Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6-7 run through
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment opportunity available for internal staff. Up to 12 months. Post may become permanent.)
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week (The hours per week will be dependent on applicants current banding as we have a set amount of monies to cover this additional resource. The hours will be between 25.5 and 28 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 419-7325164-NS-FH
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York Hospital / Clementhorpe Health Centre
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £38,682 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Band 6-7 run through
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
- We are KIND
- We are OPEN
- We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority
Job overview
Heart failure doesn’t mind your age or what you look like… and it’s on the rise. Would you like to be part of a dynamic team exploring different ways of supporting our patients living with heart failure?
We have been piloting new ways to improve management of heart failure patients both within the acute setting and delivering innovative care within the community. There is now a great opportunity to join the team at the pivotal stage where we are testing the effectiveness of one of these pilots to go on and drive this service forward.
This post will allow us to expand and develop the services we offer. For you, this will mean an opportunity to be involved at the front of an innovative service, progressing and developing knowledge and skills in heart failure while working alongside committed and compassionate colleagues.
We have advertised the post as either a band 6 or 7 role, depending on experience. Support will be given to work towards heart failure specialist nurse competency framework set by the British Society of Heart Failure.
The post may become Permanent at the end of this Fixed Term/Secondment.
Secondments from colleagues working within our trust with substantive contracts are encouraged and applicants are reminded to seek the support from their current manager when applying.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a team of experienced heart failure specialist nurses and be responsible for providing high quality expert care to patients with heart failure in York hospital and the Vale of York community setting.
The heart failure specialist nurse team deliver an out of hospital rapid access heart failure clinic based at a local health centre in central York,community nurse clinics in a variety of community setting across our Vale of York location and can support visiting patients in their own
homes. The team are also building a heart failure in-reach model which focuses on admission avoidance and early step down to community delivered care.
York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital, community and specialist healthcare services for approximately 500,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, Northeast Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles, and which includes Scarborough and Bridlington.
Our mission is to be a valued and trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to the population we serve.
We’re situated in a fantastic part of the country: home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York, which is consistently voted one of the best to live in the UK.
Working for our organisation
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
· A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
· A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
· Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person specification
Experience, Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing cardiac patients at a senior level
- Experience of development of procedures and protocols
- Experience of change management
Desirable criteria
- Highly specialist knowledge relating to Heart Failure.
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification appropriate to CHF and clinical element of the role e.g. ENB 124, Heart Failure management module or equivalen
- Professional qualification e.g. registered nurse
Desirable criteria
- Non medical prescribing qualification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Caroline Jones
- Job title
- Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07932592458
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