We are recruiting to fill a fixed term 12-month position in the UCLH HF team. This will involve participating in regular ward rounds led by the HF consultants, as well as nurse led reviews on the other days. We provide telephone advice to patients known to the team, and work closely with the community HF teams in the area.
We have a weekly nurse led clinic for timely post discharge reviews and to see any patients that need review at short notice. We currently partake in an additional weekly HF clinic, along with members of the medical team and a consultant pharmacist. This is under review and may evolve into a further nurse led clinic
Currently we refer most patients on to the local community teams or for rapid titration via BHC and do not have a caseload of patients as such, but this may change as and when the clinics do.
Patients are sometimes discharged to the hospital at home service for IV diuretics and if so, we provide virtual review and advice as needed.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed overview. Some of the key responsibilities are as follows:
- Consider referrals for the inpatient HF ward round and participate in reviews alongside the medical team
- Nurse led reviews of inpatients
- Nurse led clinics for post discharge review and optimisation of medication
- Co-ordinating with community teams
- Dealing with ad hoc calls from patients
- Reviewing clinic lists to ensure appropriateness of patients and that all relevant tests arranged in good time
- Collecting data for input to NICO
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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