CNS Heart Failure

at  Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

An opportunity has risen for an enthusiastic Band 6 nurse with cardiac nursing experience to join the Heart Failure inpatient and community service with ABUHB. The service provides care to people living with heart failure across the Health Board, and provides face to face and remote assessments. Clinics are held at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, Ysbyty Ystrad Mynach, County, Chepstow, Newport, Monmouth and Nevill Hall Hospital.
The role provides involves supporting the existing Band 7’s, with case management both in the inpatient and community setting.
The service is committed to providing an evidence, value based service that embeds Patient reported outcomes into care.
We are looking for someone who has these values and embraces change and service development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
To develop professionally and assist in providing an integrated/sustainable heart failure (HF) service.
To provide care for patients in a holistic manner incorporating physical, and psychological care with social consideration to enable them to live with Heart Failure.
To manage a case load of patients within a multi professional team, ensuring that patients with HF of different aetiologies and treatment pathways receive the highest standards of care and support from the time of diagnosis through the course of their disease trajectory.
Demonstrate excellent clinical assessment skills with a view to optimising patient’s medication.
To provide professional support, clinical expertise and appropriate education and training to all those professionals involved in providing care to patients our patients.
To assist in leading and developing the Heart Failure service and palliative care, to meet the requirements of NICE guidelines ensuring a continuous process of evaluation.
Undertake an active role in promoting and carrying out research in conjunction with other health professionals – seeking to have work published.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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