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HCA Heart Failure Team | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2024 |
| Location: | Billingham, TS23 2LA |
| Company: | North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6268445/345-COM6268445 |
Summary
To work as part of the Community Heart Failure Service under the direction of the Specialist Heart Failure Nurses
Participate in the delivery of patient care, by ongoing assessment, monitoring and education to optimise the management of people with diagnosed heart failure to improve patients’ quality of life.
The post holder, will visit patients in their home, arrange bloods, record blood pressure, pulse, ECG and also recording weight and fluid intake records as directed or requested.
Will carry out phlebotomy when required and requested and carry out administration tasks as necessary.
To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice
To support a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework.
To continually develop professionally to ensure the post holder has the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.
Applies effective communication in clinical practice with a caring and compassionate attitude at all times.
Establishes and maintains effective communication with individuals, the wider nursing team, and other health professional regarding patient’s conditions, care planning and treatments.
Be part of the nursing team to ensure effective communication with patient’s relatives and carers, explaining medical conditions, progress and investigations taking into consideration level of understanding, culture and background.
Develop and maintain effective channels of communication within the team, engaging with staff at all levels.
Recognise and actively support barriers to communication to ensure positives outcomes and escalate appropriately to address.
Communicates regularly and effectively with the MDT and stakeholders regarding all aspects of clinical care and service delivery, including environmental issues.
Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for the post
Supporting the nursing team when communicating with staff, patients or relatives/carers
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
To be involved in supporting, educating and informing family/carers where
Act as patients advocate in all matters relating to their care, treatment and welfare acknowledging and incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs and behaviours.
Facilitate an environment that promotes Making Every Contact Count, health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed.
Promote and maintain a culture where staff actively contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
Be pro-active in risk assessment and clinical incident reporting and participate in root cause analysis where required,
Constantly promote the importance of the patient experience within the team, and actively seek the views of patients and carers in the process of evaluating and developing care delivery within team .
Recognise and escalate concerns relating to vulnerable patients adhering to trust safeguarding procedures.
Be able to initiate or respond to emergency situations.
This advert closes on Friday 9 Aug 2024