Band 6 nurses

Responsibilities

• 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, in accordance with responsibilities under the 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 multidisciplinary teams across Primary and Secondary Care.

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.

There may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It is a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong and a place where you can grow. We care for our patients, our population and 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, how we look after our patients and their families, and how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and 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
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The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.