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HEART FAILURE EDUCATOR

JUNE 2024

Band:          4

Salary:        £ 25,146 -- £27,596 pro-rata

Hours:         Part time/ maximum 30 hours per week Substantive.

Location:    Southgate Moorings, Kimbrose Way, Gloucester, GL1 2DE.

 A challenging and rewarding opportunity for a Band 4 Heart Failure Educator has arisen within the Gloucestershire Countywide Heart Failure Service.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Based at Southgate Moorings, Gloucester. You will work as part of our Community based Heart Failure Team, delivering education to heart failure patients and their families, to empower them to manage this long term condition. To deliver heart failure education to fellow colleagues, to aid them in managing this long term condition. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual, who is confident in delivering education and can demonstrate a knowledge of heart failure management, to complement our dynamic team. Although teaching can be given. Knowledge of Primary Care working is desirable. You will need to be able to work independently and have excellent communication skills.

You will be supported in this role by the Clinical Nurse Specialists and GPs with a Specialist Interest in Heart Failure. Regular peer reviews are provided to support your practice and development in the role.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.