You will play a pivotal role in supporting heart failure patients throughout their healthcare journey. Your responsibilities will include managing clinic appointments, home visits, and offering compassionate support via phone consultations. You’ll empower patients through self-management guidance, symptom relief, medication education, and holistic care, including psychological and palliative support. At Royal Devon, we believe in nurturing our team members just as much as we do our patients, ensuring you have access to training, development opportunities, and a positive work-life balance.
As an inclusive employer, we celebrate diversity and encourage applications from women, individuals from all backgrounds, and those who may identify as carers. Our supportive environment champions personal growth, with benefits such as 27 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), access to staff discounts, and generous NHS pension schemes. If you share our dedication to high-quality patient care and want to be part of a forward-thinking, welcoming team, we’d love to hear from you!
We are pleased to advertise a vacancy within our Heart Failure Team for an experienced heart failure specialist nurse band 7, or we can offer a developmental band 6 role with progression to band 7. It is a permanent position 34 hours a week. Alternative hours would be considered for the right candidate.
Our team provide specialist care for heart failure patients during an acute admission, and in the community. We are passionate about the care we provide to our patients and carers and also in supporting each other.
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
The role will be predominately based in the Community with opportunity for inpatient work too. The post holder will manage a caseload via clinics, home visits and phone appointments. They will support the patient through their journey, providing self-management guidance, symptom management, medication treatments, psychological support and palliative care. Our Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist service also delivers a rapid access diagnostic clinic and virtual ward.
This is a hugely rewarding job in a welcoming forward-thinking team. We invite applications from registered nurses who have a passion for heart failure, a strong work ethic, are a good role model, able to use own initiative, with a commitment to the smooth running and development of the service.
Please contact us to find out more about the job, the team and our service.
Working Pattern: 34 hours per week. 4 -5 days a week depending on contracted hours
Interview Date: Provisional date for interviews: Thursday 10th April 2025
For further information please contact: Tel: . Cherry Vinnicombe, Advanced HF CNS or Lisa Lovedale, Lead Nurse for Heart Failure
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
Preference will be given to staff with Priority and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.
You will also have access to other benefits including:
National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
Car lease schemes.
The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
Please wait...this will take a moment...
Stand by, we'll show you...