Operational Lead Heart Failure Nurse Services

Operational Lead Heart Failure Nurse Services

An opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled heart failure nurse to join this dynamic team as an operational lead. The role will work closely with the operational lead for cardiac rehabilitation services and the Consultant Nurse.

The role will operationally lead the provision of core Heart Failure Nursing services across ABUHB, ensuring the provision of high quality effective, evidence based and efficient care through effective leadership and operational management.

Provide dedicated and resourced cardiology outpatient sessions for new and follow up patients, working as an independent practitioner, managing own caseload of patients, providing a high-quality service that involves; examination, assessment, referral to diagnostics, interpretation of investigations, diagnosis, development of management plans and evaluation of care. The role will be central to research activities within the directorate and provide leadership and guidance to the wider team.

The main duties include operational, clinical, leadership, research and education

Operational

• In liaison with Consultant Nurse, Cardiologists and General Physicians maintain responsibility and accountability for all elements of the heart failure services.
• Provide line management for Band 7 team members
• Ensure financial aspects are considered
• Develop, initiate and monitor Value based health care

Clinical

• Maintain a case load of patients
• Make professionally autonomous decisions on patients presenting with complex undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making to establish diagnosis and management plan.

Leadership

• Provide leadership across heart failure and cardiac rehabilitation services at both local and national level

Research

• Ensure the department is proactive in research activities
• Contribute/lead on research studies
• Create an environment for others to be research active

Education

• Develop education opportunities and strategies for the service.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Key Working Relationships:

Consultant Cardiologists, Physicians and multidisciplinary teams within secondary care.

Consultant Nurse in Heart Failure Services and Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cardiac Rehabilitation/ Heart Failure in other ABUHB localities

Primary Care teams

LHB Primary Care development team

Cardiac Rehabilitation / Heart Failure Team

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

• In liaison with Consultant Nurse, Cardiologists and General Physicians maintain responsibility and accountability for all elements of the heart failure services.
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team and put systems in place to ensure patient safety throughout the phases of Care.
• Maintain an independent clinical caseload of diverse cardiac patients by providing nurse led cardiology outpatient clinics.
• Make professionally autonomous decisions on patients presenting with complex undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making to establish diagnosis and management plan.
• Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings.
• Clinical skills- clinical patient assessment, risk factor identification and management, examination of heart sounds, examination of lung fields, chest pain assessment and referral to appropriate diagnostic tests. Venepuncture. Interpreting and addressing blood results.
• Where the post holder is an independent prescriber, to prescribe safe, effective, and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
• Demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care.
• Accept direct referrals and maintain…