Heart Failure Lead Nurse & Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Posted 1 day 18 hours ago by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Permanent
Part Time
University and College Jobs
Oxfordshire, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 1
Job Description
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Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .
Domestic,catering,porteringandmaintenance engineerservices at some of our hospitals are provided by our PFI partners. For these jobs, please seevacancies with our PFI partners .
Fraudulent recruiters have been using social media platforms to dupe potential job seekers into divulging personal and financial information.
Sophisticated frauds, involving grooming of targeted individuals, shows the fake recruiter asking the unsuspecting job seeker to take part in a fake job interview, either over the phone or via WhatsApp, and also sending fraudulent follow-up correspondence offering job positions.
Any communication about jobs at Oxford University Hospitals will come from 'Trac', or via an ouh.nhs.uk email address.
All meetings and interviews will be scheduled on Microsoft Teams from a verified OUH email account.
If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us.
Heart Failure Lead Nurse & Advanced Clinical Practitioner NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area Cardiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 25.5 hours per week Job ref 321-MRC B8a
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £55,690 - £62,682 ACPs Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/:59 Interview date 10/11/2025
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit
Job overview An opportunity has arisen for a clinical expert, leading progressive nursing practice and contributing to the strategic direction and operational management of the heart failure service at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. To be responsible for providing autonomous and expert practice through leadership, consultation, clinical decision making, teaching and support for senior nursing staff. The post holder will work closely with the clinical lead, heart failure consultants and other members of the MDT and working across organisational boundaries identifying patients admitted to the OUH with heart failure, providing comprehensive management plans, information, advice, and support to patients.
The role requires working at the Horton and John Radcliffe Hospital sites
Main duties of the job To identify and initiate change in response to service, taking a professional and clinical lead in the development of evidence-based approach to practice, fostering a culture that contributes to the clinical governance agenda. Leading on strategic projects within the heart failure service at local, regional, and national level.
To be responsible for the management and development of the senior nursing team.
To provide clinical leadership for advanced practice in Heart Failure. To provide supervision/training to staff and students, developing nursing skills, ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented and evaluated, and ensuring that educational and development opportunities are optimised.
To ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of material and human resources within agreed budgets and to act as an authorised signatory.
To promote the practice of patient centred nursing within the team.
To provide support to the Matron as required.
Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities To identify and initiate change in response to service, taking a professional and clinical lead in the development of evidence-based approach to practice, fostering a culture that contributes to the clinical governance agenda. Leading on strategic projects within the heart failure service at local, regional, and national level.
To be responsible for the management and development of the senior nursing team.
To provide clinical leadership for advanced practice in Heart Failure. To provide supervision/training to staff and students, developing nursing skills, ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented and evaluated, and ensuring that educational and development opportunities are optimised.
To ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of material and human resources within agreed budgets and to act as an authorised signatory.
To promote the practice of patient centred nursing within the team.
To provide support to the Matron as required.
Person specification Knowledge and Experience
Please read more about this at the link below:
Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .
Domestic,catering,porteringandmaintenance engineerservices at some of our hospitals are provided by our PFI partners. For these jobs, please seevacancies with our PFI partners .
Fraudulent recruiters have been using social media platforms to dupe potential job seekers into divulging personal and financial information.
Sophisticated frauds, involving grooming of targeted individuals, shows the fake recruiter asking the unsuspecting job seeker to take part in a fake job interview, either over the phone or via WhatsApp, and also sending fraudulent follow-up correspondence offering job positions.
Any communication about jobs at Oxford University Hospitals will come from 'Trac', or via an ouh.nhs.uk email address.
All meetings and interviews will be scheduled on Microsoft Teams from a verified OUH email account.
If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us.
Heart Failure Lead Nurse & Advanced Clinical Practitioner NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area Cardiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 25.5 hours per week Job ref 321-MRC B8a
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £55,690 - £62,682 ACPs Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/:59 Interview date 10/11/2025
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit
Job overview An opportunity has arisen for a clinical expert, leading progressive nursing practice and contributing to the strategic direction and operational management of the heart failure service at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. To be responsible for providing autonomous and expert practice through leadership, consultation, clinical decision making, teaching and support for senior nursing staff. The post holder will work closely with the clinical lead, heart failure consultants and other members of the MDT and working across organisational boundaries identifying patients admitted to the OUH with heart failure, providing comprehensive management plans, information, advice, and support to patients.
The role requires working at the Horton and John Radcliffe Hospital sites
Main duties of the job To identify and initiate change in response to service, taking a professional and clinical lead in the development of evidence-based approach to practice, fostering a culture that contributes to the clinical governance agenda. Leading on strategic projects within the heart failure service at local, regional, and national level.
To be responsible for the management and development of the senior nursing team.
To provide clinical leadership for advanced practice in Heart Failure. To provide supervision/training to staff and students, developing nursing skills, ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented and evaluated, and ensuring that educational and development opportunities are optimised.
To ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of material and human resources within agreed budgets and to act as an authorised signatory.
To promote the practice of patient centred nursing within the team.
To provide support to the Matron as required.
Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities To identify and initiate change in response to service, taking a professional and clinical lead in the development of evidence-based approach to practice, fostering a culture that contributes to the clinical governance agenda. Leading on strategic projects within the heart failure service at local, regional, and national level.
To be responsible for the management and development of the senior nursing team.
To provide clinical leadership for advanced practice in Heart Failure. To provide supervision/training to staff and students, developing nursing skills, ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented and evaluated, and ensuring that educational and development opportunities are optimised.
To ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of material and human resources within agreed budgets and to act as an authorised signatory.
To promote the practice of patient centred nursing within the team.
To provide support to the Matron as required.
Person specification Knowledge and Experience
- Experience and expertise within heart failure at band 7
- Evidence of ongoing CPD, including multi-source feedback and workplace-based assessments evidence within own professional portfolio of evidence.
- Experience of clinical audit, service evaluation or improvements in practice
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues and measures of quality
- Proven evidence of management ability and leadership skills
- Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role
- Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Experience of change management
- Demonstrable evidence of research capability, or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
- Existing technical clinical procedural skills relevant to clinical service
- Experience of writing for publication and/or conference presentations
- Ability to recognise own limitations, working within scope of practice, acting on feedback linked to practice change when required
- Evidence of effective team working and team leadership (when required) as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team
- Commitment to CPD practices for own development, and the development and support of others
- Commitment to evidencing own professional development, capabilities and competency development via work-based assessments and use of a portfolio
- Willingness to engage in clinical supervision to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours across the breadth of the four pillars of advanced practice
- Ability to recognise and analyse complex situations, utilising decision-making skills to take appropriate action
- Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation.
- Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, which may include days/weekends or nights, as required to fulfil the ACP role, and dependent on service needs
- Willingness to work across sites
- Ability to work with a high level of attention to detail, supporting ability to deliver service measurement and improvement
- Evidence of leadership skills in relation to delivering educational teaching or lecturers, with associated feedback and evaluations, internally and/or externally to the organisation (e.g. HEIs)
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