Heart Failure Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 24 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 April 2026 |
| Location: | Crewe, CW1 4QJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9412-26-0156 |
Summary
Support and contribute to the National Heart Failure Audit to ensure compliance with the Best Practice Tariff, including accurate and timely data collection, validation, and submission in line with national requirements, and using audit outcomes to support service improvement and highquality patient care. Support the management of a caseload of heart failure patients, using specialist skills to assess, plan, and implement individualized treatment, while advising clinicians and GPs. Monitor progress to ensure optimal treatment and improved quality of life. Work alongside our community practitioners to deliver a community-based service for patients with a diagnosis of heart failure. Support the provision of an Ambulatory Heart Failure Clinic service Provide support and education to patients, families, and carers on heart failure diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle changes, promoting self-management and enhancing quality of life.. Accountable for own professional actions and clinical decisions, acting as an advanced independent practitioner/decision maker. Ensure efficient delivery of the heart failure service, adapting to demand and overseeing rotation and coverage of clinics, home visits, inreach, and patient education programs. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams by attending MDT with teams across hospital and community settings attending. Plan workload with the service lead to meet patient needs and ensure adequate team coverage, minimizing gaps due to leave or training through advanced planning. Review daily service workload and adjust team responsibilities as needed, including accommodating changes in working patterns. Accountable for organising own workload within working hours, prioritising according to clinical need, urgency and appropriateness. Ability to change planned work to meet changes in service demand/priority at short notice. Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources available to the heart failure service.