Band 7: Senior Community Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

• To work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
• To use specialty expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations
• To Provide clinical leadership, expertise, education and clinical supervision to immediate team members and other individuals across the organisation and system
• To develop and implement policies, protocols, standards of care and guidelines in line with national and local policy within the team and specialty policies for the wider organisation.
• To be able to communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT members and with MDT colleagues across health and social care sectors to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service
• To manage a clinical caseload of patients within the heart failure service pathway

Essential

• Enhanced Clinical skills and experience of working with people with heart failure
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments
• Exceptionally efficient, with excellent prioritisation, time management and organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly and on a number of projects at one time to tight deadlines and at time under pressure
• Ability to act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
• Experience of community and multidisciplinary team working
• Understanding of the implication of cultural difference for service delivery
• Up to date knowledge of heart failure management, national and local guidelines and evidence base via current research and journals

Desirable

• Be actively involved in professional clinical groups, such as; Professional Groups, Clinical Interest Groups, Peer Review Groups and other professional development activities.

Essential

• Current professional registration, such as NMC as a 1st level Registered or HCPC registration
• Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L6 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications, Physical assessment and clinical reasoning.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and ability to study at Masters Level.
• Willingness to undertake training required for the role such as Independent Prescribing if not already completed or PADRAP/PACR
• Hold a UK Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle during working hours.

Desirable

• Master's level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
• Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience