Heart Failure Specialist Nurse


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£45,953 to £54,254 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Abbey Wood, London, SE2 0AS
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

Key Task and Responsibilities To work within the Long-Term Conditions team to ensure delivery of holistic, streamlined and patient-focused care. To take direct responsibility for the assessment of patients physical, emotional, psycho-social needs. To work with the multi-disciplinary team to plan and deliver services which are responsive to the needs of the patient and their families. Assist in co-ordination of service provision with other agencies to ensure maximum benefit to patients. To communicate effectively and sensitively with patients and carers to maximise their potential to understand and manage their cardiac condition involving them in planning their programme of self-care. The post holder has personal responsibilities for working with colleagues to create good working relationships in a spirit which promotes teamwork and encourages motivation, innovation and high standards of clinical practice. To have comprehensive knowledge of NICE guidelines and European Cardiac Society guidelines for best practice and ensure their implementation in the community heart failure service. Keep abreast of new heart failure management and health care related developments and maintains own personal and professional development and attend regular one to ones. Ability to prioritise and evaluate own workload To observe the NMC Professional code of conduct and practice including up to date registration at all times. Management responsibilities Early informal management of complaints with the aim of a satisfactory resolution. Ensure appropriate escalation when this is not achieved. Capability for deputising for the senior Heart Failure Specialist Nurses where appropriate. Knowledge and understanding of the Long-Term Conditions strategy and capability for contribution to the strategy for Long Term Conditions within Oxleas NHS Trust. To participate in the development of appropriate guidelines, protocols, audit and evaluation. Leadership Take an active role in the teaching and development of the multidisciplinary team in heart failure management. To support students on clinical placement and to assist them with undertaking assessments and filling in documentation. To participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis either by self or in a team environment. Contribute to the implement of education programmes to meet the needs of heart failure patients. Clinical Use advanced clinical assessment skills, including physical assessment for assessing and formulating individualised care plans for patients with heart failure using relevant clinical protocols. To provide advice and support on the change of medication within set protocols. Provide an environment that encourages client centred involvement where clients are facilitated to ask for help, advice, and education. Manage a caseload generated from a defined population requiring heart failure care. To take part in nurse led clinics in the community for the assessment and education and active management of patients with heart failure. To discuss with patients, relatives and carers specific aspects of care and treatment, including physical complications, drug efficacy and side effects etc. Work closely with the patients family and GP practice to maximise patients health potential. Liaises with both the patients GP and consultant cardiologist in the event of increased symptoms that need urgent investigation or possible admission to hospital. Liaise with local secondary care providers in ensuring that patients admitted to hospital with heart failure are referred to the appropriate service for ongoing care at discharge. Research The post holder will contribute to monitoring and improving standards of heart failure care in accordance with NICE and ESC guidance. The post holder will contribute to Clinical Governance within the service by contributing to audit as part of the heart failure team. To deliver evidence-based practice in line with clinical governance, trust policies and procedures and NMC guidance. Contribute to audit of practice, critically evaluates research findings, and contributes to clinical practice to improve outcomes for cardiac patients. To monitor standards through the process of clinical audit in line with the Trusts objectives, reporting all research and audit activity and audit progress of patient caseload and service development to the Directorates Management Team. Communication Effectively communicate complex and sensitive information, issues and ideas to patients and carers, where there may be significant barriers to understanding and the need for persuasion and re-assurance. Empower patients to make appropriate decisions about their self care. Communicate with colleagues on complex matters and issues in relation to heart failure patient management. Ensure that communication systems are in place to cover a wide variety of different settings and to liaise effectively with healthcare professionals, carers, patients, relatives, voluntary agencies, and others. Demonstrates capacity to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation and in external settings. To develop individualized care plans and ensure that innovative intervention strategies are employed to ensure goals are met. Undertake telephone/virtual assessment and initiate specialist advice. Support the integration of local services across primary, community and secondary care by facilitating joint working within multi organisational teams. To maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient held clinical records in line with trust and professional guidelines.

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