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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross. Details of these can be found on they hospitals and community facilities page.
Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre.
More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.
Where your needs always come first
Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing right care, right place, right time, first time and everything we do is aimed at delivering high-quality care when and where you need it.
Source - Trust Website
Heart Failure Specialist Nurse
Accepting applications until: 09-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Wycombe hospital
- Town
- high wycombe
- Postcode
- hp112tt
- Major / Minor Region
- Buckinghamshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Cardiology
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.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
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 hospital, working to diagnose, treat effectively and reduce hospital admissions amongst our patient population.
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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.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
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. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
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.
Person specification
VALUES
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse - Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Cardiology experience
- ENB 998/ Mentorship Course
- Post registration Cardiac Specialist Heart Failure qualification
Desirable criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of effective budget and resource management
- Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alice Escudier
- Job title
- Lead Heart failure nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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