Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Nurse Team Community
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 7 working across community sites
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 419-7440776-HFSN-FH
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clementhorpe Health Centre
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Band 7
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 its on the rise. Would you like to be part of a dynamic team exploring ways of supporting our patients living with heart failure?
There is now a great opportunity to join the team to help change and shape the future of heart failure nursing management across the Vale of York. 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. Can you see yourself pivotal to change and development?
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 whilst working alongside committed and compassionate colleagues.
Support will be given to work towards heart failure specialist nurse competency framework set by the British Society of Heart Failure
The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.
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. Full details of responsibilities are contained within the detailed job description and person specification.
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 clinics in a variety of community settings across the Vale of York and home visiting to housebound patients within 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 for patients presenting too or currently being managed within York Hospital.
York and 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.
Working for our organisation
To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
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 and person specification.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you 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
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills capable of communicating highly complex and highly sensitive or contentious information to patients and carers including where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Ability to organise own workload and prioritise effectively.
- Ability to work autonomously and evidence of flexibility, innovation and problem solving
Aptitude and Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify and develop own and others knowledge and skills
- Car driver, full licence and access to own transport
- Excellent verbal/communication skills and ability to keep contemporary records
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification e.g. registered nurse
- Degree level specialist training or equivalent cardiac experience.
- Non medical prescribing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree level study
Experience and Knowledge Required
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 specialised knowledge relating to Heart Failure
- Evidence of leading innovation and change
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
- Additional information
01904 724442 - office number
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