Heart failure doesn’t mind your age or what you look like… and it’s on the rise. Would you like to be part of a dynamic team exploring different ways of supporting our patients living with heart failure?
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. There is now a great opportunity to join the team at the pivotal stage where we are testing the effectiveness of one of these pilots to go on and drive this service forward.
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 while working alongside committed and compassionate colleagues.
We have advertised the post as either a band 6 or 7 role, depending on experience. Support will be given to work towards heart failure specialist nurse competency framework set by the British Society of Heart Failure.
The post may become Permanent at the end of this Fixed Term/Secondment.
Secondments from colleagues working within our trust with substantive contracts are encouraged and applicants are reminded to seek the support from their current manager when applying.
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.
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 nurse clinics in a variety of community setting across our Vale of York location and can support visiting patients in 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.
York & 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.
Our mission is to be a valued and trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to the population we serve.
We’re situated in a fantastic part of the country: home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York, which is consistently voted one of the best to live in the UK.
Our Benefits
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caroline Jones Job title: Heart Failure Specialist Nurse Team Leader Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07932592458
