Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

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Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 18 September 2025

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.

About us

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

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.

Job 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: .

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 Britains 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

• 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

• 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

• Professional qualification e.g. registered nurse
• Degree level specialist training or equivalent cardiac experience.

Experience and Knowledge Required

• Experience of managing cardiac patients at a senior level
• Experience of development of procedures and protocols
• Experience of change management
• Highly specialised knowledge relating to Heart Failure
• Evidence of leading innovation and change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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