Heart Failure Specialist Nurse

Main area Heart Failure Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (You will be expected to cover weekends and bank holiday shifts as part of a rota.) Job
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Employer Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2026 23:59

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more.

We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Sandwell Community Heart Failure Team. The team are well-established and supportive to provide a fantastic place for you to learn and develop your skills and passion for treating patients with heart failure in the community.

We are looking for 2 full time band 6 nurses to join our supportive team of nurses and support workers. If you are a band 6 already or a band 5 with heart failure experience who would like to specialise within a specialist heart failure team, then we would like to hear from you.

-To treat patients in their own place of residence or a clinic setting who have heart failure.

-To co-ordinate and provide skilled holistic nursing to patients diagnosed with heart failure.

-To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of nursing care based on agreed models of care and in consideration of individual need and delegating effectively to others as required.

-Adhere to Trust and National Service Framework and the NICE Guidelines for Heart Failure.

-Providing admission avoidance management and facilitated discharges.

-To be part of the IV furosemide pathway.

-To support junior staff within the team.

-Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice and
counselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers as outlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

-Management of Chronic Heart failure, and in accordance with responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct and trust Policies.

-The post holder will deliver care within the secondary care setting and provide close links with the acute specialist heart failure and multi disciplinary teams across Primary and Secondary Care.

-Provide ongoing physical, psychological support, advice and
counselling to patients with diagnosed heart failure and their carers as
outlined in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place…