.
Lead and develop local action/management plans to meet the supportive and palliative care needs of patients with advanced heart failure.
Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to deliver effective management of patients with heart failure.
Exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.
Be responsible for education and training of the MDT in the management of heart failure.
Be responsible for data collection and completion in order to meet local and national audit requirements for patients with heart failure.
Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Have a responsibility and legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential and secure in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Security and Confidentiality Policy.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registration cardiology experience
- Experience working at band 6/7
- Experience working as a heart failure specialist nurse
- Experience in change management process
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in community/primary care
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Degree in Nursing
- Heart failure module/qualification
- NMP qualification
- ALS/ILS certificate
- Clinical examination module/qualification
- Teaching/assessment qualification
Desirable criteria
- Recognised counselling or advanced communication course
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership experience
- Wide ranging/in-depth knowledge of clinical issues in heart failure/cardiology
- Good communication & IT skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of on-going personal & professional development
- In depth knowledge of heart failure management
- Willingness to undertake further study required for the post
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Other
Essential criteria
- car driver
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kieley Lewthwaite
- Job title
- Lead heart failure specialist nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390 131
- Additional information
Alternatively contact
Faye Cartridge (HF Team Leader) on:
telephone: 01204 390 131 or;
email: [email protected]
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