Heart Failure Clinical Specialist -Nurse/Paramedic

We are looking for an experienced Heart Failure Clinical Specialist (Nurse/Paramedic) to join our community team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality specialist heart failure and palliative/end-of-life care for patients

You will work across eastern Hertfordshire in partnership with acute hospital trusts, community teams, and primary care services to ensure patients and those important to them receive seamless, compassionate, and timely care.

You will also work closely with the Community Specialist team, the Hospice at Home team and In Patient Unit and may on occasion provide cover to these services if required.

We are seeking a Level 1 registered Nurse or registered Paramedic, with a minimum of three years post registration experience, preferably with experience gained within the community.  Heart failure experience and palliative care or oncology experience are essential.  You should be able to work autonomously and manage a caseload, with support from the multidisciplinary team.  A palliative care or oncology qualification and/or a non-medical prescribing qualification would be desirable.

We offer a range of benefits and excellent ongoing training opportunities including:

• 27 days holiday (we also honour previous NHS or Hospice long service leave)
• Pension scheme (or the option to continue to contribute to your NHS pension for existing members)
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health Service Discounts
• Refer a friend bonus

We reserve the right to close this job earlier if sufficient applications are received, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check.

We encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

For details of our inclusion statement, please see our website https://joinus.isabelhospice.org.uk/vacancies