Main area: Cardiology
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment cover)
Hours:
Full time Part time Flexible working 37.5 hours per weekJob ref: 434-IM6723703
Employer: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wycombe hospital
Town: High Wycombe
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/12/2024 23:59
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Band 7 Be part of our BHT family Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics. Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services. Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services. Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs. More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.
Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the heart failure team on a fixed term basis. You will be providing integrated heart failure specialist care across the community and within the hospital, working to diagnose, treat effectively and reduce hospital admissions amongst our patient population.
Main duties of the job Main duties include assessment of patients, gathering of clinical information and making decisions regarding care. From the point of diagnosis, education and support for patients and families is essential. We work as an evolving team, constantly looking for ways to work more effectively and offer optimal care to our patients by working dynamically with multidisciplinary groups. We also offer education for internal and external staff groups.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you? As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for? Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification VALUES Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships. Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow. Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative. EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING Registered General Nurse - Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Working towards a degree. Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification. Advanced Life Support Course (or willing to work towards). Substantial experience in delivering community-based cardiac care. Assessment and diagnostic experience and qualification or willing to work towards. EXPERIENCE Evidence of continued professional development related to cardiology. Experience of managing Heart Failure conditions. Evidence of ability to measure and evaluate outcomes of audits of cardiology patients. A significant contribution to practice and service development. Evidence of effective budget and resource management. Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change. PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges: 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.
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