Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
West Bromwich, B70 7AWView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
14 October 2026
15 days leftJob description
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Sandwell Community Heart Failure Team. The team are well-established and supportive to provide a fantas...
- To treat patients in their own place of residence or a clinic setting who have heart failure.
- To co-ordinate and provide skilled holistic nursing to patients diagnosed with heart failure.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of nursing care based on agreed models of care and in consideration of individual need and delegating effectively to others as required.
- Adhere to Trust and National Service Framework and the NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure.
- Providing admission avoidance management and facilitated discharges.
- To be part of the IV furosemide pathway.
- To support junior staff within the team.
- Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice andcounselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers as outlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
- Management of Chronic Heart failure, and in accordance with responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct and trust Policies.
- The post holder will deliver care within the secondary care setting and provide close links with the acute specialist heart failure and multi disciplinary teams across Primary and Secondary Care.
- Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice andcounselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers asoutlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
For further information about this role, please see attached the job description and person specification.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in management of patients with heart failure, within the guidance of the National Service Framework and the NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure
- Experience in carrying clinical assessment and auscultation skills on heart failure patients
- Experience in the initiation, titration and management of heart failure medication
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of managing heart failure
- Experience of working individually as well as working as part of a team
- Experience of participating in clinical audit
Desirable
- Experience of participating in clinical audit
- Experience of lone working
- Experience of providing education to patients and carers in relation to chronic disease management
Qualifications
Essential: - Nursing qualification at diploma/degree level; - Ongoing professional development in relevant
Desirable
- V300 non-medical prescribing course/willingness to work towards
- ECG skills
- Relevant cardiology disease management modular study e.g. ENB124 or Caledoni
- ILS/ALS
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
23 September 2026
Last checked
25 September 2026
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